European history

Until the beginning of the 18th century, to be 'Italian' meant to identify with a number of collective memories, rather than a national memory.

How the US services prepared for the largest amphibious operation in history.

It is commonly assumed that the creation story of Genesis and its chronology were the only narratives openly available in medieval and early modern Europe and that the discovery of geological time in the eighteenth century came as a momentous breakthrough that shook the faith in the historical accuracy of the Bible.

It is commonly assumed that the creation story of Genesis and its chronology were the only narratives openly available in medieval and early modern Europe and that the discovery of geological time in the eighteenth century came as a momentous breakthrough that shook the faith in the historical accuracy of the Bible.

How the US services prepared for the largest amphibious operation in history.

In Nazi-occupied France in 1941, four-year-old Ruth Kapp learns that it is dangerous to use her own name.

How did one man's critique of capitalism guide the course of modern history?

How did one man's critique of capitalism guide the course of modern history?

From the 1880s to the 1940s, an upsurge of explosive pogroms caused much pain and suffering across the eastern borderlands of Europe.

From the 1880s to the 1940s, an upsurge of explosive pogroms caused much pain and suffering across the eastern borderlands of Europe.

A new interpretation of the Sarajevo assassination and the origins of World War I that places focus on the Balkans and the prewar period.

The triumphant conclusion to Tim Robinson's extraordinary Connemara trilogy, which Robert Macfarlane has called 'one of the most remarkable non-fiction projects undertaken in English'.

'One of the great social historians of our time.

The story of Charles Stewart Parnell, one of the greatest Irish leaders of the nineteenth century and also one of the most renowned figures of the 1880s on the international stage, and John Dillon, the most celebrated of Parnell's lieutenants.

Discover unrelenting spirit and strength in the extraordinary true story of Franci: a woman who survived the holocaust against all of the odds'Achingly moving, gives much-needed hope.

The Vikings continue to fascinate us because their compelling stories connect with universal human desires for exploration and adventure.

Bentham's An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation is often considered the first work of the philosophical school of utilitarianism and is thus a vital text for students of philosophy.

Bentham's An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation is often considered the first work of the philosophical school of utilitarianism and is thus a vital text for students of philosophy.

The story of Russia's historic opening to the West (1992-2022), where it succeeded and why it has failed, the impact of war and sanctions, and the prospects for Russia's future.

The scope and scale of Operation Barbarossathe German invasion of the Soviet Unionmake it one of the pivotal events of the Second World War.

A new interpretation of the Sarajevo assassination and the origins of World War I that places focus on the Balkans and the prewar period.

Dan Stone tells the story of the last great unknown archive of Nazism, the International Tracing Service.

The British coal industry no longer exists and yet the figure of the coal miner lives on in the British cultural imagination.

The leading statesman of nineteenth-century Britain, a figure who bestrode the political world like a Colossus, is 'Gladstone' to modern biographers.

A novel exploration of the deeper political, economic, and geopolitical history behind Germany's daring campaign to restructure its energy system around green power.

A princess born to the Thuringian royal house.

A novel exploration of the deeper political, economic, and geopolitical history behind Germany's daring campaign to restructure its energy system around green power.

Tudor Networks of Power is the product of a groundbreaking collaboration between an early modern book historian and a physicist specializing in complex networks.

Tudor Networks of Power is the product of a groundbreaking collaboration between an early modern book historian and a physicist specializing in complex networks.

The relationship between Thomas Jefferson and William Short, the eldest son of an established Virginia family and relative of Martha Jefferson, began as a patron-protege arrangement conventional for the era.

A princess born to the Thuringian royal house.

A recovery of the vital role Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Americans played in US intelligence services in Asia during World War II.

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While the Big Three and their continental Allies fought against Nazi Germany, another war was under way on the continent: the war to shape the political landscape of post-war Europe.

Lenin lived a controversial life and has had a deeply controversial reputation in the centenary since his death (21 January 1924) His rise from a conventional, educated, provincial, and middle-class background to become not only the leader, even dictator, over the largest country on earth, is dramatic and vital in itself.

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Paper, bottles, metal scrap, kitchen garbage, rubber, hair, fat, rags, and bones--the Nazi empire demanded its population obsessively collect anything that could be reused or recycled.

A sweeping and comprehensive history of Prague--from its origins in the ninth century to the present day--that traces its past as a political center and a city on the periphery of empires.

Ireland was England's oldest colony.

The British coal industry no longer exists and yet the figure of the coal miner lives on in the British cultural imagination.

Das Buch bietet einen erzählerischen Zugang zu Platon: Wie fühlt es sich an, die abendländische Philosophie ohne Vorbild zu begründen und innerlich zerrissen zu sein?

Das Buch bietet einen erzählerischen Zugang zu Platon: Wie fühlt es sich an, die abendländische Philosophie ohne Vorbild zu begründen und innerlich zerrissen zu sein?

In the early hours of D-Day, 1944, a group from the US Army 2nd Rangers Battalion were sent on one of the legendary raids of World War II.

The Ju 87 Stuka was the most feared weapon in the German arsenal in the first year of World War 2, the Luftwaffe using it to deadly effect during the Blitzkrieg between September 1939 and June 1940.

The Ju 87 Stuka was the most feared weapon in the German arsenal in the first year of World War 2, the Luftwaffe using it to deadly effect during the Blitzkrieg between September 1939 and June 1940.

The common German infantryman played a crucial role in the events that led to the outbreak of war.

This book describes the organization, lists the units and illustrates the uniforms and equipment of the four Canadian divisions which earned an elite reputation on the Western Front in 1915-18.

Connections and Transformations in Early Europe examines the diverse economic, social, and symbolic practices of Iron Age and early medieval societies in northern, western, and central Europe, offering fresh insights into the innovative processes of the 1st millennium BC and AD.

The second instalment in a remarkable three-part study that transformed the research material available to the English-speaking student of the Peninsular War.

The second instalment in a remarkable three-part study that transformed the research material available to the English-speaking student of the Peninsular War.