Modern History
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Americans and Queen Marie of Romania: A Selection of Documents [Paperback]
Diana Fotescu (Editor)
£29.99ISBN: 9781592110834
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
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Granddaughter of Queen Victoria of England and Tsar Alexander II of Russia, Marie (1875-1938) became princess of Romania through her marriage to Ferdinand of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, crown prince of Romania on 29 December 1892. She became queen o... .... Learn More -
Nicolae Iorga: A Biography [Paperback]
Nicholas M. Nagy-Talavera (Author)
£39.99ISBN: 9781592110759
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
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The Romanian historian Nicolae Iorga played a critical role in the history of his country for more than fifty years until his tragic death in 1940. The author of more than 1,200 books and 20,000 articles, Iorga was one of the most prolific scholar... .... Learn More -
Maritime connections across the North Sea: The exchange of maritime culture and technology between Scandinavia and the Netherlands in the early modern period [Paperback]
Asger Nørlund Christensen (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9789088909863
Published by : Sidestone Press
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Why are so many nautical words in Danish the same as in Dutch? Who taught the shipwrights in the Royal Danish Shipyard in Copenhagen to build carvel planked ships? How did the first Danish ships find their way to the riches of the East Indies? The... .... Learn More -
Maritime connections across the North Sea: The exchange of maritime culture and technology between Scandinavia and the Netherlands in the early modern period [Hardback]
Asger Nørlund Christensen (Author)
£135.00ISBN: 9789088909870
Published by : Sidestone Press
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Why are so many nautical words in Danish the same as in Dutch? Who taught the shipwrights in the Royal Danish Shipyard in Copenhagen to build carvel planked ships? How did the first Danish ships find their way to the riches of the East Indies? The... .... Learn More -
Liberty Brought Us Here: The True Story of American Slaves Who Migrated to Liberia [Hardback]
Susan E. Lindsey (Author)
£34.00ISBN: 9780813179339
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Between 1820 and 1913, thousands of black people left the United States to start new lives in Liberia, Africa, in what was at the time the largest outmigration in US history. When Tolbert Major, a Kentucky slave and single father, was offered his ... .... Learn More -
Murder on the Ohio Belle [Hardback]
Stuart W. Sanders (Author)
£19.00ISBN: 9780813178714
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
In March 1856, a dead body washed onto the shore of the Mississippi River. Nothing out of the ordinary. In those days, people fished corpses from the river with alarming frequency. But this body, with its arms and legs tied to a chair, struck an e... .... Learn More -
The Making of Holy Russia: The Orthodox Church and Russian Nationalism Before the Revolution [Paperback]
John Strickland (Author)
£24.99ISBN: 9781942699279
Published by : Holy Trinity Seminary Press
This book is a critical study of the interaction between Russian Church and society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. At a time of rising nationalist movement throughout Europe, Orthodox patriots advocated for the place of the Ch... .... Learn More -
Vrysaki: A Neighborhood Lost in Search of the Athenian Agora [Hardback]
Sylvie Dumont (Author)
£70.00ISBN: 9780876619698
Published by : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Between 1931 and 1939, central Athens was transformed by the expropriation and demolition of the Vrysaki neighborhood at the foot of the Acropolis. In these few years, more than 5,000 inhabitants were displaced and 348 properties were torn down so... .... Learn More -
A History of Romania: Land, People Civilization [Paperback]
Nicolae Iorga (Author)
£24.99ISBN: 9781592110148
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
Nicolae Iorga’s A History of Romania: Land, People, Civilization is not a typical historical account of a nation’s past, reciting dates, personalities, and events. Rather, it is an intimate portrait of a land and its people written by its greatest... .... Learn More -
Malta in World War II: Contemporary watercolours by Alfred Gerada [Paperback]
Albert Ganado (Author)
£44.00ISBN: 9789993276166
Published by : Midsea Books
A unique collection of watercolors of World War Two in Malta which have never been seen before, executed on site by the Maltese war artist, Alfred Gera. He painted with vigor and enthusiasm capturing the whole gamut of life and action during warti... .... Learn More
