Modern History
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A History of Romania: Land, People Civilization [Paperback]
Nicolae Iorga (Author)
£24.99ISBN: 9781592110148
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
Not yet published - available for pre-order
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 -
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
Not yet published - available for pre-order
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 -
The Red Army in Romania [Hardback]
Constantin Hlihor (Author); Ioan Scurtu (Author)
£39.99ISBN: 9789739839259
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
This book, written by two well-known specialists on twentieth century Romanian history, is the first comprehensive study of the Red Army’s occupation of Romanian territory in 1940-1941, and its occupation of the country at the end of World War II,... .... 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 -
Fortress Colony: The Final Act 1945-1964 - Volumes 1-4 [Hardback]
Joseph M. Pirotta (Author)
£232.00ISBN: 9789993276173
Published by : Midsea Books
Series: Fortress Colony: The Final Act 1945-1964
In his four-volume study, Pirotta meticulously examines Malta’s twenty-year transformation from Britain’s foremost Mediterranean fortress colony to sovereign State. Acclaimed for its heroic resistance to fascism during the Second World War that os... .... Learn More -
Fortress Colony: The Final Act 1964-1968 - Vol 4: 1962-1968 [Hardback]
Joseph M. Pirotta (Author)
£62.00ISBN: 9789993276753
Published by : Midsea Books
The book describes and analyzes the complicated power game played by party, church and trade union leaders under the watchful eye of the imperial power. The author reveals much of what went on behind the scenes as the efforts of the Maltese to eco... .... Learn More -
Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650 [Paperback]
Christopher Gerrard (Author); Pam Graves (Author); Andrew Millard (Author); Richard Annis (Author); Anwen Caffell (Author)
£20.00ISBN: 9781785708473
Published by : Oxbow Books
WINNER OF BEST ARCHAEOLOGICAL BOOK AT THE 2018 BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL AWARDS. In November 2013 two mass burials were discovered unexpectedly on a construction site in the city of Durham in north-east England. Over the next 2 years, a complex jig... .... Learn More -
A Shadow of War: Archaeological approaches to uncovering the darker sides of conflict from the 20th century [Paperback]
Claudia Theune (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9789088904547
Published by : Sidestone Press
This book presents archaeological research from places of war, violence, protest and oppression of the 20th and the 21st century; sites where the material relics give a deep insight to fateful events – a shadow of war. Alongside renewed interest... .... Learn More -
The Romanovs Under House Arrest: From the 1917 Diary of a Palace Priest [Hardback]
Afanasy Belyaev (Author); Marilyn Pfiefer Swezey (Editor); Victor Potapov (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9780884654544
Published by : Printshop of St Job of Pochaev
"...for the last time the former rulers of their own home had gathered to fervently pray, tearfully, and on bended knee, imploring that the Lord help and intercede for them in all of their sorrows and misfortunes." Thus the Archpriest Afanasy Bely... .... Learn More -
Nineteenth Century Childhoods in Interdisciplinary and International Perspectives [Paperback]
Jane Eva Baxter (Editor); Meredith a.B. Ellis (Editor)
£40.00ISBN: 9781785708435
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Childhood in the Past Monograph
Volume: 6
The nineteenth century was a time when the world was becoming increasingly connected through global forces and networks. Colonial and capitalist expansion was bringing the world into closer contact, while nationalism and forms of indigenous resist... .... Learn More
