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"Hardcover edition of this book was published in 1973 by Atheneum House, Inc." -- verso page.

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Yet its populous river, its timbered streets, fashionable ladies, old St Paul's, the devestation of the Fire, the palace of Whitehall and the meadows of Islington live on for us in his etchings.

Drawing on numerous sources, Gillian Tindall creates a montage of Hollar's life and times and of the illustrious lives that touched his.

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The incredible story of Felix Kersten who used his influence over Henrich Himmler to save thousands of lives during the Second World War

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D-Day as it has never been told before.

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A searing account of urbanlife in modern India, told through the eyes of an ordinary working class Muslim woman, Syeda X.

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The story of the 1989 massacre of civilians in El Salvadore by US-trained soldiers.

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A Times History Book of the Year

The voyage of the Mayflower is one of the seminal events in world history. Yet, fifty years later, Edwards son Josiah was commanding the New England militias against Massasoits son in King Philips War.

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Introduces a cross-section of unsung, dynamic men and women pioneering political and social change.

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This illustrated guide to the medieval longsword draws on both period sources and the latest research to tell the full story of one of Europe's most iconic medieval weapons.

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Empress Catherine II brought Europe to Russia, and Russia to Europe, during her long and eventful reign. She fostered the culture of the Enlightenment and expanded the empire created by Czar Ivan the Terrible, shifting the balance of power in Europe eastward. Famous for her will to power, Catherine was also a prolific and gifted writer.

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From bestselling author Simon Winchester, the extraordinary story of how America was united into a single nation.

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In true smart-aleck style, "Mental Floss" presents an insightfully accurate and incisively humorous exploration of little-known truths and widely believed falsehoods, which simultaneously exposes some of America's oddest moments, strangest citizens, and much, much more.

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Sass and Wiegand cover 60,000 years of human history in one volume. Along with the names of people and places, dates and statistics, wars, disasters, revelations, and accomplishments, there are fascinating stories, hilarious oddities, and plenty of fun.

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A revelatory history of one of the UK's much-loved rivers which runs through the world's best-known city, and how it evolved through time to quench Londoner's thirst.

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A thrilling and emotional story about the bonds forged in war and good intentions gone wrong.

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In the late 16th century the greatest philosophers, alchemists, astronomers, painters, and mathematicians of the day flocked to Prague to work under the patronage of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, an emperor more interested in the great minds of his times than in the exercise of his immense power.

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Made from Bronze with eyes inlaid with glass pupils set in metal rings, the 'Meroe Head' is a magnificent portrait of Julius Caesar's great nephew and adopted heir Augustus (63 BC-AD 14).

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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu, a rollicking adventure following three eccentric Victorian archeologists and linguists on a twenty-year quest to decipher cuneiform, the oldest script in the world.

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This detailed study reveals the history of the Meuse-Argonne campaign, the US Army's first full-scale offensive against German forces in France.

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A fully revised and updated edition of this popular Beginner's Guide, covering the complexities of the Arab Spring.

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The Mediterranean has nurtured three of the most dazzling civilisations of antiquity, witnessed the birth or growth of three of our greatest religions and links three of the world's six continents. This book tells the story of the Middle Sea itself - a story that begins with the Phoenicians and the Pharaohs and ends with the Treaty of Versailles.

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