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  • A Concise History of Hungary

    by Miklós Molnár ...
    Translated by Anna Magyar ...
    Series series Cambridge Concise Histories
    This book offers a comprehensive thousand-year history of the land, people, society, culture and economy of Hungary, from its nebulous origins in the Ural Mountains to the elections of 1988. It tells above all the thrilling story of a people which became a great power in the region and then fought against - and was invaded by - Ottomans, Germans and Soviets. The Hungarian people preserved ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

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  • A Concise History of Romania

    by Keith Hitchins ...
    Series series Cambridge Concise Histories
    Spanning a period of 2000 years from the Roman conquest of Dacia to the present day, A Concise History of Romania traces the development of a unique nation situated on the border between East and West. In this illuminating new history, Keith Hitchins explores Romania's struggle to find its place amidst two diverse societies: one governed by Eastern orthodox tradition, spirituality and agriculture ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Civilization

    The West and the Rest

    by Niall Ferguson ...
    **From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower“A dazzling history of Western ideas.”—The Economist“Mr. Ferguson tells his story with characteristic verve and an eye for the felicitous phrase.” —Wall Street Journal“[W]ritten with vitality and verve . . . a tour de force.” —Boston Globe**Western civilization’s rise to global dominance is the single most important ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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  • Glencoe

    The Infamous Massacre, 1692

    by John Sadler ...
    A startling new history of the Campbell massacre of the McDonald Clan, one the most emotive episodes in Scottish history. In the early hours of 13 February 1692, English Redcoats under the command of Campbell of Glenlyon, who for the past week had been peacefully quartered on the inhabitants of Glencoe, fell upon their MacDonald hosts. In the ensuing hours 38 defenceless men, women, and children ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Henry VIII

    by David Loades ...
    Means to be God, and do as pleases himself Martin Luther observed. It was a shrewd comment, not merely on the divorce in which the King was then embroiled, but upon his whole career. Henry VIII was self righteous, and convinced that he enjoyed a special relationship with the Almighty, which gave him a unique claim upon the obedience of his subjects. He subdued the church, sidelined the old ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • 1666

    Plague, War and Hellfire

    by Rebecca Rideal ...
    1666 was a watershed year for England. The outbreak of the Great Plague, the eruption of the second Dutch War and the Great Fire of London all struck the country in rapid succession and with devastating repercussions.Shedding light on these dramatic events, historian Rebecca Rideal reveals an unprecedented period of terror and triumph. Based on original archival research and drawing on little ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • A Nearly Infallible History of the Reformation

    Commemorating 500 years of Popes, Protestants, Reformers, Radicals and Other Assorted Irritants

    by Nick Page ...
    500 years ago, Martin Luther nailed his ideas to a church door - and the Reformation began. Or maybe it was a little more complicated than that.Nick Page brings his skills as an unlicensed historian to bear on this key period in European (and world) history in order to uncover everything you need to know about the Reformation - with a fair few bits you never wanted to know thrown in for good ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • On the Seven Seas

    Wargames Rules for the Age of Piracy and Adventure c.1500–1730

    by Chris Peers ...
    Series Book 7 - Osprey Wargames
    On the Seven Seas is a set of wargames rules covering the high adventure and low morals of the world of the pirate. The rules cover licensed privateers such as da Gama and Drake, ruthless pirates of the Spanish Main, Blackbeard, the Barbary corsairs, the wako of the Far East, not to mention the anti-pirate squadrons, Spanish garrisons and native warriors from around the world that found themselves ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Arcadia

    England and the Dream of Perfection (Text Only)

    by Adam Nicolson ...
    This ebook does not include illustrations.A fascinating depiction from award-winning author, Adam Nicolson, of a family and a country on the hinge of modernisation.Was our country once a better place? Has modernisation destroyed as much as it has improved? And can we see in an earlier Britain a way of living, an Arcadia, which now seems both ideal and remote?Through 16th- and 17th-century England, ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Ottoman Empire and the World Around it

    by Suraiya Faroqhi ...
    In Islamic law the world was made up of the 'House of Islam' and the 'House of War' with the Ottoman Sultan - successor to the early Caliphs - as supreme ruler of the Islamic world. However, in this ground-breaking study of the Ottoman Empire in the early modern period, Suraiya Faroqhi demonstrates that there was no 'iron curtain' between the Ottoman and 'other' worlds but rather a long ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • The English Wars and Republic, 1637-1660

    by Graham E. Seel ...
    Series series Questions and Analysis in History
    The English Civil Wars explores the period of turmoil in British history from 1637 and the latter part of the reign of Charles I, to the restoration with Charles II in 1660. The religious and political crises surrounding the Civil Wars, and the key personalities of Charles I and Oliver Cromwell are discussed in detail. The book combines narrative, interpretations, source material, questions and ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Ottoman Tulips, Ottoman Coffee

    Leisure and Lifestyle in the Eighteenth Century

    by Dana Sajdi ...
    Tulips and coffee are defining cultural products of the Ottoman eighteenth century, along with their related institutions of palace and coffeehouse. These cultural products hold multiple meanings in the history and historiography of the period. For example, scholars argue that the janissary coffee house was used variously for such diverse means as headquarters for rebellion, a Sufi lodge, police ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD