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  • Madrid

    The History

    de Jules Stewart ...
    At the heart of the Castilian plateau, far from the coastal towns and ports of Spain, sits the great city of Madrid. Perched some 2,200 feet above the distant sea, it is at once the loftiest and also the most enigmatic of Europe's capitals: hard to decipher for the Spanish and for foreigners alike.Its intense character and the abrupt manner and hectic lifestyle of the Madrileños can make even ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • Madrid

    Midnight City

    Series series
    Spain’s top city for tourism, Madrid attracts more than six million visitors a year. Helen Crisp and Jules Stewart relate the story of a city and its people through the centuries, while their carefully curated listings give a nod to well-known attractions and sights, as well as hidden gems. Spain’s art capital, with its ‘Golden Triangle’ of museums and myriad art galleries, Madrid is also a city ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • Cádiz

    The Story of Europe's Oldest City

    This is the tale of Western Europe's oldest continuously inhabited city, a 3,000-year history of war and seafaring, culture and commerce, liberalism and resistance. Helen Crisp and Jules Stewart offer a vibrant account of Cádiz past and present, from its ancient founding myths to its reinvention as a trendy tourist destination. They illuminate Cádiz's experiences under Roman and Moorish rule; ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

  • Frontier Fighters: On Active Serivce in Warziristan

    The Memoirs of Major James Cumming

    These are fascinating memoirs of a British officer who fought the legendary Pathan tribesmen of the Northwest Frontier, right up to the beginning of WW2. He describes desperate battles against this highly skilled and ruthless enemy. Pathan atrocities were commonplace and no prisoners were taken.Cummings served in two Frontier units, the South Waziristan Scouts and the Corps of Guides. Waziristan, ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Strike Up the Band

    New York City in the Roaring Twenties

    This is the story of the zest for life that gripped New York in the post-war years of the 1920s. The decade ushered in an era of almost unprecedented prosperity and economic expansion that made New York the powerhouse of America and fuelled a wave of creativity in music, fashion, literature and architecture. Strike Up the Band explores how the city became a magnet for a host of outstanding ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • Policing the Big Apple

    The Story of the NYPD

    de Jules Stewart ...
    Policing the Big Apple is the story of America’s largest and the world’s most celebrated law enforcement agency. The book covers the full saga of policing New York City, from 1625 in then New Amsterdam, when Johann Lampo became the first cop on the beat, through 1930s battles with the Mafia, to 1990s Zero Tolerance and the NYPD’s role in making New York one of the safest cities in the USA. As well ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • Gotham Rising

    New York in the 1930s

    de Jules Stewart ...
    New York is often described as the greatest city in the world. Yet much of the iconic architecture and culture which so defines the city as we know it today – from the Empire State Building to the Pastrami sandwich - only came into being in the 1930s, in what was perhaps the most significant decade in the city's 400-year history. After the roaring twenties, the catastrophic Wall Street Crash and ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • On Afghanistan's Plains

    The Story of Britain's Afghan Wars

    de Jules Stewart ...
    Britain's military involvement in Afghanistan is a contentious subject, yet it is often forgotten that the current conflict is in fact the fourth in a string of such wars dating back as far as the early nineteenth century. Aiming to protect the British territories in India from the expanding Russian empire, the British fought a series of conflicts on Afghan territory between 1838 and 1919. The ... Leer más

    $44.99 USD

  • Albert

    A Life

    de Jules Stewart ...
    Albert: Prince Consort to Queen Victoria, social and cultural visionary in his own right, was born in the Saxon duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld but defined the culture and direction of 19th century Britain - a superpower at the zenith of its influence - more than any other British royal or politician. Although he pleaded with his wife that no monument to his memory should be left (a plea that was to ... Leer más

    $38.99 USD

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  • Pathan Rising

    Jihad on the North West Frontier of India 1897-1898

    de Mark Simner ...
    Pathan Rising tells the story of the large-scale tribal unrest that erupted along the North West Frontier of India in the late 1890s; a short but sharp period of violence that was initiated by the Pathan tribesmen against the British. Although the exact causes of the unrest remain unclear, it was likely the result of tribal resentment towards the establishment of the Durand Line and British ... Leer más

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  • The Battle of Kabul (1879) - part of the Bretwalda Battles series

    Bretwalda Battles, #10

    de Oliver Hayes ...
    Series Libro 10 - Bretwalda Battles
    With British & American troops again in Afghanistan, this book looks back to a previous conflict when Islamic fundamentalists again sought to overthrow the government of Afghanistan and British troops went in to pacify the area.In September 1879 rebels against Emir Yaqub Khan massacred the British residents of Kabul. The British put together a column of 7,000 men to march on Kabul, punish the ... Leer más

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  • Secret Army

    An elite force, a secret mission, a fleet of Model-T Fords, a far flung corner of WWI

    de Barry Stone ...
    It was arguably the greatest fighting force in the entirety of the Great War. They were the very best: hardened, fearless, decorated, cocky fighting men, all veterans of Gallipoli and the Western Front. Yet this elite force secretly assembled in London in late 1917 remains an enigma even today.Barry Stone tells the story of these Australian, British, New Zealand, Canadian and South African men who ... Leer más

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