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The Death Of Democracy - Hitler's Rise To Power (Paperback): Benjamin Carter Hett The Death Of Democracy - Hitler's Rise To Power (Paperback)
Benjamin Carter Hett 1
R333 R271 Discovery Miles 2 710 Save R62 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A landmark account of the fall of the Weimar Republic and the rise of Hitler, based on award-winning research, and recently discovered archival material.

In the 1930s, Germany was at a turning point, with many looking to the Nazi phenomenon as part of widespread resentment towards cosmopolitan liberal democracy and capitalism. This was a global situation that pushed Germany to embrace authoritarianism, nationalism and economic self-sufficiency, kick-starting a revolution founded on new media technologies, and the formidable political and self-promotional skills of its leader.

Based on award-winning research and recently discovered archival material, The Death Of Democracy is a panoramic new survey of one of the most important periods in modern history, and a book with a resounding message for the world today.

The New Royals - Queen Elizabeth's Legacy And The Future Of The Crown (Hardcover): Katie Nicholl The New Royals - Queen Elizabeth's Legacy And The Future Of The Crown (Hardcover)
Katie Nicholl
R672 R548 Discovery Miles 5 480 Save R124 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

For seventy years, Queen Elizabeth has ruled over an institution and a family. She has been constant in her desire to provide a steady presence and to be a trustworthy steward of the British people and the Commonwealth. In the face of her uncle's abdication, in the uncertainty of the Blitz, and in the tentative exposure of her family and private life to the public via the press, Elizabeth has become synonymous with the crown.

But times change. Recent years have brought grief and turmoil to the House of Windsor, and even as England prepares to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, there are calls for a changing of the guard.

In The New Royals, journalist Katie Nicholl provides a nuanced look at Elizabeth's remarkable and unrivalled reign, with new stories from Palace courtiers and aides, documentarians, and family members. She examines Charles and Camilla's decades in waiting and beyond-where "The Firm" is headed as William and Kate present the modern faces of an ancient institution. In the wake of Harry and Meghan leaving the Royal Family and Andrew's spectacular fall from grace, the royal family must reckon with its history, the light and the dark, in order to chart a course for Britain beyond its Queen and to show that it is an institution capable of leadership in an ever changing modern world.

Powers And Thrones - A New History of the Middle Ages (Paperback): Dan Jones Powers And Thrones - A New History of the Middle Ages (Paperback)
Dan Jones; Narrated by Dan Jones
R395 R316 Discovery Miles 3 160 Save R79 (20%) In Stock

The instant Sunday Times bestseller A Times, New Statesman and Spectator Book of the Year 'Simply the best popular history of the Middle Ages there is' Sunday Times 'A great achievement, pulling together many strands with aplomb' Peter Frankopan, Spectator, Books of the Year 'It's so delightful to encounter a skilled historian of such enormous energy who's never afraid of being entertaining' The Times, Books of the Year 'An amazing masterly gripping panorama' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'A badass history writer... to put it mildly' Duff McKagan 'A triumph' Charles Spencer Dan Jones's epic new history tells nothing less than the story of how the world we know today came to be built. It is a thousand-year adventure that moves from the ruins of the once-mighty city of Rome, sacked by barbarians in AD 410, to the first contacts between the old and new worlds in the sixteenth century. It shows how, from a state of crisis and collapse, the West was rebuilt and came to dominate the entire globe. The book identifies three key themes that underpinned the success of the West: commerce, conquest and Christianity. Across 16 chapters, blending Dan Jones's trademark gripping narrative style with authoritative analysis, Powers and Thrones shows how, at each stage in this story, successive western powers thrived by attracting - or stealing - the most valuable resources, ideas and people from the rest of the world. It casts new light on iconic locations - Rome, Paris, Venice, Constantinople - and it features some of history's most famous and notorious men and women. This is a book written about - and for - an age of profound change, and it asks the biggest questions about the West both then and now. Where did we come from? What made us? Where do we go from here? Also available in audio, read by the author.

The Chancellor - The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel (Paperback): Marton The Chancellor - The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel (Paperback)
Marton
R500 R415 Discovery Miles 4 150 Save R85 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Social History of Rome (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover): Geza Alfoldy The Social History of Rome (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover)
Geza Alfoldy
R5,094 Discovery Miles 50 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This study, first published in German in 1975, addresses the need for a comprehensive account of Roman social history in a single volume. Specifically, Alfoeldy attempts to answer three questions: What is the meaning of Roman social history? What is entailed in Roman social history? How is it to be conceived as history? Alfoeldy's approach brings social structure much closer to political development, following the changes in social institutions in parallel with the broader political milieu. He deals with specific problems in seven periods: Archaic Rome, the Republic down to the Second Punic War, the structural change of the second century BC, the end of the Republic, the Early Empire, the crisis of the third century AD and the Late Empire. Excellent bibliographical notes specify the most important works on each subject, making it useful to the graduate student and scholar as well as to the advanced and well-informed undergraduate.

