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The definitive history of the Spanish Armada, lavishly illustrated and fully revised“Will surely become the definitive account.”—Stephen Brumwell, Wal

Now available in paperback, The Persians tells the story of this cultured ancient civilization, tracing the unique features of Persian life as well as

Revoluties, droogtes, hongersnoden, invasies, oorlogen: het zijn niet de eerste woorden die in ons opkomen wanneer we denken aan de zeventiende eeuw.

An accessible synthesis of the prescient best seller exploring seventeenth-century catastrophe and the impact of climate change

The new edition of The Cambridge History of Warfare offers an updated comprehensive account of Western warfare, from its origins in classical Greece a

Hosking follows the country's history from the Slavs' first emergence in the historical record in the sixth century C.E. to the Russians' persistent a

Tracing Russia's story from the settlement of Kiev onwards, this title includes a chapter on the role of Putin and Medvedev, and their impact on Russi

It is impossible to understand the history of modern Europe without some knowledge of the Weimar Republic. The brief fourteen-year period of democracy

‘Filips II’ van Geoffrey Parker is een unieke biografie van deze Spaanse vorst. Filips II erfde van zijn vader Karel V niet alleen een wereldrijk, maa

A vast archive of documents, unread since the sixteenth century, revises the portrait of Spain's best-known king

'As indispensable to an archaeology student as a trowel ... every student, or indeed any interested amateur, should really find a space on their shelf

The archaeology of death and burial

Offers us a glimpse into the life and mind of Medieval England. This is a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories and low farce.

In ‘Vrijheid en duisternis’ vertelt Martin Mittelmeier het verhaal van het belangrijkste filosofieboek van de twintigste eeuw: Adorno en Horkheimers ‘

From the author of The Shifts and the Shocks, and one of the most influential writers on economics, a reckoning with how and why the relationship betw

Gregory leads an existence of formidable foppishness, his days and nights a series of effortless, titillating conquests. His foster brother, Terry, ha

Crises of Empire offers a comprehensive and uniquely comparative analysis of the history of decolonization in the British, French and Dutch empires. B

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