books in February 2022 New Releases in European History

The Greek Revolution: 1821 and the Making of Modern Europe by Mark Mazower

A thrilling history of the revolutionary birth of modern Greece

In the exhausted, repressive years that followed Napoleon's defeat in 1815, there was one ...

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River Kings: The Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads by Cat Jarman

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER & THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF 2021

'Astonishing and compelling' Bernard Cornwell

'This superb book is like a classical symphony, perfectly ...

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The International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War by Giles Tremlett
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- Shortlisted for the Military History Matters Book of the Year Award **
'Magnificent. Narrative history at its vivid and compelling best' Fergal Keane

The first major ...
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The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire by Tore Skeie

In the eleventh century, the rulers of the lands surrounding the North Sea are all hungry for power. To get power they need soldiers, to ...

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