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The English prize
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María Dolores Sánchez-Jáuregui Alpañés |
"Laden with works of art acquired by young British travelers on the Grand Tour in Italy, the British merchant ship Westmorland sailed from the Italian port of Livorno before being captured by French … |
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European warfare, 1350-1750
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D. J. B. Trim,Frank Tallett |
"The period 1350-1750 saw major developments in European warfare, which not only had a huge impact on the way wars were fought, but also are critical to long-standing controversies about state develo… |
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The last crusaders
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Barnaby Rogerson |
The Crusades were the bridge between medieval and modern history, between feudalism and colonialism. In many ways, the little explored later Crusades were the most significant of them all, for they m… |
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The envoy
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Alex Kershaw |
The epic and heroic story of how Raoul Wallenberg out-dueled Adolph Eichmann and saved more than 100,000 Jews in Budapest from the Nazi death camps. |
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The day the Renaissance was saved
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Niccolò Capponi |
"It was a battle that change the course of history, and was immortalized in a massive painting by Leonardo da Vinci that was thought lost for centuries...until now. On a sweltering day in June 1440, … |
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Dreams of a great small nation
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Kevin J. McNamara |
In 1917, two empires that had dominated much of Europe and Asia teetered on the edge of the abyss, exhausted by the ruinous cost in blood and treasure of the First World War. As Imperial Russia and H… |
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Brown waters of Africa
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John P. Cann |
During World War II, Portugal played its cards uncommonly well as a neutral and subsequently became a member of NATO. This membership resulted in a modernizing of its navy and its integration into th… |
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Warfare in the seventeenth century
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John Childs |
From the multi-faceted conflicts of the Thirty Years' War to the campaigns of Louis XIV, a richly detailed picture emerges of military life and structure in the 1600s. During the 17th century, techno… |
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Medieval Naval Warfare, 1000-1500 (Warfare and History)
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Susan Rose |
How were medieval navies organised, and how did powerful rulers use them? Medieval Naval Warfare, 1000-1500 provides a wealth of information about the strategy and tactics of these early fleets and t… |
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Europe's Last Summer
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David Fromkin |
A riveting narrative of a crucial time in twentieth century history.The Great War not only destroyed the lives of over twenty million soldiers and civilians, it also ushered in a century of huge poli… |
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Their Darkest Hour
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Laurence Rees |
Laurence Rees presents 35 of his most electrifying encounters, from Estera Frenkiel, a young Jewish woman given the chance to save ten fellow Jews from deportation and death to Hiroo Onoda, a Japanes… |
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