Written in History - Letters that Changed the World (Montefiore Simon Sebag)(Paperback / softback)

Written in History - Letters that Changed the World (Montefiore Simon Sebag)(Paperback / softback)

WRITTEN IN HISTORY celebrates the great letters of world history, creative culture and personal life. Acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore selects over one hundred letters from ancient times to the twenty-first century: some are noble and inspiring, some despicable and unsettling; some are

The World: A Family History - Simon Sebag Montefiore

The World by Simon Sebag Montefiore is a fresh and original history of humanity, unlike any previous world history: it uses family, the one thing all humans have in common, to tell the story. It is genuinely global, spanning all eras and all continents, from the perspective of places as diverse as

Romanovs - 1613-1918 (Montefiore Simon Sebag)(Paperback / softback)

The internationally bestselling epic history of Russia's imperial

Titans of History - The Giants Who Made Our World (Montefiore Simon Sebag)(Paperback / softback)

NEW EDITION - FEATURING UPDATED INTRODUCTION AND NEW CHAPTERS The giant characters of history - from Mozart to Michelangelo, Shakespeare to Einstein, Henry VIII to Hitler, Catherine the Great to Margaret Thatcher, Jesus Christ to Genghis Khan -- lived lives of astonishing drama and adventure,

One Night in Winter (Sebag Montefiore Simon)(Paperback / softback)

'An epic adventure story set against the most awful war in history. Ridiculously good' Dan SnowIf your children were forced to testify against you, what terrible secrets would they reveal?Moscow

Sashenka (Sebag Montefiore Simon)(Paperback / softback)

Winter, 1916. In St Petersburg, snow is falling in a country on the brink of revolution. Beautiful and headstrong, Sashenka Zeitlin is just sixteen. As her mother parties with Rasputin and her dissolute friends, Sashenka slips into the frozen night to play her role in a dangerous game of conspiracy

Jerusalem - The Biography (Montefiore Simon Sebag)(Paperback / softback)

The story of Jerusalem is the story of the world.Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths; it is the site of Judgement Day and the battlefield of today's clash of civilisations. How did this small, remote town become the Holy City, the 'centre of the

Young Stalin (Montefiore Simon Sebag)(Paperback / softback)

Vital prequel to the internationally bestselling biography STALIN: COURT OF THE RED

Stalin - The Court of the Red Tsar (Montefiore Simon Sebag)(Paperback / softback)

The thrilling biography of Stalin - an international

The Romanovs: 1613-1918 (Montefiore Simon Sebag)(Paperback)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the national bestselling author of Stalin: An epic history on the grandest scale' (Financial Times) about the most successful dynasty of modern times, a family who created the world's greatest empire--and then lost it all. An essential addition to the library of

Red Sky at Noon (Sebag Montefiore Simon)(Paperback / softback)

`An epic adventure story set against the most awful war in history. Ridiculously good' Dan Snow 'The black earth was already baking and the sun was just rising when they mounted their horses and rode across the grasslands towards the horizon on fire ...' Imprisoned in the Gulags for a crime he did

Somme - Into the Breach (Sebag-Montefiore Hugh)(Paperback / softback)

Written World - How Literature Shapes History (Puchner Martin)(Paperback / softback)

The true story of literature -- of how writing changed civilizations, cultures and the history of the

Seventeen Equations that Changed the World (Stewart Ian)(Paperback / softback)

Examines seventeen groundbreaking equations that have altered the course of human history. This book explores how Pythagoras' Theorem led to GPS and SatNav; how logarithms are applied in architecture; why imaginary numbers were important in the development of the digital camera, and what is really

Machine That Changed the World (Womack James P.)(Paperback / softback)

Photos That Changed the World (Stepan Peter)(Paperback)

Now available in an updated and revised edition, Photos that Changed the World gathers together images of pivotal moments in world history in one stunning volume. In lavish two-page spreads, this book presents nearly one hundred of history's most memorable photographs -- from the Wright Brothers'

Dunkirk - Fight to the Last Man (Sebag-Montefiore Hugh)(Paperback / softback)

Tells the story of the rescue in May 1940 of British soldiers fleeing capture and defeat by the Nazis at

100 Ideas That Changed Architecture (Weston Richard)(Paperback)

100 Ideas That Changed Architecture chronicles the most influential ideas that have shaped architecture. Entertainingly written by an expert on architecture, it provides a concise history of the subject, and offers a fascinating resource to dip into for the general reader. Starting with the basic

Gandhi 1914-1948 - The Years That Changed the World (Guha Ramachandra)(Paperback / softback)

Royal Rabbits (Montefiore Santa)(Paperback / softback)

The first series for younger readers from the international bestselling authors Santa and Sebag Montefiore, illustrated by sought-after illustrator Kate

Letters To Sartre (Beauvoir Simone de)(Paperback / softback)

In 1983 de Beauvoir published Sartre's letters, maintaining that her own to him had been lost. Tracing the emotional and triangular complications of her life with Sartre, the letters reveal her not only as manipulative and dependent but Simonealso as vulnerable, passionate, jealous and

Globalisation In World History (Hopkins A G)(Paperback / softback)

A second view holds that globalisation has a long history that can be traced back to the nineteenth century, if not earlier. First, it offers a categorisation of types and stages of globalisation that existed before the late twentieth century, No such taxonomy exists at

World War I - Wars That Changed the World (Hills Ken)(Paperback / softback)

Ages 9 to 12 yearsWorld War I takes a fresh look at The Great War. From the assassination in Sarajevo which plunged all the major countries in Europe into the war, to the fighting in the trenches, surrender and the terms imposed on an exhausted and humiliated Germany which led directly to World War

Short History of London - The Creation of a World Capital (Jenkins Simon)(Paperback / softback)