Straits - Beyond the Myth of Magellan (Hardcover): Felipe Fernandez-Armesto Straits - Beyond the Myth of Magellan (Hardcover)
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
R808 Discovery Miles 8 080 In Stock
The Secret Plot to Save the Tsar - New Truths Behind the Romanov Mystery (Paperback): Shay McNeal The Secret Plot to Save the Tsar - New Truths Behind the Romanov Mystery (Paperback)
Shay McNeal
R436 R366 Discovery Miles 3 660 Save R70 (16%) In Stock

On July 17, 1918, the Tsar, his wife, and their four daughters and ailing heir were led down to a basement in Ekaterinburg, Russia, and murdered in cold blood by a Bolshevik firing squad. The DNA analysis and identification of the bones were the conclusive proof the world was waiting for, and the case was considered closed. But is that the real story of the Romanovs?

In Shay McNeal's controversial and groundbreaking account, she presents convincing new scientific analysis questioning the authenticity of the "Romanov" bones and uncovers an extraordinary tale of espionage and double-dealing that has been kept secret for more than eighty years. Based on extensive study of American, Allied, and Bolshevik documents, including recently declassified intelligence files, McNeal reveals the existence of a shadowy group of operatives working to free the Imperial family and guide them to safety.

Most controversial of all is McNeal's belief that one of the plots to rescue the Tsar and his family may, possibly, have succeeded -- and she has compelling evidence to support it.

Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2002 (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Imogen Bell Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2002 (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Imogen Bell
R10,439 Discovery Miles 104 390 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This all-encompassing guide: * Includes over 600 pages of current political, economic and social affairs of the region * Provides an impartial perspective on all the countries and territories of Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia * Combines detailed analysis by acknowledged experts, the latest statistics and invaluable directory material.

The Last Time I Saw Paris (Paperback): Elliot Paul The Last Time I Saw Paris (Paperback)
Elliot Paul
R463 R346 Discovery Miles 3 460 Save R117 (25%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
SPQR - A History of Ancient Rome (Paperback, Main): Mary Beard SPQR - A History of Ancient Rome (Paperback, Main)
Mary Beard 1
R355 R284 Discovery Miles 2 840 Save R71 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller Shortlisted for a British Book Industry Book of the Year Award 2016 Ancient Rome matters. Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the Rape of Lucretia - still strike a chord with us. And its debates about citizenship, security and the rights of the individual still influence our own debates on civil liberty today. SPQR is a new look at Roman history from one of the world's foremost classicists. It explores not only how Rome grew from an insignificant village in central Italy to a power that controlled territory from Spain to Syria, but also how the Romans thought about themselves and their achievements, and why they are still important to us. Covering 1,000 years of history, and casting fresh light on the basics of Roman culture from slavery to running water, as well as exploring democracy, migration, religious controversy, social mobility and exploitation in the larger context of the empire, this is a definitive history of ancient Rome. SPQR is the Romans' own abbreviation for their state: Senatus Populusque Romanus, 'the Senate and People of Rome'.

Nazi Wives - The Women at the Top of Hitler's Germany (Paperback): James Wyllie Nazi Wives - The Women at the Top of Hitler's Germany (Paperback)
James Wyllie
R466 R385 Discovery Miles 3 850 Save R81 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Beyond the Wall - East Germany, 1949-1990 (Hardcover): Katja Hoyer Beyond the Wall - East Germany, 1949-1990 (Hardcover)
Katja Hoyer
R777 R638 Discovery Miles 6 380 Save R139 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'Utterly brilliant . . . Authoritative, lively and profoundly human, it is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand post-World War II Europe' Julia Boyd 'One of the best young historians writing in English today. . . Well-researched, well-written and profoundly insightful, Beyond the Wall explodes many of the lazy Western cliches about East Germany' Andrew Roberts In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For over forty years, from the ruin of the Second World War to the cusp of a new millennium, the GDR presented a radically different German identity to anything that had come before, and anything that exists today. Socialist solidarity, secret police, central planning, barbed wire: this was a Germany forged on the fault lines of ideology and geopolitics. In Beyond the Wall, acclaimed historian Katja Hoyer offers a kaleidoscopic new vision of this vanished country. Beginning with the bitter experience of German Marxists exiled by Hitler, she traces the arc of the state they would go on to create, first under the watchful eye of Stalin, and then in an increasingly distinctive German fashion. From the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961, to the relative prosperity of the 1970s, and on to the creaking foundations of socialism in the mid-1980s, Hoyer argues that amid oppression and frequent hardship, East Germany was yet home to a rich political, social and cultural landscape, a place far more dynamic than the Cold War caricature often painted in the West. Powerfully told, and drawing on a vast array of never-before-seen interviews, letters and records, this is the definitive history of the other Germany, the one beyond the Wall.

