European history

For the first time, leading Second World War authors from around the world have collaborated on a definitive anthology of the greatest snipers of the war.

In this important book from the newly elected president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy sets forth his personal vision of France's role in world affairs and his plans for modernizing the country and equipping it for the twenty-first century.

How does one write a labour history of a people who have not been involved in the labour movement in significant numbers and, historically, have opposed union membership?

Exciting stories of the infantrymen who supported Germany's tanks.

Historian, politician, diplomat and traveller, mountaineer and man of letters: James Bryce (1838-1922) was a towering figure at the heart of 19th century British politics and public life.

La Seconde Guerre mondiale prend fin sans qu'aucune menace ne soit proférée à l'encontre de l'Espagne, dernier pays fasciste en Europe.

The author of Shot Down in the Drink shares photos and anecdotes detailing the history of the World War II fighter plane and its crews across the globe.

This work examines the nature of the relationship between the British Government and the Polish Government-in-Exile, 1939-1945.

The author of Memoirs of a Revolutionary brings to life the unwavering commitment of red Petrograd during some of the Russian Revolution's darkest hours.

Private Dan Jones was captured by Nazi sergeants in a smoke-filled forest in Holland.

King John of England was married to two women: Isabella of Gloucester and Isabelle of Angoulême.

Comme le déclarait en 1943 le médecin-général Adolphe Sicé, "deux grands hommes auront marqué cette ville: de Brazza, auquel elle doit son nom; de Gaulle, auquel elle doit son destin.

The mass of the Roman people constituted well over 90% of the population.

East Germany s ruling party never officially acknowledged responsibility for the crimes committed in Germany s name during the Third Reich.

Après le bombardement de leur usine en 1942 à Poissy, les jeunes employés sont réquisitionnés pour garder les voies ferrées la nuit.

Never previously published in this format, documents once stamped 'restricted' have been sourced from Britannia Royal Naval College's Library.

More than ever before, our conflict-ridden, drifting planet needs the qualities that Europe, unique among the continents, has developed in more than two millennia of history: its self-criticism, its urge to self-transcendence, exploration and experiment, its conviction that alternative and better forms of human togetherness can be achieved, as well as its dedication to the cause of seeking and promoting this improvement in practice.

Hegel called him an idea on horseback, a description that suggests Napoleon Bonaparte's complexity, as well as the extent to which he changed France, Europe, and the world.

This is the latest book in the Battleground Europe series focusing on the Somme sector.

64 ans après la Libération, l'auteur est partie fouiller les Archives à Lille, Roubaix et Lewarde à la découverte de l'action héroïque de l'ingénieur en chef des mines de charbon du Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

Early on a wartime winter's morning in 1941, an 8,000-ton cargo ship loaded with whisky ran aground in the beautiful and treacherous seas of the Outer Hebrides.

Le général Robert Odic a été le témoin à Vichy, à Alger et à Londres de deux mouvements : celui de la révolution nationale et celui du gaullisme.

This detailed military history of the Spanish Civil War dispels long-held misconceptions and sheds significant new light on the conflict.

Dans ce livre, l'auteur raconte avec sa gouaille de titi parisien, sa pudeur, mais aussi avec beaucoup de sobriété, son quotidien de gamin du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, pendant l'Occupation allemande.

Une guerre peut en cacher une autre.

John Lambert was a renowned naval draughtsman, whose plans were highly valued for their accuracy and detail by modelmakers and enthusiasts.

Des « chants nazis » dans l’armée française sont périodiquement dénoncés dans les médias.

L'auteur de ce journal consigne son emploi du temps jour après jour, décrivant un quotidien on ne peut plus banal….

In autumn 1943, SS judge Konrad Morgen visited Auschwitz concentration camp to investigate an intercepted parcel containing gold sent from the camp.

Thomas More remains one of the most enigmatic thinkers in history, due in large part to the enduring mysteries surrounding his best-known work, Utopia.

Geoffrey Ashe skillfully weaves all the different accounts, legends, literature, historical documents into one continuous narrative that recreates in intriguing detail all the rulers and events, real or mythical, that are part of the rich tapestry of early history in Britain.

Keen to learn but short on time?

Here at last is a history of England that is designed to entertain as well as inform and that will delight the armchair traveler, the tourist or just about anyone interested in history.

This vigorously argued book reveals the central role that Islam has played in European history.

La prise d'Alger par les Alliés dans la nuit du 7 au 8 novembre 1942 ne fut pas le simple coup de main envisagé par la Royal Navy, qui y perdit deux destroyers.

Cet ouvrage retrace les souvenirs de Maurice Gabolde, dernier Garde des Sceaux du gouvernement de Vichy couchés sur le papier au cours de son exil en Espagne.

Plato privileges the realm of absolute reality and truth above and beyond the world of language, discourse, and rhetoric.

Lively tales of aerial combat in the legendary Typhoon fighter History of the plane and the men who flew it in World War II Based on interviews with the pilots themselves The Typhoon fighter played a pivotal role in the Allies' success in the air and on the ground in World War II, from the Normandy beachhead to the Battle of the Bulge and the final battle for Germany.

Quatre diplomates français, Jules Blondel, Henri Roux, Charles Colonna-Césari et le marquis Edgar de Kergariou, au péril de leur vie, ont aidé, protégé et sauvé de nombreuses vies de l'enfer nazi.

In November 1939, the Nazis used the so-called Venlo Incident as a pretext for invading the Netherlands.

Reconstituer l'itinéraire de ces deux personnages, de l'enfance au grand âge, permet de mettre en lumière de nombreux aspects de la France des années 30, de la Résistance à la Déportation, de même que des conflits de mémoire actuels et des débats sur l'écriture de l'histoire.

Accounts of significant sites in Hungary, Vichy France, Italy, and other nations, part of the multi-volume reference praised as a "e;staggering achievement"e; (Jewish Daily Forward).

*; Action-packed stories of legendary tank soldiers in combat *; You-are-there approach lets readers relive the experiences of German panzer crews *; First time in English With the same drama and attention to detail that made Panzer Aces (978-0-8117-3173-7) and Panzer Aces II (978-0-8117-3175-1) such thrilling reads, Franz Kurowski tells the stories of more German armored officers during World War II.

Winner of the National Jewish Book Award: "e;This valuable resource covers an aspect of the Holocaust rarely addressed and never in such detail.