History - Europe - General

Title: Travels in Russia, the Krimea, the Caucasus, and Georgia.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and...

Title: Journal of a Steam Voyage down the Danube to Constantinople, and thence by way of Malta and Marseilles to England. By Robert Snow. With plates.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one...

Title: Spain ... Illustrated by Gustave Doré. Translated by J. Thomson.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages...

Title: German Home Life. By the Countess von Bothmer.] Reprinted from Fraser's Magazine.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all...

Title: History of the Consulate and the Empire of France under Napoleon. ... Translated by D. F. Campbell.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over...

Title: Dr. Goldsmith's history of Rome /Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,...

Title: History and General Description of New France ... translated, with notes, by John Gilmary Shea. With plates, including a portrait.] F.P.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest...

Title: The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V ... The eleventh edition.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items...

Title: Historical ... accounts of Ragland Castle ... Also, the ... correspondence which passed between the Marquis of Worcester ... and Sir Thomas Fairfax ..., with the articles of capitulation ... To which are added ..., brief notices of Wonastow, Tree-Owen, Dingatstow, etc. Collected...

Title: The History of Selkirkshire; or, Chronicles of Ettrick Forest.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and...

Title: The History of Selkirkshire; or, Chronicles of Ettrick Forest.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and...

Title: Salisbury Cathedral.] Ward and Lock's Illustrated Historical Handbook to Salisbury Cathedral, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all...

Title: Wimbledon; illustrative details concerning the parish: ... with descriptions of the Wimbledon Park Estate.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items...

Title: Italy. (Notes on law, statistics, and on literary disputes, with appendix on the state of Medicine by Sir C. Morgan.)Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research...

Title: Italian Pictures, drawn with pen and pencil. By S. M.].Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages...

Title: Recollections of a Tour. A Summer Ramble in Belgium, Germany and Switzerland.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all...

Title: The English and their Origin. A prologue to authentic English History.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe...

The European Anarchy is a classic European history text that examines the causes of World War One. In the great and tragic history of Europe there is a turning-point that marks the defeat of the ideal of a world-order and the definite acceptance of...

The River-Names of Europe is a classic historical geography text by Robert Ferguson and an effort to arrange and explain the names of European Rivers.Author: Robert FergusonISBN-10: 150757553XISBN-13: 9781507575536Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/16/2015Pages: 102Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.21d

A sweeping biography that opens a window onto the gilded age of Jewish philanthropy. Baron Maurice de Hirsch was one of the emblematic figures of the nineteenth century. Above all, he was the most influential Jewish philanthropist of his time. Today Hirsch is less...

How did Jews go from lives organized by synagogues, shul, and mikvehs to lives that--if explicitly Jewish at all--were conducted in Hillel houses, JCCs, Katz's, and even Chabad? In pre-emancipation Europe, most Jews followed Jewish law most of the time, but by the turn...

Nevill Forbes' The Balkans: A History of Bulgaria and Serbia is an expansive look at one of the world's geopolitical hotspots, the Balkans, with a focus on some of the background history that brought about the tensions of World War I.Author: Nevill ForbesISBN-10: 1500885843ISBN-13:...

In this work, Carol V.A. Quinn (re)constructs the survivors' arguments in the debate concerning the ethics of using Nazi medical data, showing what it would mean to take their claims seriously. She begins with a historical case and presents arguments that help make sense...

*Includes pictures of Napoleon, Wellington and important people, places and events in their lives. *Includes maps of famous battles, including Austerlitz and Waterloo. *Answers common myths about Napoleon, including whether he was short, whether his men shot off the Sphinx's nose, whether he played...

LARGE PRINT EDITION More at LargePrintLiberty.com.Francis Neilson (1867-1961) was a member of the British Parliament, one of the last truly educated British aristocrats, a colleague and friend of Albert Jay Nock's, and an amazing historian and stylist. He is also the author of this...

""Vitus Bering, The Discoverer Of Bering Strait: Russian Explorations 1725-1743"" is a historical account of the life and expeditions of Vitus Bering, a Danish explorer who worked for the Russian Empire during the early 18th century. The book is written by Peter Lauridsen, a...

Author: John William DraperISBN-10: 1425566677ISBN-13: 9781425566678Publisher: University of Michigan LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/13/2006Pages: 648Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.97lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.30d

Lively, colorful characters and vivid details about this brutal period of modern Soviet history make Shurik a poignant and educational book for all ages. This is the poignant story of a beautiful young Russian nurse and a homeless orphan boy during the three-year siege...

There's no available information at this time. Author will provide once information is available.Author: Peter GoldadeISBN-10: 1413426158ISBN-13: 9781413426151Publisher: Xlibris UsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/13/2005Pages: 646Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.09lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.56d

One of the most puzzling lapses in accounts of the rise of the West following the decline of the Roman Empire is the casual way historians have dealt with Gutenberg's invention of printing. The cultural achievements that followed the fifteenth century, when the West...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: John MacPhersonISBN-10: 1408600137ISBN-13: 9781408600139Publisher: Adler...

The growing interest in the cultural dimensions and environmental aspects of the transition to the Neolithic in the 6th millennium BC calls for a brief overview of what we know about the Early Neolithic in the Danube-Tisza interfluve. The idea of a volume drawing...

An environmental and archaeological multiproxy study of burial mounds in the Eurasian steppe zoneThis volume presents a series of archaeological and scientific studies focusing on Kurgans in Hungary and Russia. Kurgans are the burial mounds of Bronze and Copper Age societies that can be...

This is a major study of trade, exchange and economy in the maritime regions of northwest Europe during the Late Iron Age and Roman period (175/150 BC-AD 409). The study encompasses the regions of northwest Europe that were integrated into the Roman Empire, as...

The intricate diplomacy that led to the peace agreement in Bosnia, known as the Dayton Accords, is here revealed in unprecedented detail. Based on thousands of still-classified government documents and dozens of interviews with key participants, this is a comprehensive story of high-level diplomacy,...

The tragedies of Bosnia and Kosovo are often explained away as the unchangeable legacy of 'centuries-old hatreds'. In this richly detailed, expertly balanced chronicle of the Balkans across fifteen centuries, Hupchick sets a complicated record straight. Organized around the three great civilizations of the...

Political economy and Christian theology coexisted happily in the intellectual world of the eighteenth century. During the nineteenth century they came to be seen as incompatible, even mutually hostile. In the twentieth century they went their separate ways and are no longer on speaking...

As Europe has expanded its influence in world economic and political affairs, there has been an increased need to understand how Europe recovered from the devastation of World War II to become a major world player. This concise history offers a comprehensive overview of...

The First World War continues to fascinate. Its profound effect on politics and society is still felt today. Yet it remains a greatly misunderstood conflict, shrouded in myths and misperceptions. In The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the First World War Philpott and Hughes,...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

At a time when issues of gender and sexuality are as prominent as they have ever been, Gender, Sex and the Shaping of Modern Europe provides an authoritative exploration of the history of these deeply connected subjects over the last 250 years. Incorporating a...

Late Antiquity, the period of transition from the crisis of Roman Empire in the third century to the Middle Ages, has traditionally been considered only in terms of the 'decline' from classical standards. Recent classical scholarship strives to consider this period on its own...

This innovative edited collection brings together leading scholars from the USA, the UK and mainland Europe to examine how European identity and institutions have been fashioned though interactions with the southern periphery since 1945. It highlights the role played by North African actors in...

In this second edition of The Rise of Western Power, Jonathan Daly retains the broad sweep of his introduction to the history of Western civilization as well as introducing new material into every chapter, enhancing the book's global coverage and engaging with the latest...