A History of the Vikings (Hardcover, New Impression): Sir Thomas D. Kendrick A History of the Vikings (Hardcover, New Impression)
Sir Thomas D. Kendrick
R3,911 Discovery Miles 39 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First Published in 1968. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Nazi Billionaires - The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties (Paperback): David DeJong Nazi Billionaires - The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties (Paperback)
David DeJong
R330 R264 Discovery Miles 2 640 Save R66 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

'Lucid and damning ... an absorbing - and infuriating - tale of complicity, coverup and denial' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE, author of EMPIRE OF PAIN A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions from the horrors of the Third Reich and World War II - and how the world allowed them to get away with it. In 1946, Gunther Quandt - patriarch of Germany's most iconic industrial empire, a dynasty that today controls BMW - was arrested for suspected Nazi collaboration. Quandt claimed that he had been forced to join the party by his arch-rival, propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, and the courts acquitted him. But Quandt lied. And his heirs, and those of other Nazi billionaires, have only grown wealthier in the generations since, while their reckoning with this dark past remains incomplete at best. Many of them continue to control swaths of the world economy, owning iconic brands whose products blanket the globe. The brutal legacy of the dynasties that dominated Daimler-Benz, cofounded Allianz and still control Porsche, Volkswagen and BMW has remained hidden in plain sight - until now. In this landmark work, investigative journalist David de Jong reveals the true story of how Germany's wealthiest business dynasties amassed untold money and power by abetting the atrocities of the Third Reich. Using a wealth of untapped sources, de Jong shows how these tycoons seized Jewish businesses, procured slave labourers and ramped up weapons production to equip Hitler's army as Europe burnt around them. Most shocking of all, de Jong exposes how the wider world's political expediency enabled these billionaires to get away with their crimes, covering up a bloodstain that defiles the German and global economy to this day.

The Devils of Loudun (Paperback): Aldous Huxley The Devils of Loudun (Paperback)
Aldous Huxley
R471 R390 Discovery Miles 3 900 Save R81 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Aldous Huxley's acclaimed and gripping account of one of the strangest occurrences in history

In 1643 an entire convent in the small French village of Loudun was apparently possessed by the devil. After a sensational and celebrated trial, the convent's charismatic priest Urban Grandier--accused of spiritually and sexually seducing the nuns in his charge--was convicted of being in league with Satan. Then he was burned at the stake for witchcraft.

In this classic work by the legendary Aldous Huxley--a remarkable true story of religious and sexual obsession considered by many to be his nonfiction masterpiece--a compelling historical event is clarified and brought to vivid life.

France: An Adventure History (Paperback): Graham Robb France: An Adventure History (Paperback)
Graham Robb
R299 R234 Discovery Miles 2 340 Save R65 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

A SPECTATOR and PROSPECT Book of 2022 'Ceaselessly interesting, knowledgeable and evocative' Spectator 'A fresh way to write history' Alan Johnson 'A quirky, amused, erudite homage to France . . . ambitious and original' The Times _____ Original, knowledgeable and endlessly entertaining, France: An Adventure History is an unforgettable journey through France from the first century BC to the present day. Drawn from countless new discoveries and thirty years of exploring France on foot, in the library and across 30,000 miles on the author's beloved bike, it begins with Gaulish and Roman times and ends in the age of #MeToo, Black Lives Matter, the Gilets Jaunes and Covid-19. From the plains of Provence to the slums and boulevards of Paris, events and themes of French history may be familiar - Louis XIV, the French Revolution, the French Resistance, the Tour de France - but all are presented in a shining new light. Frequently hilarious, always surprising, France: An Adventure History is a sweeping panorama of France, teeming with characters, stories and coincidences, and offering a thrilling sense of discovery and enlightenment. This vivid, living history of one of the world's most fascinating nations will make even seasoned Francophiles wonder if they really know that terra incognita which is currently referred to as 'France'. _____ 'Packed full of discoveries' The Sunday Times 'A gorgeous tapestry of insights, stories and surprises' Fintan O'Toole 'A rich and vibrant narrative . . . clear-eyed but imaginative storytelling' Financial Times 'Full of life' Prospect

Among the Russians (Paperback, 1st Perennial ed): Colin Thubron Among the Russians (Paperback, 1st Perennial ed)
Colin Thubron
R403 R330 Discovery Miles 3 300 Save R73 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Here is a fresh perspective on the last tumultuous years of the Soviet Union and an exquisitely poetic travelogue.  With a keen grasp of Russia's history, a deep appreciation for its architecture and iconography, and an inexhaustible enthusiasm for its people and its culture, Colin Thubron is the perfect guide to a country most of us will never get to know firsthand.  Here, we can walk down western Russia's country roads, rest in its villages, and explore some of the most engaging cities in the world.  Beautifully written and infinitely insightful, Among the Russians is vivid, compelling travel writing that will also appeal to readers of history and current events--and to anyone captivated by the shape and texture of one of the world's most enigmatic culture.

