The Empire of Gold (Chakraborty S. A.)(Paperback)

The Empire of Gold (Chakraborty S. A.)(Paperback)

The Empire of Gold (Chakraborty S. A.)(Pevná vazba)

'No series since George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire has quite captured both palace intrigue and the way that tribal infighting and war hurt the vulnerable the most.' --Paste MagazineThe final chapter in the bestselling, critically acclaimed Daevabad Trilogy, in which a con-woman and an

Kingdom of Copper (Chakraborty S. A.)(Paperback / softback)

Return to Daevabad in the spellbinding sequel to THE CITY OF

City of Brass (Chakraborty S. A.)(Paperback / softback)

Among the bustling markets of eighteenth century Cairo, the city's outcasts eke out a living swindling rich Ottoman nobles and foreign invaders alike. But alongside this new world the old stories linger. Tales of djinn and spirits. Of cities hidden among the swirling sands of the desert, full of

Empire in Black and Gold, 1 (Tchaikovsky Adrian)(Paperback)

Empire in Black and Gold is the first instalment in the critically-acclaimed fantasy series Shadows of the Apt. It's brought to you by Adrian Tchaikovsky, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award. The days of peace are over . . . The city states of the Lowlands have lived in peace and prosperity for

The British Empire: Sunrise to Sunset (Levine Philippa)(Paperback)

The British Empire: Sunrise to Sunset is a broad survey of the history of the British Empire from its beginnings to its demise that offers a comprehensive analysis of what life was like under colonial rule, weaving the everyday stories of people living through the experience of colonialism into the

River of Gold: Empire XI (Riches Anthony)(Paperback)

After saving the emperor's life in Rome, Marcus and his comrades have been sent across the sea to the wealthy, corrupt Greek metropolis of Aegyptus, Alexandria. An unknown enemy has slaughtered the garrison of the Empire's last outpost before its border with the mysterious kingdom of Kush. Caravans

The Empire Project (Darwin John)(Paperback)

The British Empire, wrote Adam Smith, 'has hitherto been not an empire, but the project of an empire' and John Darwin offers a magisterial global history of the rise and fall of that great imperial project. The British Empire, he argues, was much more than a group of colonies ruled over by a

Empire of the Moghul: Ruler of the World (Rutherford Alex)(Paperback / softback)

The Currency of Empire (Barth Jonathan)(Paperback)

In The Currency of Empire, Jonathan Barth explores the intersection of money and power in the early years of North American history, and he shows how the control of money informed English imperial action overseas.The export-oriented mercantile economy promoted by the English Crown, Barth argues,

Hero of the Empire - The Making of Winston Churchill (Millard Candice)(Paperback / softback)

The Roman Empire in 100 Haikus (Laycock Stuart)(Paperback)

The Roman Empire has been a source of fascination to political thinkers, the obsession of some of the greatest historians, and has influenced art down the ages. Now, in a fresh new take on the era, historian Stuart Laycock sums up the subject in 100 haikus. These original poems are sometimes witty,

Empire of the Moghul: Raiders From the North (Rutherford Alex)(Paperback / softback)

The first book in the gripping and brilliant Empire of the Moghul

War and Gold - A Five-Hundred-Year History of Empires, Adventures and Debt (Kwarteng Kwasi)(Paperback / softback)

Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World (Ostler Nicholas)(Paperback)

Nicholas Ostler's Empires of the Word is the first history of the world's great tongues, gloriously celebrating the wonder of words that binds communities together and makes possible both the living of a common history and the telling of it. From the uncanny resilience of Chinese through twenty

The Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire Part One (DiMartino Michael Dante)(Paperback)

A History of Ancient Persia: The Achaemenid Empire (Brosius Maria)(Paperback)

An innovative approach to the history of the First Persian Empire, offering an accessible historical narrative for students and general readers alike A History of the Achaemenid Empire considers archaeological and written sources to provide an expansive, source-based introduction to the diverse and

A History of the Ottoman Empire (Howard Douglas A.)(Paperback)

Covering the full history of the Ottoman Empire, from its genesis in post-Mongol Eurasia to its dissolution after the Great War in Europe, this textbook takes a holistic approach, considering the Ottoman worldview - what it was, how it came together, and how it fell apart. Douglas A. Howard

Under the Eagle (Eagles of the Empire 1) (Scarrow Simon)(Paperback / softback)

View of the Empire at Sunset (Phillips Caryl)(Paperback / softback)

Servant of the Empire (Feist Raymond E.)(Paperback / softback)

THE EMPIRE TRILOGY: BOOK II Nobody knows how to play the Game of the Council better than Mara of the Acoma. But when you're surrounded by deadly rivals intent on toppling you at every turn, you need to be the best simply to survive

Victoria's Wars - The Rise of Empire (David Saul)(Paperback / softback)

Explores the early part of Queen Victoria's reign, when the British Empire was well on the way to becoming the greatest empire the world had ever seen. This title shows how Britain ruthlessly exploited her position as the world's only superpower to expand her

The Age of Empires (Aldrich Robert)(Paperback)

For over five hundred years, empires have been a feature of the political landscape, and today, many contemporary conflicts resonate with issues tied to colonial conquest and the uneasy situations they produced. Empires evoke potent images: Henry Morton Stanley, David Livingstone, and the gallery

British Empire Uniforms 1919 to 1939 (Hallett Edward)(Paperback)

A colourful survey of the uniforms and accoutrements of British Empire forces between the wars from 1919 to