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The Napoleonic Wars
1803 – 1815
David Gates
There is a mass of literature on Napoleon and his times, yet there are but a handful of scholarly works that se
Paris in the Terror
June 1793 – July 1794
Stanley Loomis
Named one of the books of the century by the University of California, Berkeley, Paris in the Terror tells the
The Fatal Friendship
Marie Antoinette, Count Fersen and the flight to Varennes
Stanley Loomis
The hallmark of his writing, in this as in his previous book on Paris during the Terror, is fairness. He never
Europe: Hierarchy And Revolt 1320-1450
George Arthur Holmes
This book provides a classic introduction to a key period in the history of Europe – the transition from mediev
The Decline of Imperial Russia
1855-1914
Hugh Seton-Watson
This book, originally published in 1952, describes and explains the stage of the decline of the Russian Empire
Three Who Made a Revolution
A Biograpical History
Bertram D Wolfe
The lives of three men who made the Russian Revolution possible–Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin–are the focus of t
Lenin: A Biography
Robert Service
Lenin is a colossal figure whose influence on 20th-century history cannot be underestimated. This biography mak
The Possessed Vol 2
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Devils, or The Posessed, is the most controversial of Dostoyevskys masterpieces. A political drama, it has
Will and Circumstance
Montesquieu, Rousseau and the French Revolution
Norman Hampson
The men who made the French revolution derived their ideas about politics from montesquieu and Rousseau.
Young Stalin
Simon Sebag Montefiore
Based on ten years astonishing new research, here is the thrilling story of how a charismatic, dangerous boy be
The White Guard
Mikhail Bulgakov
Although less famous than Mikhail Bulgakovs comic hit, The Master and Margarita, The White Guard is still an en
The Essential Writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains is the dramatic opening line of The Social Contract, published
The Age of Revolution, 1789-1848
Modern History #1
Eric Hobsbawm
This magisterial volume follows the death of ancient traditions, the triumph of new classes, and the emergence
The World Turned Upside Down
Radical Ideas During the English Revolution
Christopher Hill
Within the English revolution of the mid-17th century which resulted in the triumph of the protestant ethic–th
The Century of Revolution 1603-1714
Christopher Hill
There is an immense range of books about the English Civil War, but one historian stands head and shoulders abo
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Edmund Burke
This new and up-to-date edition of a book that has been central to political philosophy, history, and revolutio
The French Revolution
Thomas Carlyle
The book that established Thomas Carlyles reputation when first published in 1837, this spectacular historical