Foreign Bodies - Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations (Hardcover): Simon Schama Foreign Bodies - Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations (Hardcover)
Simon Schama
R612 Discovery Miles 6 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Putin's Kleptocracy - Who Owns Russia? (Paperback): Karen Dawisha Putin's Kleptocracy - Who Owns Russia? (Paperback)
Karen Dawisha
R544 R457 Discovery Miles 4 570 Save R87 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Works of Sven Aggesen - Twelfth-century Danish Historian (Paperback): Sven Aggesen The Works of Sven Aggesen - Twelfth-century Danish Historian (Paperback)
Sven Aggesen; Translated by Eric Christiansen
R367 R328 Discovery Miles 3 280 Save R39 (11%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Tor! - The Story of German Football (Paperback): Uli Hesse Tor! - The Story of German Football (Paperback)
Uli Hesse
R481 R440 Discovery Miles 4 400 Save R41 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Germany did not have professional players or a national league until the 1960s, yet it became one of the most successful football nations in the world. Tor! (Goal!) traces the extraordinary story of Germany's club and international football, from the days when it was regarded as a dangerously foreign pastime, through the horrors of the Nazi years to postwar triumphs and the crisis of the new century. Tor! challenges the myth that German football is 'predictable' or 'efficient' and brings to life the fascinating array of characters who shaped it: the betrayed pioneer Walther Bensemann; the enigmatic genius Sepp Herberger; the all-conquering Franz Beckenbauer; the modern misfit Lothar Matthaus. And even the radio commentator Herbert Zimmermann, whose ecstatic cries of 'Tor!' greeted the winning goal in the 1954 World Cup final and helped change a whole nation's view of itself. Fully revised and updated ahead of the 2022 World Cup, Tor! is the definitive history of German football.

Scientific and Medical Knowledge Production, 1796-1918 - Experiment, Expertise, Experience (Hardcover): Rob Boddice Scientific and Medical Knowledge Production, 1796-1918 - Experiment, Expertise, Experience (Hardcover)
Rob Boddice
R11,775 Discovery Miles 117 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This collection pieces together a wealth of material in order to get inside the experience of scientific practice in the long nineteenth century. It aims to reach, or perhaps to facilitate, an understanding of the ways in which the value of scientific knowledge was produced, lived and challenged. The new turn to the history of experience suggests a logic to the compilation of material that is completely original: the sources are not selected according to the historical success of an idea or experiment, but for the ways in which scientific endeavour loaded knowledge claims with political or moral value, coupled with attendant practical justifications. Thus, 'bad ideas' sit alongside 'good'; now discountenanced practices take their place among the revered. In sum, they reveal an experimental culture that was not merely orientated toward cold knowledge or intellectual output, but defined by shifting sets of affective practices and procedures and the making of expertise out of the lived experience of doing science.

The Lighthouse of Stalingrad - The Hidden Truth at the Heart of the Greatest Battle of World War II (Hardcover): Iain MacGregor The Lighthouse of Stalingrad - The Hidden Truth at the Heart of the Greatest Battle of World War II (Hardcover)
Iain MacGregor
R823 R690 Discovery Miles 6 900 Save R133 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Demon-Haunted Land - Witches, Wonder Doctors, and the Ghosts of the Past in Post-WWII Germany (Paperback): Monica Black A Demon-Haunted Land - Witches, Wonder Doctors, and the Ghosts of the Past in Post-WWII Germany (Paperback)
Monica Black
R537 R449 Discovery Miles 4 490 Save R88 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Well I Never Knew That!  Did Romans Design the Space Shuttle? - The Roman Empire - Fascinating Facts and Everyday Phrases... Well I Never Knew That! Did Romans Design the Space Shuttle? - The Roman Empire - Fascinating Facts and Everyday Phrases Explained (Hardcover)
Peter Ryding 2
R288 Discovery Miles 2 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

An amusing, fascinating and intriguing description of the origins of everyday phrases, the titles in the 'Well I Never Knew That ' series reveals how many of our common expressions and sayings came to be.

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