The Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean, Paperback - John Julius Norwich

Reducere. DescriptionThis lively and dramatic book brings roaring to life the grand sweep of 5, 000 years of history in the cradle of civilization. A wonderf...

A one-volume narrative history of the Mediterranean from Ancient Egypt to 1919, written in the racy, readable prose for which Norwich is famous. Th...

Tells the story of Venice of cities from its founding in the fifth century, through its unrivalled status for over a thousand years as one of the b...

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A witty history of 2000 years of French history and the last book from legendary popular historian John Julius Norwich

In a sparkling, fast-paced narrative, Shakespeare's Kings chronicles the turbulent events that inspired Shakespeare's history plays, from Edward II...

Chronicles events up to the coronation of the heroic Alexius Comnenus in 1081.

Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): John Julius NorwichIllustration(s): 18 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 202...

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In Contested Lands, T. G. Fraser untangles the threads of history in the Middle East and, in doing so, weaves a detailed and insightful picture of ...

Chronicling the 'other Norman invasion', The Normans in the South is the epic story of the House of Hauteville, and in particular Robert Guiscard, ...

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Can you hear it, the hiss of water wiggling its way out into the world uncaptured, wasted, wanton? British-Egyptian Sabrina Mahfouz grew up with am...

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Reducere. The task of condensing the History of the Church within a few hundred pages is a delicate one. We have undertaken it in the hope that our efforts w...

The office of bishop of Rome, is one of the most powerful positions in the world. As an ancient institution stretching back for centuries, the papa...

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The Sicilian Vespers: A History of the Mediterranean World in the Later Thirteenth Century - Steven Runciman

This book is a collection of milestone articles of a leading scholar in the study of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily, a crossroads of Latin-Christian,...

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An accessible introduction to a very complex cultural history, that ranges from Ancient beginnings to modern radicalism, including Islamic State. P...

At the gateway to the Mediterranean lie the two Pillars of Hercules: Gibraltar and Ceuta, in Morocco. Paul Theroux decided to travel from one to th...

Guidebook to the 1250km of Spain's Sendero Historico (GR1), traversing northern Spain from Puerto de Tarna in the province of Leon in the west to t...

DescriptionJohn Henry Haaren (b. August 13, 1855, New York, New York - d. September 23, 1916, Brooklyn, New York) was an American educator and hist...

Reducere. Not the same as other Famous Men reprints - This one is better 190+ illustrations to go with the stories, five new chapters added by historian Rob ...

While the struggle for peace in the Middle East remains one of the greatest challenges facing the world today, here is a fascinating and meticulous...

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In the terrific bestselling olive series by writer and actress Carol Drinkwater, bestselling author of THE FORGOTTEN SUMMER

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This book presents new, cross-disciplinary research on leprosy in medieval Europe, focusing on questions of identity. It reveals complex responses ...

Reducere. "An audacious, entertaining page-turner. Dan Jones covers a thousand years of history with elegance and panache."--Dan Carlin, host of Hardcore His...

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A landmark analysis of the ongoing socioeconomic transformations of the Middle East.

"Famous Men of the Middle Ages" features attractive biographical sketches of thirty-five of the most prominent characters in the history of the Mid...