A Fortunate Shot: The Life of Francesco Morosini, Destroyer of the ParthenonIn the summer of 1687, a Venetian mortar round passed through the marble roof of the Parthenon and detonated the Ottoman gunpowder store within.
Die Renaissance ist eine wirtschaftliche, wissenschaftliche, technische, gesellschaftliche, religiose, soziale und kulturelle Entwicklung, die einzigartig in der Geschichte ist.
Echoes of Britain: Stonehenge: Sun, Stone and Mystery explores the story of Britain's most famous prehistoric monument, from its earliest earthworks and cremation burials to the raising of the great sarsens, the long journey of the bluestones, the mystery of its alignments, and the many myths that have gathered around it.
Groundbreaking and critically-acclaimed, Tommy is the first history of World War I to place the British soldier who fought in the trenches centre-stage.
Die Kolner Synodalstatuten des Spatmittelalters (1261-1513) sind eine wertvolle Quelle fur die Rechts- und Frommigkeitsgeschichte einer der bedeutendsten Diozesen Europas.
Das Buch beleuchtet den Aufstieg der Sachsen von einer als Piraten bekannten Kriegervolk im vierten Jahrhundert uber ihre Konfrontation mit dem christlichen Glauben wahrend der Herrschaft Karls des Groen im achten Jahrhundert bis hin zu Otto dem Groen, einem Sachsen, der etwa 160 Jahre spater zum Kaiser gekront wurde.
A Times Book of the Year'A superb work of history' JAMES HOLLAND'A thrilling account from a master of Second World War history' DAN SNOWA landmark history of the U-Boat war told through the experiences and recollections of the U-Boat crews themselves.
Pestizide waren und sind ein zentrales gesellschaftliches Thema von ungebrochener Aktualitat: Die (deutsche) Gesellschaft ist untrennbar mit den Schadlingsbekampfungsmitteln verbunden und immer wieder erreicht ihre Nutzung politische und offentliche Aufmerksamkeit.
A remarkable account of the terrible climax of the Second World War in AsiaA Telegraph Book of the Year 2025 'A short but quietly devastating book, in which Overy adds new perspectives to a subject that has often been approached from a narrowly American angle.
Explore the Ancient Roman Empire as you ve never seen it before with the acclaimed anthropologist and Sunday Times bestselling author of Domination, Alice Roberts.
This story, based on real events, provides us with an image adjusted to a historical moment – the mid-twentieth century – in which the world, in general, and Europe in particular, were divided into two large ideological blocs, as a result of the end of the S.
FINANCIAL TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR and DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOKS OF THE YEARShortlisted for the 2012 DUKE OF WESTMINSTER MEDAL FOR MILITARY LITERATUREAt the end of 1917 Britain and France faced a strategic nightmare.
The most iconic planes of WWII, the Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane, DeHavilland Mosquito and the Avro Lancaster, were all powered by one engine, the Rolls-Royce Merlin.
On the evening of 30 March, 1982, Commander David Hall, chief engineer of the British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror received a telephone call giving him the order to 'store for war'.
Eleni Gage, a young journalist living in New York, leaves her Manhattan flat to return to the remote but beautiful Greek village of Lia in northern Greece and rebuild her ruined ancestral home.
A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'Esther Safran Foer has written of her family in a way that is both uniquely and heartbreakingly her story and a deeply important testament for Ashkenazi Jews.
BOOK 9 OF THE LADYBIRD EXPERT HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, FROM AWARD-WINNING HISTORIAN JAMES HOLLANDFeaturing stunning illustrations from Keith Burns, bringing the story to life in vivid detailWhy did the Allies attack on D-Day?
This history of Britain since 1945 confronts two themes that have dominated British consciousness during the post-war era: the myth of decline and the pervasiveness of American influence.
A bestseller in hardback, this is a highly-praised and much-needed biography of the first Duke of Wellington, concentrating on the personal life of the victor of Waterloo, and based on the fruits of modern research.
On 25 April 1915, Allied forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in present-day Turkey to secure the sea route between Britain and France in the west and Russia in the east.
As Brexit reaches its final stretch, find a way to laugh through the pain and or celebrate the end with Ladybird's hilarious and essential guide, The Story of Brexit.
Step into Genesis and discover more than beginnings—you will see the gracious hand of God moving through creation, failure, judgment, mercy, promise, and providence.
Konigin, Ketzerin, KultfigurSie war Konigstochter, Philosophin, Theatergrunderin, Exilantin und eine der eigenwilligsten Personlichkeiten ihrer Epoche.
James Corcoran and the Six-Year War for the Irish Republic In the summer of 1798, the Irish rebellion that had promised to make the island a republic died on Vinegar Hill.
