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General & World History
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Fear : An Alternative History of the World€29.99
It's been said that, after 9/11, the 2008 financial crash and the Covid-19 pandemic, we're a more fearful society than ever before.
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The Secret History of the Mongols€15.99
A new translation of a great historical epic, recounting the turbulent life and times of Chinggis Khan.
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Why We Fight : The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace€12.99
Why do human beings fight one another? In this exhilarating and bracing book, we learn the common logic driving vainglorious monarchs, dictators, mobs, pilots, football hooligans, ancient peoples and fanatics.
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Fake Heroes : Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of History€22.99
Was Che Guevara really a revolutionary hero? Should Mother Teresa be honoured as a saint? Is Henry V actually England's greatest king? And why does JFK's legend continue to grow?
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The Great Defiance : How the world took on the British Empire€29.99
The story of the British Empire is a familiar one: Britain came, it saw, it conquered, forging a glorious world empire upon which the sun never set.
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Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I : The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History€21.99
Piecing together evidence from original documents and artefacts, this book tells the story of Anne Boleyn's relationship with, and influence over her daughter Elizabeth. In so doing, it sheds new light on two of the most famous and influential women in history.
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Berlin : Life and Loss in the City That Shaped the Century€11.99
Throughout the twentieth century, Berlin stood at the centre of a convulsing world.
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Hidden History of the Korean War : New Edition€95.00
Proxy wars, it seems, are more openly practiced than ever―and yet one of the worst of these was suppressed and “forgotten” even in its own time.
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Ten Cities that Led the World : From Ancient Metropolis to Modern Megacity€12.99
Great cities are complex, chaotic and colossal. These are cities that dominate the world stage and define eras; where ideas flourish, revolutions are born and history is made.
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The Earth Transformed : An Untold History€22.99
In The Earth Transformed, Peter Frankopan, one of the world s leading historians, shows that the natural environment is a crucial, if not the defining, factor in global history and not just of humankind.