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European History
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The Russo-Ukrainian War€12.99
Do you know what is at stake in Ukraine? Urgent, compelling reading from the author of Chernobyl on the defining conflict of our times. A riveting, enlightening account, this is present-minded history at its best.
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Personality and Power : Builders and Destroyers of Modern Europe€17.99
One of the great historians of our age asks: how far can a single leader alter the course of history? The modern era saw the emergence of individuals who had command over a terrifying array of instruments of control, persuasion and death. Whole societies were re-shaped and wars fought, often with a merciless contempt for the most basic norms.
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The Savage Storm : The Battle for Italy 1943€29.99
With the invasion of France the following year taking shape, and hot on the heels of victory in Sicily, the Allies crossed into Southern Italy in September 1943. They expected to drive the Axis forces north and be in Rome by Christmas.
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Napoleon : The Decline and Fall of an Empire: 1811-1821€20.99
The audacious enterprise of the 100 Days, reaching its crescendo at the Battle of Waterloo, marked the spectacular end of an unprecedented public life. From the ruins of a life-and an empire-came a new continent and a legend that haunts Europe still.
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Publius Quinctilius Varus : The Man Who Lost Three Roman Legions in the Teutoburg Disaster€29.99
Publius Quinctilius Varus is famous as the incompetent commander duped into an ambush that wiped out three legions in one of the most humiliating defeats in Roman history. Yet this is the first full length biography of the man.
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The Story of Russia : 'An excellent short study'€12.99
From the great storyteller of Russia, a spellbinding account of the stories that have shaped the country's past - and how they can inform its present. No other country has been so divided over its own past as Russia. None has changed its story so often.
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Pax : War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age (Paperback)€20.99
The definitive history of Rome's golden age - antiquity's ultimate superpower at the pinnacle of its greatness.
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A Little History of Dublin€16.99
Irish village. Viking town. English city. Proud European capital. A Little History of Dublin is a high-speed history of life in the Irish capital.
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Russia : Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921 (Paperback)€12.99
Between 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse of the Tsarist empire. Many regard this savage civil war as the most influential event of the modern era.