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Bruce, Evangeline: Napolean and Josephine: The Improbable Marriage
Book Number: 39524
Wiedenfeld & Nicolson 1995 8vo. hardcover. 555pp. index, b/w illus. very good, owner's name verso fep. / very good d/w.
Keywords: Napolean Josephine Marriage french history
Price: $25.00 |
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Schama, Simon: The embarrassment of riches : an interpretation of Dutch culture in the golden age
Book Number: 41444
Vintage 1987 Large 8vo softcover 704pp index, b/w illus. very good, small crease on top corner, owner's inscription on fep. This social and cultural study traces how in the 17th century a modest assortment of farming, fishing and shipping communities, without shared language, religion or government, transformed itself into a formidable world empire, the Dutch Republic. The author uses a variety of sources, from bankruptcy inventories and cookbooks to paintings and prints, to reconstruct the era during which Rembrandt's Amsterdam outshone Venice as the capital of Baroque northern Europe. Simon Schama has also written
Keywords: Netherlands History 1648 1795 The embarrassment of riches an interpretation of Dutch culture in the golden age Schama Simon
Price: $22.00 |
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Palmer, Alan Warwick: The Kaiser: Warlord of the Second Reich
Book Number: 41639
Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1978 8vo hardcover 276pp index, b/w illus. very good / good d/w with large tear on front panel (repaired).
Keywords: Kaiser Warlord Second Reich germany history Palmer Alan Warwick
Price: $25.00 |
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Cadbury, Deborah: The Lost King of France: A True Story of Revolution, Revenge, and DNA
Book Number: 41902
St. Martin's Press 2002 8vo hardcover 299pp index, b/w illus. very good+ / very good d/w.
Keywords: french history french monarchy french revolution biography france marie antoinette The Lost King of France A True Story of Revolution Revenge and DNA Cadbury Deborah
Price: $25.00 |
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Gombrich, E.H.: Symbolic Images
Book Number: 42237
Phaidon Press 1985 Large 8vo softcover 242pp index, b/w illus. very good, faded spine.
Keywords: art history Symbolic Images Gombrich E H
Price: $30.00 |
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DURANT, Will and Ariel: The Age of Louis XIV ( The Story of Civilization;Part VIII)
Book Number: 43067
Simon & Schuster 1963 8vo. hardcover. 804pp. index, b/w illus. very good, small chip on fep. / no d/w.
Keywords: Louis XIV european history french france
Price: $22.00 |
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Fraser, Antonia: Love and Louis XIV
Book Number: 43817
Phoenix 2007 8vo softcover 570pp index, colour illus. very good+.
Keywords: women Love Louis XIV french france history royal families
Price: $18.00 |
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Koestler, Arthur: The Thirteenth Tribe
Book Number: 43929
Hutchinson 1976 8vo hardcover 256pp index, b/w map & frontis. very good / very good d/w. This book traces the history of the ancient Khazar Empire, a major but almost forgotten power in Eastern Europe, which in the Dark Ages converted to Judaism. Khazaria was finally wiped out by the forces of Ghengis Khan, but evidence indicates that the Khazars themselves migrated to Poland and formed the cradle of Western Jewry.
Keywords: khazars turkish turkey eastern europe middle ages history Thirteenth Tribe Koestler Arthur
Price: $30.00 |
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Moore, Lucy: Liberty: The Lives and Times of Six Women in Revolutionary France
Book Number: 44016
HarperPress 2006 8vo softcover 464pp very good, Fep clipped.
Keywords: Six Women Revolutionary France french history Moore Lucy
Price: $18.00 |
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Freely, John: Jem Sultan: The Adventures of a Captive Turkish Prince in Renaissance Europe
Book Number: 44215
HarperPerennial 2005 8vo softcover 341pp very good.
Keywords: Turkish Prince Renaissance Europe Freely John
Price: $15.00 |
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