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  • Struggle Against Russia in the Romanian Principalities

    A Problem in Anglo-Turkish Diplomacy, 1821-1854

    by Radu Florescu ...
    The period leading up to the unification of the Romanian principalities is one of the most dynamic periods in modern Romanian history. It was a time of effervescence, which witnessed the birth of new ideas and the struggle between revolution and reaction. With the expansion of Russia in the Balkans, amidst the decline of the Ottoman Empire, the struggle against Russia in the Romanian ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Essays on Romanian History

    by Radu Florescu ...
    Essays on Romanian History brings together a lifetime of studies on Romanian history and culture by one of the leading American scholars on the history of Romania, Radu R. Florescu. While each chapter is a separate study, in their totality, they form a vision of Romanian history, dealing with issues from ancient times to the present day. Among the studies included in this volume: The Formation of ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Dracula's Bloodline

    A Florescu Family Saga

    This engrossing book tells the story of the Florescu family, from its feudal blood ties, to the notorious 15th century figure Vlad Tepes (Count Dracula), right up to present day, touching on such diverse personalities as the Kennedys, Bill Clinton, and Michael Jackson. In the tradition of Alex Haley’s Roots, Dracula’s Bloodline relates a multi-generational saga through the prism of one family’s ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

  • Dracula, Prince of Many Faces

    His Life and His Times

    A biography of the real fifteenth-century Wallachian leader known as Vlad the Impaler, who inspired the classic horror novel by Bram Stoker.Dreaded by his enemies, emulated by later rulers like Ivan the Terrible, honored by his countrymen even today, Vlad Dracula was surely one of the most intriguing figures to have stalked the corridors of European and Asian capitals in the fifteenth century.Vlad ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

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    The Man Who Was Dracula

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  • A Burnable Book

    A Novel

    In Chaucer's London, betrayal, murder, royal intrigue, mystery, and dangerous politics swirl around the existence of a prophetic book that foretells the deaths of England's kings. Bruce Holsinger's A Burnable Book is an irresistible historical thriller reminiscent of the classics An Instance of the Fingerpost, The Name of the Rose, and The Crimson Petal and the White.London, 1385. Surrounded by ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Circus: A Story from Circus

    The CBC Literary Award–winning title story from Claire Battershill’s debut collection, winner of the Canadian Authors Association Emerging Writer Award, and a finalist for the Canadian Authors Association Emerging Writer Award and the PEN International / New Voices Award.For as long as Susan can remember, the circus has been part of her family’s DNA – her mother was a gifted contortionist, and her ... Read more

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  • Vanished Kingdoms

    The History of Half-Forgotten Europe

    by Norman Davies ...
    'The past is a foreign country' has become a truism, yet the past differs from the present in many unfamiliar ways and historical memory is extraordinarily imperfect. The degree to which we think of the European past as the history of France, Germany, Britain, Russia and so on, actually obstructs our view of former reality, and blunts our sensitivity to the ever-changing political landscape. ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Europe

    A History

    by Norman Davies ...
    From the Ice Age to the Cold War, from Reykjavik to the Volga, from Minos to Margaret Thatcher, Norman Davies here tells the entire story of Europe in a single volume. It is the most ambitious history of the continent ever undertaken. ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Story of Russia

    by Orlando Figes ...
    “This is the essential backstory, the history book that you need if you want to understand modern Russia and its wars with Ukraine, with its neighbors, with America, and with the West.”—Anne Applebaum, author of Twilight of Democracy and Red Famine**Named a Most Anticipated Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly and Kirkus ReviewsFrom “the great storyteller of Russian history” (Financial Times</... ... Read more

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  • A Short History of Europe

    From Pericles to Putin. Discover the perfect gift for readers of European history!

    by Simon Jenkins ...
    Discover the history of Europe - from the Dark Ages to present day - by the author of the bestselling A Short History of EnglandEurope is an astonishingly successful place. But it would take volumes to tell its story, right? Wrong. From warring peoples to peace, wealth and freedom, Andrew Jenkins distils its evolution into this short, single-volume history.From Greece and Rome, through the French ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • A Short History of Europe

    From Charlemagne to the Treaty of Lisbon

    by Gordon Kerr ...
    Series series Short History
    From the coronation of Charlemagne in 800 to the signing of the Treaty of Lisbon in 2007, an accessible history of the people, ideas, institutions, and events that have shaped Europe during the last 1,200 yearsThis fascinating history for beginners provides a coherent map of the jumbled history of Europe and the European idea that has led up to this point. A continent of countless disparate ... Read more

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