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  • The Habsburg Empire

    1790-1918

    by C. A. Macartney ...
    This book is a narrative history of the Austrian Monarchy from 1790 to its break-up in 1918. Its theme is the hundred year struggle between the venerable dynastic empire which ruled Central Europe, and the new national, political and social forces in conflict with it, an with one another. The author starts with the death of Emperor Joseph 11 in 1790, the event which he takes as marking the turn of ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Hungary

    From Ninth Century Origins to the 1956 Uprising

    by C.A. Macartney ...
    After the Hungarian Revolution in November 1956, the entire world became aware of the Hungarians--the independent people who defied the might of Soviet Russia in defense of their national freedom and traditions. However, though Hungary was acknowledged for centuries as the bulwark of Europe and Christianity against the East, the lively history of the country and its people has otherwise been ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

  • Studies on Early Hungarian and Pontic History

    by C.A. Macartney, László Péter ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Published in 1999, Professor C.A. Macartney was one of the foremost 20th-century authorities on the history of the Danube basin. His life’s work included the re-examination of the sources relating to early Hungarian and Pontic history. This selection of his studies (some of them hardly accessible because they were published in wartime conditions) illuminates one of the dark corners of medieval ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

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  • Poland

    A history

    by Adam Zamoyski ...
    Adam Zamoyski first wrote his history of Poland two years before the collapse of the Soviet Union. This substantially revised and updated edition sets the Soviet era in the context of the rise, fall and remarkable rebirth of an indomitable nation.In 1797, Russia, Prussia and Austria divided Poland among themselves, rewriting Polish history to show that they had brought much-needed civilisation to ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Story of Russia

    by Orlando Figes ...
    “This is the essential backstory, the history book that you need if you want to understand modern Russia and its wars with Ukraine, with its neighbors, with America, and with the West.”—Anne Applebaum, author of Twilight of Democracy and Red Famine**Named a Most Anticipated Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly and Kirkus ReviewsFrom “the great storyteller of Russian history” (Financial Times</... ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

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  • The Habsburg Monarchy 1809-1918

    A History of the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary

    by Professor A J P Taylor ...
    A history of the Habsburg monarchy from the end of the Holy Roman Empire to the monarchy's dissolution in 1918. The book offers an insight into the problems inherent in the attempt to give peace, stability and common loyalty to a hetergeneous population. ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Austria-Hungary and the Habsburgs

    by Archibald R. Colquhoun ...
    THERE is, in reality, no collective title for the agglomeration of territories called Austria-Hungary. The House of Habsburg is merely the connecting link between many distinct parts, not only by virtue of conquest or annexation, but also by inheritance and by the right of long possession. It has to be clearly understood that the fact of mutual dislikes among the various peoples of Austria-Hungary ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Russia: People and Empire

    1552–1917

    by Geoffrey Hosking ...
    ‘It is unlikely that a clearer, more stimulating account of the Russians’ extraordinary period of imperial history will be written.’ Philip Marsden, SpectatorGeoffrey Hosking’s landmark book provides us with a new prism through which to view Russian history by posing the apparently simple question: what is Russia’s national identity?Hosking answers this with brilliant originality: his thesis is ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to European History, 2nd Edition

    Understand the People, Politics, and Conflicts That Shaped a Continent

    by Nathan Barber ...
    • Fascinating, fact-filled writing that delivers hundreds of years in the life of the European continent• Terrific supplementary reading for AP History students ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • 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

  • A Concise History of Poland

    by Jerzy Lukowski, Hubert Zawadzki ...
    Series series Cambridge Concise Histories
    The second edition of this guide to Poland has been updated to take account of the years from 1989–2005. This period marked its liberation from the Soviet Union, the birth of Poland's 'Third Republic' and, recently, its accession to the European Union in 2004. Poland's history has been marked by its resilience. Once a dominant force in central and eastern Europe and home to a remarkable experiment ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • The Middle Kingdoms

    A New History of Central Europe

    by Martyn Rady ...
    An essential new history of Central Europe that “deftly unravels the strands of a long and complex past” (Wall Street Journal)Central Europe has long been infamous as a region beset by war, a place where empires clashed and world wars began. In The Middle Kingdoms, Martyn Rady offers the definitive history of the region, demonstrating that Central Europe has always been more than merely the fault ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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