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  • How the Dutch are Taking Holland, Illustrated

    par Marshall Talbot ...
    This mid nineteenth century essay focuses on the Dutch Land Reclamations and the Dutch people. ... En savoir plus

    $1.36 CAD

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  • George, Nicholas and Wilhelm

    Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I

    par Miranda Carter ...
    In the years before the First World War, the great European powers were ruled by three first cousins: King George V of Britain, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Together, they presided over the last years of dynastic Europe and the outbreak of the most destructive war the world had ever seen, a war that set twentieth-century Europe on course to be the most violent ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $15.99 CAD Maintenant $13.99 CAD

  • The Illustrious Dead

    The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleon's Greatest Army

    par Stephan Talty ...
    A masterful dual narrative of Napoleon Bonaparte and a tiny microbe that pits the height of human ambition and achievement against the supremacy of nature, from the New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Blue Water“Gripping . . . Talty brings international politics and science together in a compelling story of personal hubris and humbling defeat.”—Jack Weatherford, author of the New York ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Death of Caesar

    The Story of History's Most Famous Assassination

    par Barry Strauss ...
    In this story of the most famous assassination in history, “the last bloody day of the [Roman] Republic has never been painted so brilliantly” (The Wall Street Journal).Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the Roman Senate on March 15, 44 BC—the Ides of March according to the Roman calendar. He was, says author Barry Strauss, the last casualty of one civil war and the first casualty of the next ... En savoir plus

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  • Provincializing Europe

    Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference - New Edition

    Collections series Princeton Studies in Culture/Power/History
    First published in 2000, Dipesh Chakrabarty's influential Provincializing Europe addresses the mythical figure of Europe that is often taken to be the original site of modernity in many histories of capitalist transition in non-Western countries. This imaginary Europe, Dipesh Chakrabarty argues, is built into the social sciences. The very idea of historicizing carries with it some peculiarly ... En savoir plus

    $46.19 CAD

  • Bohemian Paris

    Picasso, Modigliani, Matisse, and the Birth of Modern Art

    par Dan Franck ...
    "[An] epic account of life and loves among artists and writers in Paris from belle époque to world slump." —William Feaver , The SpectatorA legendary capital of the arts, Paris hosted some of the most legendary developments in world culture—particularly at the beginning of the twentieth century, with the flowering of fauvism, cubism, dadaism, and surrealism.In Bohemian Paris, Dan Franck leads us ... En savoir plus

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  • The Great Chevauchée

    John of Gaunt’s Raid on France 1373

    Collections Livre 20 - Raid
    In 1373, John of Gaunt set off from Calais on a great raid to strike at the heart of France. Driven by the high ideals of chivalry,the raiders left with epic pageantry. However, the reality soon overwhelmed the raiders. Beset on all sides by French ambushes and plagued by disease and starvation, the raiders battled their way through Champagne, east of Paris, into Burgundy, across the Massif ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • Travelers in the Third Reich

    par Julia Boyd ...
    Travelers in the Third Reich is an extraordinary history of the rise of the Nazis based on fascinating first-hand accounts, drawing together a multitude of voices and stories, including politicians, musicians, diplomats, schoolchildren, communists, scholars, athletes, poets, fascists, artists, tourists, and even celebrities like Charles Lindbergh and Samuel Beckett. Their experiences create a ... En savoir plus

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  • The Sources of Military Doctrine

    France, Britain, and Germany Between the World Wars

    par Barry R. Posen ...
    Collections series Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
    Barry R. Posen explores how military doctrine takes shape and the role it plays in grand strategy-that collection of military, economic, and political means and ends with which a state attempts to achieve security. Posen isolates three crucial elements of a given strategic doctrine: its offensive, defensive, or deterrent characteristics, its integration of military resources with political aims, ... En savoir plus

    $31.99 CAD

  • Cunegonde's Kidnapping

    A Story of Religious Conflict in the Age of Enlightenment

    Collections series The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-C
    In a remote village on the Dutch-German border, a young Catholic woman named Cunegonde tries to kidnap a baby to prevent it from being baptized in a Protestant church. When she is arrested, fellow Catholics stage an armed raid to free her from detention. These dramatic events of 1762 triggered a cycle of violence, starting a kind of religious war in the village and its surrounding region. ... En savoir plus

    $32.99 CAD

  • Industry in the Wilderness

    The People, the Buildings, the Machines — Heritage in Northwestern Ontario

    par Frank Rasky ...
    Filled with photographs, both historic and contemporary, this engaging book looks at the industrial pioneers of northwestern Ontario, and the activities which brought them to the wilderness: surveying, railroading, lumber, gold, bush piloting, transportation, and hydro power. Rasky lets the pioneers tell their own story, through their own reminiscences, and by the monuments they have left behind. ... En savoir plus

    $8.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Political Belief in France, 1927-1945

    Gender, Empire, and Fascism in the Croix de Feu and Parti Social Francais

    In the inter war era, the rise of the largest political movement in modern French history, the powerful Croix de Feu (1927–1936), and its successor, the Parti Social Français, or PSF (1936–1945), led to a sharp rightward turn in France’s political culture. Political Belief in France, 1927–1945 traces the central role of women in this shift, arguing that they transformed the Croix de Feu/PSF from a ... En savoir plus

    $21.99 CAD