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A Brief History of the Mediterranean - From the Phoenicians to the Present Day by Jeremy Black
29.99 NZD
Category: World History
A wonderfully concise and readable, yet comprehensive, history of the Mediterranean Sea, the perfect companion for any visitor -- or indeed, anyone compelled to stay at home. 'The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.' Samuel Johnson, 1776 The Mediterranean has always bee ...Show more
France: A Short History by Jeremy Black
24.99 NZD
Category: World History
A concise history of France from prehistory to the present, recounting the great events and personalities and exploring France's cultural and political influence today. Artists, martyrs, kings, revolutionaries: France's sense of national identity is inextricably linked to its dramatic history, which fas ...Show more
Maps That Changed The World by John O. E. Clark; Jeremy Black (Introduction by)
32.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design
From beautifully engraved sixteenth-century Dutch maps to sinister Nazi maps, this stunning compendium features some of the most famous cartography ever created. Stretching back to when explorers feared dropping off the -edge of the world, - these 65 examples include Lewis and Clark's charting of the Am ...Show more
Paris - A Short History by Jeremy Black
39.99 NZD
Category: World History | Series: A\Short History Ser.
Once described as "that metropolis of dress and debauchery" by the Scottish poet David Mallet, Paris has always had a reputation for a peculiar joie de vivre, from art to architecture, cookery to couture, captivating minds and imaginations across the Continent and beyond. In Paris: A Short History, his ...Show more
Strategy and the Second World War - How the War Was Won, and Lost by Jeremy Black
37.99 NZD
Category: Military History
A concise, accessible account of strategy and the Second World War. How the war was won . . . and lost..In 1941, the Second World War became global, when Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union; Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor; and Germany declared war on the United States.In this timely ...Show more
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