History / History by country / Europe

Rasputin

by Harold Shukman

Gregory Rasputin features in Russian history as a malign and destructive force, a man with an unhealthy influence on the Empress Alexandra and undue power in Russian politics. Yet his purposes were ostensibly...

The Mammoth Book of How it Happened in Britain

by John E E Lewis

From Julius Caesar's arrival in 55bc to the dawn of the third millennium, here are 300 accounts of exciting and important moments from first hand sources. Featuring snapshots of wartime, political and social...

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - Illustrated and Annotated

by James Ingram & Bob Carruthers

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is one of the most important sets of historical documents concerning the history of the British Isles. Without these vital accounts we would have virtually no knowledge of some of the...

The Norse Discovery of America

by Arthur Middleton Reeves

This work brings together for the first time the interpretation of the best authorities respecting the evidences, historical, archaeologic, inscriptive, and deductive, of Norse discovery, occupation, and colonization...

The Viking Tales

by Jennie Hall

Jennie Hall is most noted for her fascinating travel memoirs of the late eighteenth century. She produced vibrant narratives and brilliantly vivid descriptions that have made her popular among readers who wish...

Alfredo Catalani: Composer of Lucca

by Domenico Luigi Pardini, Valentina Relton & David Chandler

The full, tragic story of Puccini's great rival, now available in English for the first time. Born in Lucca four years before Puccini, Alfredo Catalani (1854-93) was the main hope of Italian opera in the 1880s....

Once Upon a Time in the Sixties

by Peter Maddick

The sixties - the King's Road, Chelsea; the trendy models and hip photographers; the ad men; the road to St. Tropez; the hippy trail from Kathmandu. And let's not forget what the sixties is really famous for...

Irish Nationality

by Alice Stopford Green

Ireland lies the last outpost of Europe against the vast flood of the Atlantic Ocean; unlike all other islands it is circled round with mountains, whose precipitous cliffs rising sheer above the water stand...

Sagas of the Icelanders

by William Morris

Compiled in one book, the essential collection of Icelandic sagas:

Cormac's Saga

Grettir the Strong

Frithiof the Bold

The Prose Edda

The Battle for Ireland: A Story of National Liberation--A Selection from Vanished Kingdoms (Penguin Tracks)

by Norman Davies

The history of contemporary Ireland and its struggle for independence-excerpted from internationally bestselling author Norman Davies's Vanished Kingdoms

Vanished Kingdoms introduces readers to once-powerful...

Litva: The Rise and Fall of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: A Selection from Vanished Kingdoms (Penguin Tracks)

by Norman Davies

The fascinating history of a Baltic empire's dominance and decline-excerpted from internationally bestselling author Norman Davies's Vanished Kingdoms

Vanished Kingdoms introduces readers to once-powerful European...

The Italian Military Governorship in South Tyrol and the Rise of Fascism

by Giuseppe Motta

The book analyses the period of the Italian military governorship in South Tyrol (Alto Adige) just after the armistice and the end of the first World War. During this period the region was put under the control...

A Wistful Legacy

by Don E McGregor

A Wistful Legacy is a novel of the Holocaust. Spanning in time from 1918 to 2006, it shows how Nazism and the Second World War mutilated millions of ordinary lives.

Love and loyalty survive the greatest conflict...

The Joe Public Guide to Being English

by Colin Richardson

This second edition of The Joe Public Guide to Being English is an interesting and informative celebration of the achievements of England and the English across the years. It examines the English contribution...

Life in Roman Britain

by Ken Dark & Petra Dark

What was it like to live in Roman Britain? What sort of house would you have lived in? What sort of clothes would you have worn? This book takes us back in time to see what it was really like to live in Roman...

Mad Dog

by Johnny Adair

Johnny "Mad Dog" Adair earned his reputation as a paramilitary leader seeking freedom and peace in Northern Ireland. The authorities hold him responsible for 41 murders and he became known as the most feared...

A short history of Florence

by Franco Cardini

II ristampa. Edizione in inglese della “Breve storia di Firenze”. Una breve storia ha lo scopo di cogliere in pochi, forti tratti della città, di rivisitare il passato alla luce del presente per comprendere...

A short history of Pisa

by Ottavio Banti

A short history aims at catching the spirit of a city, by outlining salient historical episodes. It looks back at the city’s past in the light of life today to understand its distinctive features

Incomparable: a collection of essays: The formation and early history of Napoleon's 9th Light Infantry Regiment

by Terry Crowdy

An elite battalion under Louis XVI, the 9th Light Infantry regiment were with Napoleon from almost the beginning of his campaigns, so much so that he dubbed them ‘Incomparable’. This collection of essays...

The Sword of Liberty: Returning Power to the American People!

by Loren J. Enns

While engaged in anti-terror operations, John Laurens is called to the island of St. Croix, for the execution of a secret will. Attached to the summons, he finds the tale of an ancient sword, carried into battle...