Humanities

Churchill and the Crown

The story of Winston Churchill's long relationship with the Crown—from radical liberal under Edward...

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€25.00

Beyond the Ocean: France and the Atlantic World from the Crusades to the Age of Revolutions

A bold reinterpretation of French colonialism from its medieval roots to the early nineteenth centur...

€37.80 -10%

€34.00

Empire with a Vengeance: Honour and Revenge in European Colonial Warfare, 1815–1914

An absorbing new history of European colonialism, showing how ideas of retribution and revenge were...

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€44.00

Hawking: His Life and Work

When one is faced with the possibility of early death, it makes one realise that life is worth livin...

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€26.10

Markets of Pain: Opium, Capitalism, and the Global History of Painkillers

Markets of Pain offers a sweeping history of the business of licit opium—following cultivators, merc...

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€33.90

The Jackal: The Rise and Fall of Carlos, the World's First Super-Terrorist

The spectacular rise and dramatic fall of super-assassin Carlos the Jackal, from Pulitzer Prize winn...

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€19.80

Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome

‘A thoroughly rapacious woman…as cruel as she is greedy’ Cicero‘A woman who took no thought for spin...

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€14.80

The Shortest History of Ancient Rome

At its greatest extent, the Roman Empire encompassed more than twenty-five modern-day countries. It...

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€13.50

Jews vs. Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World's Mightiest Empire

A new history of two centuries of Jewish revolts against the Roman Empire, drawing on recent archeol...

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€14.80

The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State

“Much in history is headlong but few grand transformations have been more precipitate or more he...

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€27.00

Never Say War: Life Inside Russia

'A totally unprecedented, behind the scenes portrait of Putin's Russia at war. Astonishing. A major...

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€23.00

The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A Peoples History of Afghanistan

Winner of the Women's Prize Non-Fiction Prize 2026Book of the YearThe Times • Financial Times • Guar...

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€15.00

Islam: A New History from Muhammad to the Present

Today’s Muslim world is in upheaval: legalists and mystics engage in intense debates, radical groups...

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€23.00

Crucible of Light: Islam and Europe from the 8th to the 21st Century

‘[An] authoritative, fascinating account . . . Crucible of Light underlines the complexity of relati...

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€19.00

Palestine: A Short History

Adapted from the international bestseller The Hundred Years War on Palestine for a new generation of...

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€18.30

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