Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War 1914 by Max Hastings
26.99 NZD
Category: Military History | Reading Level: very good
A magisterial chronicle of the calamity that crippled Europe in 1914. In 1914, Europe plunged into the 20th century's first terrible act of self-immolation - what was then called The Great War. On the eve of its centenary, Max Hastings seeks to explain both how the conflict came about and what befell mi ...Show more
Rites of Peace : The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna by Adam Zamoyski
28.99 NZD
Category: World History
Following on from his epic '1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow', bestselling author Adam Zamoyski has written the dramatic story of the Congress of Vienna. In the wake of his disastrous Russian campaign of 1812, Napoleon's imperious grip on Europe began to weaken, raising the question of how the Con ...Show more
The Embarrassment of Riches by Simon Schama
36.99 NZD
Category: World History
A social and cultural investigation of how a modest collection of farming, fishing and shipping communities without shared language, religion or government transformed itself in the 17th century into the formidable empire of the Dutch Republic.
Fighter Boys : Saving Britain 1940 by Patrick Bishop
24.99 NZD
Category: Military History
A remarkable, intimate portrait of the young men of Fighter Command, whose skill, temperament and morale determined the fate of Britain and arguably the free world. The Battle of Britain, fought in the skies over Britain during the sweltering summer of 1940, was one of the most crucial battles ever foug ...Show more
On the Eve: The Jews of Europe Before the Second World War by Bernard Wasserstein
39.99 NZD
Category: World History
It is a major history examining the realities of Jewish life across Europe up to the very eve of World War Two. This is the portrait of a world on the eve of its destruction. Bernard Wasserstein presents a disturbing interpretation of the collapse of European Jewish civilization even before the Nazi ons ...Show more