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The definitive work on Stalin's purges, Robert Conquest's The Great Terror was universally acclaimed when it first appeared in 1968. Harrison Salisbury called it 'brilliant...not only an odyssey of madness, tragedy, and sadism, but a work of scholarship and literary craftsmanship.' And in recent
A wave of internal conquest, settlement and economic growth in Europe during High Middle Ages transformed it from a world of small separate communities into a network of powerful kingdoms. This book shows how Europe was itself a product of colonization, as much as it was later a colonizer, and what
Between the winter of 1936 and the autumn of 1938, approximately three quarters of a million Soviet citizens were subject to summary execution. More than a million others were sentenced to lengthy terms in labour camps. Commonly known as 'Stalin's Great Terror', it is also among the most
'An acknowledged literary landmark' [Robert Graves] from 'The dean of the school of hard-boiled fiction' [New York
'Hutchinson brilliantly conveys the atmosphere of terror...a gripping narrative' DAILY MAIL 'A brilliantly readable account of Henry's last years' SUNDAY TIMES 'Vivid and shocking' BOOKSELLER The Tudors retained only a precarious grip on the crown of England, founded on a title that was both
And yet, the flavour of Soviet kolbasa, like Proust's madeleine, transports her back to that vanished Atlantis known as the USSR . In this sweeping, tragicomic memoir, Anya recreates seven decades of the Soviet experience through cooking and food, and reconstructs a moving family history spanning
I thought of life's many bounties, to have known the extremities of joy and sorrow, love, success and failure, fame and slaughter, to have read in the newspapers that as a writer I was past my sell-by date, yet regardless, to go on writing and reading, to be lucky enough to live in these two
Rich and epic Historical Fiction set against the backdrop of the Great Famine. Perfect for fans of Winston Graham and Ken
The Spanish conquest of the Americas in the 16th century was one of the most important and cataclysmic events in history. Spanish expeditions endured incredible hardships in order to open up the lands of the 'New World', and few stories in history can match these for drama and endurance. In
Robespierre's justification of the Terror in the French RevolutionRobespierre's defence of the French Revolution remains one of the most powerful and unnerving justifications for political violence ever written. It has an extraordinary resonance in a world obsessed with terrorism and appalled by
'A wise and lyrical evocation of the lives of women in the aftermath of the Norman Conquest... A captivating read' SARAH BOWERThe second instalment in Carol McGrath's captivating The Daughters of Hastingstrilogy! 'Although this is the second in a trilogy it stands well in its own right... you'll
From the Man Booker shortlisted author of Harvest, a novel about love and grief, music and myth, and about the way society treats its least
Part one of the epic conclusion to Tad Williams' classic fantasy series MEMORY, SORROW AND THORN, set in the fantasy world of Osten
A Clarion Call to Missions and Revival A Vision of the Harvest He does not just talk about revival he has lived it. Chad Taylor's compelling treatise for a genuine world-shaking revival evokes memories of Leonard Ravenhill, who was both friend and mentor. Akin to Elijah and Elisha he has taken up
Combining terror and nostalgia, surreal comedy and the poetry of the commonplace, this book is a triumph of storytelling by our
This is the story of Palestine told from the
Thubron travelled throughout Central Asia in the wake of the break-up of the Soviet Union and documented the widespread social upheaval in a region reeling from political
The renowned and controversial author of many books of poems, plays, and translations, Robert Lowell was one of the United States' most honoured poets, winning the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 1947 and 1974, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. This book offers a
Robert Whitfield, a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and an honors graduate of the Columbia University School of Law, practiced as a corporate lawyer with the Wall Street firm of Milbank Tweed Hadley and McCloy before entering the field of investment banking with