Western Europe category: 1822 books
by MobileReference
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
This illustrated Travel Guide is designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically and by category, making it easier to access individual articles. Articles feature information about attractions, landmarks, districts, transportation, cultural venues,...
A Time of Gifts
On Foot to Constantinople: From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2011
At the age of eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor set off from the heart of London on an epic journey—to walk to Constantinople. A Time of Gifts is the rich account of his adventures as far as Hungary, after which Between the Woods and the Water continues the story to the Iron Gates that divide the Carpathian...
The Fate of the Masterpiece
How the Monuments Men Rescued the Mystic Lamb from the Nazis
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
This short e-book, adapted from Noah Charney's book Stealing the Mystic Lamb, tells the dramatic story of the rescue of The Ghent Altarpiece from Nazi pillagers.
As the Nazis stormed across Europe during the Second World War, hundreds of thousands of artworks disappeared in their wake. A group...
History Play
The Lives and Afterlife of Christopher Marlowe
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
Rodney Bolt's delightful life of Marlowe plays out a surprising solution to an enduring literary mystery, bringing the spirit of Shakespeare alive as we've never seen it before.
Rodney Bolt's book is not an attempt to prove that, rather than dying at 29 in a tavern brawl, Christopher Marlowe...
Night Trains
The Rise and Fall of the Sleeper
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
Night trains have long fascinated us with the possibilities of their private sleeping compartments, gilded dining cars, champagne bars and wealthy travellers. Authors from Agatha Christie to Graham Greene have used night trains to tell tales of romance, intrigue and decadence against a rolling background...
by Jonathan Bastable
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
D-Day - June 6, 1944 - was a pivotal day in human history. This was the great turning point of the Second World War, when the largest armada ever assembled took a third of a million Allied men across the English Channel.The invasion force of 150,000 troops from Britain, the United States, Canada and...
The Birth of the West
Rome, Germany, France, and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
The tenth century dawned in violence and disorder. Charlemagne's empire was in ruins, most of Spain had been claimed by Moorish invaders, and even the papacy in Rome was embroiled in petty, provincial conflicts. To many historians, it was a prime example of the ignorance and uncertainty of the Dark...
The Pope and Mussolini
The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
From National Book Award finalist David I. Kertzer comes the gripping story of Pope Pius XI’s secret relations with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. This groundbreaking work, based on seven years...
by Karen Ordahl Kupperman
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2012
As Europeans began to move into the Atlantic in the late fifteenth century, first encountering islands and then two continents across the sea, they initiated a process that revolutionized the lives of people everywhere. American foods enriched their diets. Furs, precious metals, dyes, and many other...
by Julia Cresswell
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2014
Amidst the chaos and violence of Europe in the eighth century, Charlemagne became king of the Franks and established a large empire. As Charlemange's power grew, so did the stories attached to his name. This book explores the myths and legends of the great king Charlemagne, from the stories about...
by Galbert of Bruges
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
In 1127 Charles the Good, count of Flanders, was surrounded by assassins while at prayer and killed by a sword blow to the forehead. His murder upset the fragile balance of power between England, France, and the Holy Roman Empire, giving rise to a bloody civil war while impacting the commercial life...
by Jack Jewers
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015
Though it has largely recovered from its economic crisis of 2008, Ireland's price structure is still among the most moderate in Europe, and its public is still eager to attract additional tourism. And thus they welcome the visitor with the warmest reception of perhaps any country. The author of this...
by Lonely Planet, Gregor Clark, Kerry Christiani
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher
Lonely Planet Sardinia is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Get pleasantly lost in Sardinia's wild Barbagia and Ogliastra provinces, kayak through the...
The Treaty of Versailles
A Concise History
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2017
Signed on June 28, 1919 between Germany and the principal Allied powers, the Treaty of Versailles formally ended World War I. Problematic from the very beginning, even its contemporaries saw the treaty as a mediocre compromise, creating a precarious order in Europe and abroad and destined to fall...