Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country
By: Simon Winder
3.84
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Following Germania and Danubia, the third installment in Simon Winder's personal history of Europe …
Want to Read $ 12.99"John of Bavaria, realizing the game was up and his throwing in the priesthood and marrying had just wasted everyone’s time, made Philip the Good his heir. He was shortly thereafter assassinated in The Hague with a poisoned prayer book (yes, really – nothing can beat the fifteenth century)."-Simon Winder, Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country
"John of Bavaria, realizing the game was up and his throwing in the priesthood and marrying had just wasted everyone’s time, made Philip the Good his heir. He was shortly thereafter assassinated in The Hague with a poisoned prayer book (yes, really – nothing can beat the fifteenth century)."-Simon Winder, Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country
"John of Bavaria, realizing the game was up and his throwing in the priesthood and marrying had just wasted everyone’s time, made Philip the Good his heir. He was shortly thereafter assassinated in The Hague with a poisoned prayer book (yes, really – nothing can beat the fifteenth century)."-Simon Winder, Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country
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1. Die Hauptstadt
By: Robert Menasse
3.59
Format: 460 pages, Hardcover
In Brüssel laufen die Fäden zusammen – und ein Schwein durch die Straßen. Fenia Xenopoulou, Beam… read more
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"Das Problem mit Fremdsprachen [...], wenn man sie nicht zumindest stiefmuttersprachlich beherrschte, war, dass man immer nur sagt, was man sagen kann, und nicht, was man sagen will. Die Differenz ist…"-Robert Menasse, Die Hauptstadt
"[I] vilket fall som helst sa han plötsligt: 'The past forms the future, without regard to life.' Meningen dröjde kvar i huvudet, hon fortsatte fundera på den en stund efter att telefonsamtalet hade t…"-Robert Menasse, Die Hauptstadt
2. Scandinavians: In Search of the Soul of the North
By: Robert Ferguson
4.62
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Scandinavia is the epitome of cool: we fill our homes with Nordic furniture; we envy their humane s… read more
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3. Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider
By: Peter Gay
4.27
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
First published in 1968, Weimar Cultureis one of the masterworks of Peter Gay's distinguished caree… read more
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4. The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy
By: Peter H. Wilson
3.93
Format: 316 pages, Hardcover
A deadly continental struggle, the Thirty Years War devastated seventeenth-century Europe, killing … read more
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5. The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography from the Revolution to the First World War
By: Graham Robb
3.76
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
While Gustave Eiffel was changing the skyline of Paris, large parts of France were still terra inco… read more
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6. The Pursuit of Italy
By: David Gilmour
4.23
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Visiting a villa built by Lorenzo de Medici outside Pisa, David Gilmour fell into conversation abou… read more
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7. Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age
By: Tom Holland
4.22
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that b… read more
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8. De Bourgondiërs: aartsvaders van de Lage Landen
By: Bart Van Loo
4.31
Format: 607 pages, Hardcover
Meesterverteller Bart Van Loo neemt de lezer op sleeptouw langs duizend jaar Europese geschiedenis.… read more
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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. Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain's Lost Cities and Vanished Villages
By: Matthew Green
3.83
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Drowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff. This is the extraordinary tale o… read more
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11. The Black Prince: England's Greatest Medieval Warrior
By: Michael Jones
4.07
Format: 488 pages, Hardcover
As a child he was given his own suit of armor; at the age of sixteen, he helped defeat the French a… read more
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12. The Habsburgs: To Rule the World
By: Martyn Rady
3.85
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The definitive history of the dynasty that dominated Europe for centuries In The Habsburgs, Mart… read more
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13. France: An Adventure History
By: Graham Robb
3.44
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
This is a profoundly original and entertaining history of France, from the first century bc to the … read more
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14. Antwerp
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3.17
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A rich history of Antwerp from the author of the acclaimed bestseller The Edge of the WorldEven bef… read more
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15. The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain's Colonial Legacy
By: Philippe Sands
4.18
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3.95
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
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17. The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World
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4.15
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18. The Rhine: Following Europe's Greatest River from Amsterdam to the Alps
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3.89
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19. A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes
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3.76
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20. Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country
By: Simon Winder
3.84
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Following Germania and Danubia, the third installment in Simon Winder's personal history of Europe … read more
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"John of Bavaria, realizing the game was up and his throwing in the priesthood and marrying had just wasted everyone’s time, made Philip the Good his heir. He was shortly thereafter assassinated in Th…"-Simon Winder, Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country
21. Everyday Life in Tudor London: Life in the City of Thomas Cromwell, William Shakespeare & Anne Boleyn
By: Stephen Porter
3.48
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