In the fight for freedom, we must not only understand how tyrants rise - but how they fall... Zobraziť viac
An expert in Chinese Warfare, best-selling author Ralph Sawyer, offers a compelling account of the development of incendiary and aquatic warfare tactics in ancient China as pivotal elements in turning the tides of battle... Zobraziť viac
This book deals with the Macedonian army under the Antigonid dynasty, who ruled Macedon from 294 BC until 168 BC. The representational evidence is mainly dealt with in the first two chapters... Zobraziť viac
Six months after Independence, the American Revolution was all but lost. A powerful British force had routed the Americans at New York, occupied three colonies, and advanced within sight of Philadelphia. George Washington lost 90 percent of his army,... Zobraziť viac
In 1917 revolutionary fervour swept through Russia, ending centuries of imperial rule and instigating political and social changes that would lead to the formation of the Soviet Union... Zobraziť viac
A seductive and evocative epic on an intimate scale, that tells the extraordinary story of a geisha girl. Summoning up more... Zobraziť viac
This book provides a thorough introduction to East Central Europe and its renewed emergence since the momentous changes in the former Soviet bloc... Zobraziť viac
Continuing Oxford's five-volume comprehensive history of the British Empire, Volume II examines the history of British expansion from the Glorious Revolution of 1689 to the end of the Napoleonic Wars, a crucial phase in the creation of the modern... Zobraziť viac
This book investigates how scholars from a variety of disciplines have defined and explained political development across what was formerly known as the "age of absolutism." It assesses whether the term still has utility as a tool of analysis and it... Zobraziť viac
The barbarians of the fifth and sixth centuries were long thought to be races, tribes or ethnic groups who toppled the Roman Empire. This book proposes a new view, through a case study of the Goths of Italy between 489 and 554. The author suggests... Zobraziť viac
Wie lebten die Menschen im mittelalterlichen Wien? Welche Lebensbedingungen herrschten dort vor? Wer versorgte die Stadt? Mit einem umfassenden Blick auf soziale, architektonische, kulturelle und politische Akteure und Begebenheiten setzt dieses Buch... Zobraziť viac
This riveting new history tells the story of Britain's journey from imperial power to a nation divided.After the Second World War, Britain's overseas empire disintegrated... Zobraziť viac
A gripping account of the Knights Templar, challenging received wisdom to show how these devout medieval knights played a profound role in making modern Britain. The Knights Templar have an enduring reputation-but not one they would recognize... Zobraziť viac
Vienna's prominent landmark, the Pestsäule (PlagueColumn), commemorates the devastating bubonic plagueepidemic of 1679 that killed thousands of the city's in-habitants... Zobraziť viac
On 20 August 1612, ten people from Pendle were executed before a vast crowd at Lancaster's Gallows Hill. The condemned and their associates had endured six months of accusations, imprisonment and torture... Zobraziť viac
Central Europe is not just a space on a map but also a region of shared experience - of mutual borrowings, impositions and misapprehensions. From the Roman Empire onwards, it has been the target of invasion from the east... Zobraziť viac
The importance of history has been powerfully reaffirmed in recent years by the appearance of major new authors, pathbreaking works, and fresh interpretations of historical events, trends, and methods. Responding to these developments, Roger Chartier... Zobraziť viac
Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, ... Zobraziť viac
"Franz Kafka byl Praha a Praha byla Franz Kafka", napsal kdysi Johannes Urzidil. A skutečně, kdo se vydá po stopách života Franze Kafky, toho cesta zavede přímo do srdce starého císařského města nad Vltavou... Zobraziť viac
In the late 1910s, in a Europe ravaged by World War I, Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen put the finishing touches on his... Zobraziť viac
