ｒｅＹ - Western Europe 1

Though the field of book history has long been divided into discrete national histories, books have seldom been as respectful of national borders as the historians who study themーleast of all in th……続きを見る

This book tackles the history of the Swiss watch industry in a global perspective: it gives particular attention to rival nations such as the United Kingdom, the USA and Japan. The author demonstrat……続きを見る

After the Allies broke out from Normandy in July 1944, they drove quickly through the rest of France and were threatening the German border by the autumn. To halt the Allies, Hitlers last throw of t……続きを見る

"Masterful" – Ian Dunt "Fascinating" – Professor Brian Cox "Vital" – David Miliband *** Britain's 2016 vote to leave the EU divided the nation, unleashing years of political turmoil. Today, many rem……続きを見る

On 18 October 1945, a day that would haunt him for ever, Airey Neave personally served the official indictments on the twenty-one top Nazis awaiting trial in Nuremberg – including Hermann Goering, R……続きを見る

A "fresh, fast-paced, and bracing" (Wall Street Journal) new biography of Winston Churchill, revealing how his relationships with the other great figures of his age shaped his own triumphs and failu……続きを見る

How the development of legal and financial institutions transformed Britain into the world’s first capitalist country Modern capitalism emerged in England in the eighteenth century and ushered in th……続きを見る

The "Historia Regum Britanniae" (English: The History of the Kings of Britain) is a pseudo-historical account of British history, written circa 1136 by Geoffrey of Monmouth. It chronicles ……続きを見る

En "Cosas nuevas y viejas (apuntes sevillanos)", Manuel Chaves Rey ofrece una obra que navega entre la tradición y la modernidad de Sevilla, su ciudad natal. Con un estilo que mezcla la prosa poétic……続きを見る

Zwischen 1918 und 1921 werden in der Ukraine über 100 000 Juden von Bauern, Städtern und Soldaten ermordet, die sie für die Russische Revolution und deren Folgen verantwortlich machen. Ganz normale ……続きを見る

Sovrano di Spagna, Germania, Paesi Bassi e di buona parte dell’Italia e del Centro e Sud America, Carlo V coltivò per tutta la vita una grande aspirazione: l’immortalità. Posò per farsi ritrarre da ……続きを見る

Fernand Braudel (1912-1985), was a leading French historian and author of, among other books, the groundbreaking The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II (1949). One of ……続きを見る

This reissue of a classic textbook has been revised and updated with a new introduction by the author. Geoffrey Treasure provides a thoroughly comprehensive account of the European experience at a t……続きを見る

In the late 1950s, against the unfolding backdrop of the Cold War, American and European leaders began working to reshape Western Europe. They sought to adapt the region to a changing world in which……続きを見る

Though the field of book history has long been divided into discrete national histories, books have seldom been as respectful of national borders as the historians who study themーleast of all in th……続きを見る

Jean Jaurès was a towering intellectual and political leader of the democratic Left at the turn of the twentieth century, but he is little remembered today outside of France, and his contributions t……続きを見る

En esta nueva edición revisada y actualizada de un libro clásico, Geoffrey Parker recurre a fuentes de toda Europa para proporcionar una exposición vibrante y fidedigna de la agitada primera mitad d……続きを見る

'Keizer Karel V' is een monumentale biografie over de machtigste vorst die de Lage Landen ooit hebben gekend. Keizer Karel V (1500-1558) was de machtigste vorst die de Lage Landen ooit hebben gekend……続きを見る

A masterful account of the Hapsburg Empire's bumbling entrance into World War I, and its rapid collapse on the Eastern Front The Austro-Hungarian army that attacked Russia and Serbia in August 1914 ……続きを見る

""In the following chapters I have merely aimed at setting down, in simple language, a record of my impressions, so far as I can recall them, of what I have seen of many and varied phases of the Gre……続きを見る

In the twilight of the Renaissance, the grand duke of Tuscany-a scion of the fabled Medici family of bankers-invited foreign merchants, artisans, and ship captains to settle in his port city of Livo……続きを見る

Five revolutions made the West in the modern world. We will look at the completion of the industrial revolution and the current onset of the technological revolution (which is destroying minds, mann……続きを見る

The book covers about 1000 years from the fall of Rome to the Renaissance under the headings the Spectres of Dante and the Pilgrims of Chaucer; Mohammed and Charlemagne; Saint Augustine and Saint Aq……続きを見る