Bound in publisher's original red cloth with the spine stamped in gilt.

The Battle of Poltava, 1709, marks the birth of Peter the Great's vast Russian Empire. In 1700, the Tsar combined with Denmark, Saxony, and Poland to attack Swedish hegemony in the North. When the forces finally defeated King Charles XII of Sweden in...

Medieval man thought about death a great deal and his/her way of life and values were influenced by it. The author covers deaths by battle, execution, and the plague. He follows with burial customs. Many illustrations are given of exquisite tombs,...

Book by Bernard, Leon

A sequel to Sachar's classic History of Israel: From the Rise of Zionism to Our Time, and equally compelling in its narrative power and richness of human detail, this book begins where its predecessor left off: in the 1973 aftermath of the costliest war...

First edition, 445 pp., Hardcover, faint age-toning to page edges else very good in a lightly worn and price-clipped dust jacket. *Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country* - If you are reading this,...