Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions

The trial of former SS lieutenant and Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie was France's first trial for crimes against humanity.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Soviet philologist, literary dissident, and university professor Viktor Duvakin made it his mission to interview the members of the artistic avant-garde who had survived the Russian Revolution, Stalin's purges, and the Second World War.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Soviet philologist, literary dissident, and university professor Viktor Duvakin made it his mission to interview the members of the artistic avant-garde who had survived the Russian Revolution, Stalin's purges, and the Second World War.

Giuseppe Mazzini's Young Europe and the Birth of Modern Nationalism in the Slavic World examines the intellectual currents in Eastern Europe that attracted educated youth after the Polish Revolution of 1830-1.

Giuseppe Mazzini's Young Europe and the Birth of Modern Nationalism in the Slavic World examines the intellectual currents in Eastern Europe that attracted educated youth after the Polish Revolution of 1830-1.

In the early 1930s, approximately 6,500 Finns from Canada and the United States moved to Soviet Karelia, on the border of Finland, to build a Finnish workers' society.

In the early 1930s, approximately 6,500 Finns from Canada and the United States moved to Soviet Karelia, on the border of Finland, to build a Finnish workers' society.

In August 1836, Alexander Pushkin wrote a poem now popularly known simply as "e;Monument.

In August 1836, Alexander Pushkin wrote a poem now popularly known simply as "e;Monument.

In Devastation and Laughter, Annie Gerin explores the use of satire in the visual arts, theatre, cinema, and the circus under Lenin and Stalin.

In Devastation and Laughter, Annie Gerin explores the use of satire in the visual arts, theatre, cinema, and the circus under Lenin and Stalin.

Contrary to the prevailing opinion, the idea of Ukrainian independence did not emerge at the end of the nineteenth-century.

Contrary to the prevailing opinion, the idea of Ukrainian independence did not emerge at the end of the nineteenth-century.

The year 2011 brings us the sesquicentennial celebration of the AmericanCivil War.

At the time of the Revolutionary War, a fifth of the Colonial population was African American.

Revolution was the common theme as the world changed between the years 1770 and 1870.

'A masterpiece of history'DAILY TELEGRAPHBetween 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse of the Tsarist empire.

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*THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*Four Hundred Souls is an epoch-defining history of African America, the first to appear in a generation, told by ninety leading Black voices -- co-curated by Ibram X.

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'Elegantly written, full of wit and charm, this is travel writing at its very best' Orlando FigesIn the summer of 1849, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italy's legendary revolutionary hero, fled Rome and led 4,000 of his men hundreds of miles through Umbria and Tuscany, then across the Apennines, Italy's mountainous spine, toward the refuge of the Venetian Republic.

Longlisted for the HWA Non-Fiction Crown'A remarkable achievement' SpectatorIn the summer of 1705, a masked woman knocked on the door of a London printer's workshop.

**A TIMES, GUARDIAN, TELEGRAPH, SPECTATOR, THE CRITIC, MAIL ON SUNDAY, ECONOMIST AND PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEAR**'A gifted narrative historian, eloquent, graceful and witty; the stories she tells are the ones we all should know' Hilary MantelIt was a time of climate change and colonialism, puritans and populism, witch hunts and war .

Revolution is an idea that has been one of the most important drivers of human activity since its emergence in its modern form in the 18th century.

Meredith Duran returns with another witty, humorous and smart romance.

The character of the last Tsar, Nicholas II (1868-1918) is crucial to understanding the overthrow of tsarist Russia, the most significant event in Russian history.

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The first comprehensive examination of the nineteenth-century Ku Klux Klan since the 1970s, Ku-Klux pinpoints the group's rise with startling acuity.

My father was a captain in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (R.

This political and military history of Paraguay chronicles the dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner from 1954 to the coup that overthrew him in 1989.

This first full-length treatment of the Revolutionary War battle of Paoli recounts the British surprise attack on a Continental Army division near Philadelphia in September 1777.

The French Revolution rocketed from Paris and made its influence felt throughout the world.

The only substantive study of Plutarco El'as Calles and the Mexican Revolution, this book traces the remarkable life story of a complex and little-understood, yet key figure in Mexico's history.

Following a disastrous campaign in 1777, the alliance between the Six Nations and the British Crown became seriously strained.

Following a disastrous campaign in 1777, the alliance between the Six Nations and the British Crown became seriously strained.

This book narrates the story of the 1910 Mexican Revolution.

'A truly remarkable writer, one of the most gifted non-fiction authors alive' Simon Schama, Financial TimesRobespierre was only thirty-six when he died, sent to the guillotine where he had sent thousands ahead of him.

Unrivalled in scope and brimming with human drama, A People's Tragedy is the most vivid, moving and comprehensive history of the Russian Revolution available today.

"e;The Suffragette Movement - An Intimate Account Of Persons And Ideals"e; is a 1931 work by E.

Originally published in the 1930s this is a fascinating examination, using documents and eye-witness accounts, of the famous Paris Commune.

A masterful and forensic study of the last year of Nicholas II's reign, from a world-leading scholar of Russian history.

Opening with the military preparations before Paris was besieged by the invading German army in September 1870, Alistair Horne's compelling account of this dramatic episode takes the reader through the fall of Paris and German victory to the last days of the Paris Commune in May Week 1871.

In December 2004, the world watched as hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians gathered to defy the results of a transparently rigged presidential election.

Russia is a country of contradictions: a nation of cultural refinement and artistic originality and yet also a country that rules by 'the iron fist'.