Iron and Blood
By: Peter H. Wilson
3.98
Format: 1040 pages, Hardcover
A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022'No one interested in the history of Europe can afford not t…
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1. The Somme
By: Peter Hart
4.03
Format: 589 pages, Hardcover
The definitive account of one of the bloodiest battles in world history―a military tragedy that wou… read more
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"This is what is called dying for your country, but it is actually selling your soul to a few profiteers for a shilling, and being massacred to satisfy their selfish purposes. And they call it WAR--an…"-Peter Hart, The Somme
2. The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914
By: Christopher Clark
3.79
Format: None pages,
On the morning of 6/28/1914, when Archduke Franz Ferdinand & his wife, Sophie Chotek, arrived at Sa… read more
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3. The Analects
By: Confucius , D.C. Lau
3.20
Format: 168 pages,
This lively new translation with clear explanatory notes by one of the foremost scholars of classic… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
4. Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes
By: Tamim Ansary
3.87
Format: 144 pages,
We in the west share a common narrative of world history. But our story largely omits a whole civil… read more
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5. The Third Reich in Power (The History of the Third Reich, #2)
By: Richard J. Evans
3.86
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The definitive account of Germany's malign transformation under Hitler's total rule and the implaca… read more
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6. The Third Reich at War (The History of the Third Reich, #3)
By: Richard J. Evans
4.83
Format: 266 pages,
The final volume in Richard J. Evans's masterly trilogy on the history of Nazi Germany traces the r… read more
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7. Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
By: Neil Price
4.18
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
The Viking Age - between 750 and 1050 - saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples.… read more
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"The Viking mind is far away from us today, but occasionally just about tangible."-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
"Free will existed, but exercising it inevitably led to becoming the person you always, really, had been."-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
"History is nothing if not a suppositional discipline, sometimes akin to a sort of speculative fiction of the past."-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
"There is a sense in which this viewpoint is looking through the wrong end of the historical telescope, defining (and often judging) a people solely by the consequences of their actions rather than th…"-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
8. Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849
By: Christopher Clark
4.18
Format: 1152 pages, Hardcover
An epic history of the 1848 revolutions that swept Europe and the charismatic figures who propelled… read more
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"In situations of polarization and heightened anxiety, people tend to regard their own fears as authentic and those of their opponents as manipulated."-Christopher Clark, Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849
9. Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918
By: Katja Hoyer
4.17
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Before 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable… read more
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10. The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History
By: Alexander Mikaberidze
4.34
Format: 936 pages, Hardcover
Austerlitz, Wagram, Borodino, Trafalgar, Leipzig, Waterloo: these are the places most closely assoc… read more
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- audiobook
11. Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921
By: Antony Beevor
3.90
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
An epic new account of the conflict that reshaped Eastern Europe and set the stage for the rest of … read more
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12. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By: Mary Beard
4.11
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more
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- audiobook
13. The World: A Family History of Humanity
By: Simon Sebag Montefiore
4.00
Format: 1344 pages, Hardcover
From the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from pre… read more
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14. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
By: Katja Hoyer
4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more
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"Some of the “songs"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
15. Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East
By: Amanda H. Podany
4.50
Format: 662 pages, Hardcover
A unique history of the ancient Near East that compellingly presents the life stories of kings, pri… read more
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16. The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe
By: Martyn Rady
4.13
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
An essential new history of Central Europe, the contested lands so often at the heart of world hist… read more
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17. Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia
By: Gregory J. Wallance
3.99
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the late nineteenth century, close diplomatic relations existed between the United States and Ru… read more
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18. Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe
By: Rachel Chrastil
3.84
Format: 485 pages, Hardcover
'Compassionate and thought-provoking history' Daily Telegraph'Superb on the human consequences of w… read more
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19. The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790
By: Ritchie Robertson
4.27
Format: 985 pages, Hardcover
This magisterial history—sure to become the definitive work on the subject—recasts the Enlightenmen… read more
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"When different religion managed to coexist peacefully for a long period, the visibility of other religion tended to weaken one's conviction of the unique excellence of one's own."-Ritchie Robertson, The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790
20. Iron and Blood
By: Peter H. Wilson
3.98
Format: 1040 pages, Hardcover
A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022'No one interested in the history of Europe can afford not t… read more
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