Quick view Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle by Ben MacIntyre Now: €13.75 MSRP: Was: FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SAS: ROGUE HEROES Colditz Castle: a forbidding Gothic tower on a hill in Nazi Germany. You may have heard about the prisoners and their daring and desperate attempts to escape, but that's only part o… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Fall: The Mysterious Life and Death of Robert Maxwell, Britain's Most Notorious Media Baron by John Preston Now: €5.99 MSRP: €25.00 Was: Winner of the UKs 2022 Costa Prize for Biography A portrait of one of the most enigmatic figures in the annals of white-collar crime. . . From the acclaimed author of A Very English Scandal, a thrilling and dramatic true-life acco… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view A Brotherhood of Spies: The U-2 and the CIA's Secret War by Monte Reel Now: €7.99 MSRP: €28.75 Was: A thrilling dramatic narrative of the top-secret Cold War-era spy plane operation that transformed the CIA and brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union to the brink of disasterOn May 1, 1960, an American U-2 spy plane was shot down o… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view In Montparnasse: The Emergence of Surrealism in Paris, from Duchamp to Dalí by Sue Roe Now: €9.99 MSRP: €37.50 Was: As she did for the Modernists In Montmartre, noted art historian and biographer Sue Roe now tells the story of the Surrealists in Montparnasse.In Montparnasse begins on the eve of the First World War and ends with the 1936 unveili… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Last Palace: Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House by Norman Eisen Now: €7.99 MSRP: €31.25 Was: A sweeping yet intimate narrative about the last hundred years of turbulent European history, as seen through one of Mitteleuropa’s greatest houses—and the lives of its occupants When Norman Eisen moved into the US ambassador’s re… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Shadow State: Murder, Mayhem, and Russia's Remaking of the West by Luke Harding Now: €5.99 MSRP: €36.25 Was: A thrilling account of how Russia is waging a hidden war against America and the West, using espionage, corruption, fake news, and KGB-style murder March 2018. Two Russian assassins arrive in a provincial English city to kill a fo… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Great Maps: The world's masterpieces explored and explained by Jerry Brotton Now: €14.99 MSRP: €31.25 Was: Maps reveal more than just geography: they are a window into the culture, beliefs, and history of the great civilizations of the world. This beautifully illustrated book explores more than 60 of the world's most influential maps t… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Best of Enemies: The Last Great Spy Story of the Cold War by Eric Dezenhall and Gus Russo Now: €9.99 MSRP: €35.00 Was: The thrilling story of two Cold War spies, CIA case officer Jack Platt and KGB agent Gennady Vasilenko -- improbable friends at a time when they should have been anything but.In 1978, CIA maverick Jack Platt and KGB agent Gennady … Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Great Hatred: The Assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson MP by Ronan McGreevy Now: €13.75 MSRP: Was: On 22 June 1922, Sir Henry Wilson - the former head of the British army and one of those credited with winning the First World War - was shot and killed by two veterans of that war turned IRA members in what was the most significa… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921 by Antony Beevor Now: €13.75 MSRP: Was: Between 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse of the Tsarist empire. Many regard this savage civil war as the most influential event of the modern era. An incompatible White alliance of m… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World by Malcolm Harris Now: €25.00 MSRP: Was: The true, unvarnished history of the town at the heart of Silicon Valley.Palo Alto is nice. The weather is temperate, the people are educated, rich, healthy, enterprising. Remnants of a hippie counterculture have synthesized with … Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Rubicon by Tom Holland Now: €6.99 MSRP: €16.25 Was: The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history. What began as a small community of peasants camped among marshes and hills ended up ruling the known world.Rubicon paints a vivid portrait of the Republic at the climax … Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Berlin by Sinclair McKay Now: €12.50 MSRP: Was: The Sunday Times-bestselling author of Dresden returns with a monumental biography of the city that defined the twentieth century - Berlin. Throughout the twentieth century, Berlin stood at the centre of a convulsing world. This h… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Bad Gays: A Homosexual History by Huw Lemmey & Ben Miller Now: €13.75 MSRP: Was: Too many popular histories seek to establish heroes, pioneers and martyrs but as Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller argue, the past is filled with queer people whose sexualities and/or dastardly deeds have been overlooked. We all remember … Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view 1945: Victory in the West by Peter Caddick-Adams Now: €16.25 MSRP: Was: March 1945. Allied troops are poised to cross the Rhine and sweep on into Germany.Victory is at last within their grasp. But if they believe this victory can be easily won, they face swift disillusionment. The final I00 days of th… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Burning the Big House by Terence Dooley Now: €14.99 MSRP: Was: The gripping story of the tumultuous destruction of the Irish country house, spanning the revolutionary years of 1912 to 1923 During the Irish Revolution nearly three hundred country houses were burned to the ground. These "Big Ho… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view An Autobiography by Angela Y. Davis Now: €13.75 MSRP: Was: A powerful and commanding account of the life of trailblazing political activist Angela DavisEdited by Toni Morrison and first published in 1974, An Autobiography is a classic of the Black Liberation era which resonates just as po… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Nazi Billionaires by David de Jong Now: €13.75 MSRP: Was: A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions from the horrors of the Third Reich and World War II - and how the world allowed them to get away with it. In 1946, Gunther Quandt - patriarch of … Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Lamp of Memory by John Ruskin Now: €7.50 MSRP: Was: John Ruskin overturned Victorian society's ideas about art and architecture, arguing that ancient buildings must be conserved for their deep, mystical links with the past and that creative design is essential - not for financial g… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Plots to Kill Hitler: The Men and Women Who Tried to Change History by Richard Dargie Now: €5.99 MSRP: €11.25 Was: From 1919 onwards, there were many people who wanted to kill Hitler. But when he became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the desire became more urgent. After all, what do you do when the leader of your country has destroyed all poli… Add to Cart The item has been added