Modern History
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The Romanovs Under House Arrest: From the 1917 Diary of a Palace Priest [Hardback]
Afanasy Belyaev (Author); Marilyn Pfiefer Swezey (Editor); Victor Potapov (Author)
£22.00ISBN: 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)
£40.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 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 -
A History of Romania: Land, People Civilization [Hardback]
Nicolae Iorga (Author)
£39.99ISBN: 9781592110131
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 -
Novels of Genocide: Remembering and Forgetting the Ethnic Other in Fictional Rwanda [Paperback]
Olivier Nyirubugara (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9789088904318
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: Memory Traps
Volume: 2
In the last 20 years or so, the 1994 genocide in Rwanda has inspired a number of creative writers who were eager to represent that genocide itself, its aftermath and, in some cases, the situation that they perceived as paving the way for it decade... .... Learn More -
Novels of Genocide: Remembering and Forgetting the Ethnic Other in Fictional Rwanda [Hardback]
Olivier Nyirubugara (Author)
£105.00ISBN: 9789088904325
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: Memory Traps
Volume: 2
In the last 20 years or so, the 1994 genocide in Rwanda has inspired a number of creative writers who were eager to represent that genocide itself, its aftermath and, in some cases, the situation that they perceived as paving the way for it decade... .... Learn More -
The Sea in History: The Modern World [Hardback]
N. A. M. Rodger (Editor)
Regular Price: £125.00
Special Price: £85.00
ISBN: 9781783271603
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
How important has the sea been in the development of human history? Very important indeed is the conclusion of this ground-breaking four volume work. The books bring together the world's leading maritime historians, who address the question of wh... .... Learn More -
Garibaldi's Maltese Corsairs [Paperback]
Abraham Borg (Author)
£15.00ISBN: 9789993275312
Published by : Midsea Books
Garibaldi’s connection with Malta and the Maltese dates back to 1837 when he had already taken refuge in South America, mainly in Montevideo. It was there that he met with other Italian exiles on the run from the despotic governments that held Ita... .... Learn More -
Aan de overkant [Paperback]
Lodewijk Wagenaar (Editor)
£50.00ISBN: 9789088903168
Published by : Sidestone Press
In the 17th and 18th century well over a million men and a few thousand women made the long journey oversees to one of the many Dutch colonies of the Dutch East India Company or West India Company. How did these people live in the colonies, what d... .... Learn More -
Eel Drifters [Paperback]
Morten Gøthche (Author)
£20.00ISBN: 9788785180674
Published by : Viking Ship Museum
In the autumn of 2010, the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde launched a newly built eel-drifter (åledrivkvase), a type of fishing boat traditionally used on the waters between Zealand, Lolland and Falster. Inspired by similar North-German fishing boa... .... Learn More -
Embassy, Emigrants and Englishmen: The Three Hundred Year History of a Russian Orthodox Church in London [Paperback]
Christopher Birchall (Author)
£16.99ISBN: 9780884653363
Published by : Printshop of St Job of Pochaev
This is the unlikely history of a centuries old church located at the heart of England's capital city. Founded in the early-18th century by a Greek Archbishop from Alexandria in Egypt, the church was aided by the nascent Russian Empire of Tsar Pet... .... Learn More
