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World War One
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Ernest Shackleton : South€4.99HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Now we clung to a battered little boat, 'alone, alone – all, all alone; alone on a wide, wide sea.' The ill-fated Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914 was to be the first land-crossing of Antarctica.
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Vertigo : The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany€14.99Out of the ashes of the First World War, Germany launches an unprecedented political project: its first democratic government. The Weimar Republic is established. The years that follow see political extremism, economic upheaval, revolutionary violence and the transformation of Germany
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The First World War : A Miscellany€15.99Have you ever wondered... Who fired the first British shot of the First World War? Who claimed the glory of downing the Red Baron? Who was the first WW1 soldier to receive the Victoria Cross?
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William Grill : Shackleton's Journey€22.99This special 10th Anniversary Edition brings us a detailed visual narrative of Shackleton's journey to Antarctica, with new bonus material. Following the bestselling and award winning Shackleton's Journey, this special 10th Anniversary Edition brings you bonus content.
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Great-Uncle Harry : A Tale of War and Empire€13.99A blend of biography, history, travelogue and personal memoir this is Michael Palin at his very finest.
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Blood on the Snow : The Russian Revolution 1914-1924 (Hardback)€36.99In Blood on the Snow, Robert Service returns to the subject that has formed the backbone of his long and distinguished career: the Russian Revolution. For Service, the great unanswered question is how to reconcile the two vital narratives that underpin the extraordinary but troubled events of 1917.
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The Path of Peace : Walking the Western Front Way€15.99Without a permanent home, a wife or a job, and with no clear sense of where his life was going, Anthony Seldon set out on a 35-day pilgrimage from the French-Swiss border to the English Channel.
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Russia : Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921 (Paperback)€15.99Between 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.
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Berlin : Life and Loss in the City That Shaped the Century€15.99Throughout the twentieth century, Berlin stood at the centre of a convulsing world.
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Endless Flight : The Life of Joseph Roth€29.99The first English language biography of the great European writer Joseph Roth, exploring his genius and his tragic life story, lived in the shadow of war.
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Orpen at War€22.99This illustrated biographical novel – featuring dozens of Orpen’s paintings and drawings – depicts one artist’s remarkable personal and creative journey.
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Palestine: The Ottoman Campaigns of 1914-1918€17.99The campaigns fought by the Ottomans against the British in Palestine are often neglected in accounts of the Great War, yet they are fascinating from the point of view of military history and critically important because of their impact upon the modern Middle East.
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Russia : Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921 (HARDBACK)€37.99Between 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse of the Tsarist empire.
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Abandoned Places of World War I (Hardback)€25.99An overgrown concrete bunker at Ypres; a rusting gun carriage in a field in Flanders; perfectly preserved trenchworks at Vimy, northern France; a rocky mountaintop observation post high in the Tyrolean mountains.
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Tanks : World's Greatest Armoured Fighting Vehicles from World War I to the Present€24.99Tanks features 52 of the best armoured fighting vehicles from World War I to the present day. Beginning with the prototype Mark V Male in 1917, the book ranges from World War I, World War II, through the Cold War and up to the highly sophisticated tanks that have seen recent service in wars in the Balkans, Caususus, and Middle East.
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RMS Lusitania: The Story of a Wreck€20.00The RMS Lusitania was the largest and fastest ocean-going liner in the world when built in 1912 - a wonder of the age.
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1917 : War, Peace, and Revolution€20.991917 was a year of calamitous events, and one of pivotal importance in the development of the First World War. In 1917: War, Peace, and Revolution, leading historian of World War One, David Stevenson, examines this crucial year in context and illuminates the century that followed.
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The World's War : Forgotten Soldiers of Empire€15.99In a sweeping narrative, David Olusoga describes how Europe's Great War became the World's War - a multi-racial, multi-national struggle, fought in Africa and Asia as well as in Europe, which pulled in men and resources from across the globe.
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Paris 1919 : Six Months that Changed the World€17.99Previously published as Peacemakers. Between January and July 1919, after the war to end all wars, men and women from all over the world converged on Paris for the Peace Conference.
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Spain in Arms : A Military History of the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (Hardback)€32.99Spain in Arms examines how the Spanish Civil War conflict developed on the battlefield through the prism of eight campaigns between 1937-1939 and shows how many accounts of military operations during this conflict are based upon half-truths and propaganda.