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  • Twilight of the Goths

    The Kingdom of Toledo, c. 565-711

    by Harold Livermore ...
    Toledo, former capital of Spain until 1560, is now one of the most monumental of Spanish cities. In Roman times, it was originally a modest tribal township, which was eventually elevated to a national capital by the Visigoths (one of two main branches of the Goths, who along with their cousins, the Ostrogoths in South Russia, were considered barbarians across Europe). The history of the Visigoth’s ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • A History of Spain

    by Harold Livermore ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 1958, this was the first scholarly anglophone history of Spain. It covers the whole story from Spanish pre-history onwards and includes a full treatment of the various states until their fusion as a modern nation, and on through the Civil War until the late 20th Century. The book explains the origins and development of Spanish society and the special commitments which ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • The Origins of Spain and Portugal

    by Harold Livermore ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Written by one of the 20th Century’s foremost historians of Iberia, Harold Livermore was a prize-winning author and one of the first anglophone scholars to research the annals of Spain and Portugal. This comprehensive book, originally published in 1971, covers the history of Spain and Portugal from the later Roman Empire, through the Hispano-Gothic Kingdom of Toledo up until the Muslim Invasions ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Royal Commentaries of the Incas and General History of Peru, Parts One and Two

    by Garcilaso de la Vega ...
    Translated by Harold V. Livermore ...
    The two-part classic history of the Incan empire's origin and growth, as well as their demise following the arrival of the Spaniards.Garcilaso de la Vega, the first native of the New World to attain importance as a writer in the Old, was born in Cuzco in 1539, the illegitimate son of a Spanish cavalier and an Inca princess. Although he was educated as a gentleman of Spain and won an important ... Read more

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    A study of medieval warfare and a formative event in the history of Britain.Edward I's conquest of Wales has not been the subject of a scholarly book for over a century. Research has advanced since then, changing our perception of the medieval military mind and shining fresh light on the key characters involved in the conquest. That is why Sean Davies's absorbing new study is so timely and ... Read more

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  • The Franks

    by Simon MacDowall ...
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    How a relatively small group of Germans came to be overlords of all of the former Roman province of Gaul—giving their name to France in the process.Simon MacDowall studies the Frankish way of warfare and assesses its effectiveness, from their earliest incursions into the Empire, down to the Battle of Casilinum (554), their last battle against Romans, The size and composition of their armies, their ... Read more

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    The Nobel Prize–winning physicist offers a fascinating popular introduction to nuclear physics from early atomic theory to its transformative applications.Theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg is famous for developing the uncertainty principle, which bears his name, and for his pioneering work in quantum mechanics. A central figure in the development of the atomic bomb and a close colleague of ... Read more

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  • Following in the Footsteps of Edward II

    A Historical Guide to the Medieval King

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    "Informed and informative . . . a meticulous example of outstanding scholarship, and an inherently fascinating read." — Midwest Book ReviewEdward II is famously one of England's most unsuccessful kings, as utterly different from his warlike father Edward I as any man possibly could be, and the first English king to suffer the fate of deposition. Highly unconventional, even eccentric, he was an ... Read more

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    The Byzantine Princess and the First Crusade

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    Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians

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  • Attila the Hun

    Arch-Enemy of Rome

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  • Ladies of Magna Carta

    Women of Influence in Thirteenth Century England

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