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The Vikings and sainthood are not concepts normally found side by side. But Norway's King Olaf II Haraldsson (c. 995-1030) embodied both to an ...
'A fresh retelling of the story of the Normans . . . written with enthusiasm and brio' Marc Morris, bestselling author of The Anglo-Saxons
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A new interpretation of the Sarajevo assassination and the origins of World War I that places focus on the Balkans and the prewar period.The ...
A bold new history of the rise and expansion of the Norman Dynasty across Europe from Byzantium to England
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A concise history of the goddess-like figures who evade both Christian and pagan traditions, from the medieval period to the present day
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Western exceptionalism-the idea that European civilizations are freer, wealthier, and less violent-is a widespread and powerful political idea. It has been a source of peace ...
"Describes magnificent achievements, storms of controversy, and sometimes the pure devilment of scholars and printers Captivating and often amusing."
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Wallis Simpson, Theodore Roosevelt, Benito Mussolini, Evelyn Waugh, the great tenor Luciano Pavarotti, and the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, were all agreed: the ...
"A feat of both scholarship and storytelling" (Wall Street Journal)--the definitive history of a powerful family dynasty who dominated Europe for centuries.
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There is more to St Helena than an exiled emperor; the tiny island in the middle of the wild South Atlantic Ocean has a rich ...
A history of the countries bordering the Black Sea told through the stories of the people who live there.
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Emotionally resonant photographs of everyday life in the Jewish Lodz Ghetto taken during WWII
From 1941 to 1944, the Polish Jewish photographer Henryk Ross (1910-91 ...
A vivid double biography of two fearless Early Medieval queens, and an enthralling journey of discovery across the unfamiliar and blood-soaked historical landscape of sixth-century ...
A thrilling history of the revolutionary birth of modern Greece
In the exhausted, repressive years that followed Napoleon's defeat in 1815, there was one ...
A groundbreaking history of how the Black Death unleashed revolutionary change across the medieval world and ushered in the modern age.
In 1346, a catastrophic ...