Historical fiction
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Historical fiction
Paperback. At the behest of the French king an artist has journeyed from Italy to lead his school of students in the design and construction of a chateau in the Loire Valley. This novel tells the story of an enigmatic relationship between a 16th-century Italian painter and his servant. Translator(s): Whiteside, Shaun. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 12. Weight in Grams: 124. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0001526
- ISBN
- 9780571210114
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In the cold dawn of Christmas Day 1897, Gilbert Rice, 85 years old and with failing health, recounts his journey into manhood in a city on the cusp of great change. Belfast in the 1830s was a city in flux. Industrialisation had led to an increase in commerce and the rapid swell of the population as workers flocked to the newly created jobs. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 212. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0003077
- ISBN
- 9780571281855
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Telling the story of the capture, trial, and execution of a Hessian drummer boy by Americans during the Revolution. This novel provides an opportunity to explore the difficult moral positions of war, along with the complications of the Quaker family who hid and sheltered the boy. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563246012
- ISBN
- 9781563246012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 47.73
€ 47.99
€ 47.73
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Workman Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616201432
- ISBN
- 9781616201432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.44
€ 14.99
€ 11.44
Hardback. Billed as "a Taiwanese 'Gone With the Wind'", this story spans more than half a century of Taiwan's history, tracing the fortunes of the Pengs, a family of Hakka Chinese settlers, across three generations from the 1890s, just before Taiwan was ceded to Japan, to World War II. Translator(s): Liu, Taotao; Balcom, John. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231122009
- ISBN
- 9780231122009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.17€ 76.28
€ 101.17
€ 76.28
Paperback. Charged under an obscure blasphemy law in a small New Jersey town in 1919, Vijay Sahni is challenged by a skeptical judge to defend his belief that the certainty of mathematics can be extended to all human knowledge - including religion. This book tells a story about what it means to face the extent - and the limits - of human knowledge. Num Pages: 296 pages, 56 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- With a New foreword by Keith Devlin
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691146010
- ISBN
- 9780691146010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.60
€ 19.99
€ 15.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764203640
- ISBN
- 9780764203640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.09
€ 15.99
€ 13.09
Paperback. Historical novel about Valentine McGillycuddy and the Sioux as they face political and social challenges on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 maps, 1 chronology. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803235885
- ISBN
- 9780803235885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.12
€ 21.99
€ 21.12
Paperback. In this work, the author analyzes the ways in which law legitimizes the social segregation of the sexes through legal decisions and illustrates the ways in which men's and women's oppressions are intertwined and how law molds the very definition of masculinity. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; FV; JFSJ; LAB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814751220
- ISBN
- 9780814751220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.65
€ 33.99
€ 30.65
Hardback. Richard I (1157-99) was king of England from 1189 until his death, but he is best known as a soldier, not a monarch. This title provides the story of a man living in the shadow of his own myth, also a fanatic general who wants to conquer the world's greatest sanctum and a king who is suddenly vulnerable. Translator(s): Anderson, James. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FV; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Tra
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857420336
- ISBN
- 9780857420336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.69
€ 20.99
€ 17.69
Paperback. As war threatens Rome, a man and a girl must risk all for their Emperor - in the forests of Germany. Num Pages: 410 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780996349
- ISBN
- 9781780996349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.90
€ 18.99
€ 16.90
Paperback. Medieval historic fiction gets the 'Sharpe' makeover, gripping, visceral and accessible, devoid of sentiment, laced with dark humour. Num Pages: 352 pages, Maps in prelims. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782640899
- ISBN
- 9781782640899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.96
€ 14.99
€ 13.96
Paperback. Richard Longsword is a Mercenary, but this time it's not for money, this time it's for revenge. Num Pages: 339 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782792369
- ISBN
- 9781782792369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.94
€ 15.99
€ 14.94
Paperback. Shakespeare, the Dark Lady, Guy Fawkes - and vampires! Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785350634
- ISBN
- 9781785350634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.13
€ 14.99
€ 14.13
Paperback. Cosa Nostra was born a bastard. This book relates the atrocities of the adolescent child. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785355288
- ISBN
- 9781785355288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.87
€ 18.99
€ 16.87
Paperback. Here John Turner Was Cast Away In A Heavy Snow Storm In The Night In Or About The Year 1755 The Print Of A Woman's Shoe Was Found By His Side In The Snow Where He Lay Dead This enigmatic memorial stone, high on the bank of a prehistoric Pennine track in Cheshire, is a mystery that lives on in the hill farms today. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132. ceangal bog. paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099459361
- ISBN
- 9780099459361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.32
€ 13.99
€ 10.32
Paperback. Translator(s): Becker, S. Num Pages: 212 pages, xiv, 198 p. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; FV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Chicago University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226502908
- ISBN
- 9780226502908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.07
€ 35.99
€ 28.07
Hardback. Dramatizes the dilemmas of Jewish young people in late Tsarist Russia as they strive to throw off their traditional religious upbringing to adopt a secular and modern identity. This book reveals the tensions and triumphs of coming of age in a revolutionary time. Translator(s): Katz, Michael R. Series: Jewish Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FV; FYT; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012098
- ISBN
- 9780253012098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.43
€ 68.43
Paperback. Dramatizes the dilemmas of Jewish young people in late Tsarist Russia as they strive to throw off their traditional religious upbringing to adopt a secular and modern identity. This book reveals the tensions and triumphs of coming of age in a revolutionary time. Translator(s): Katz, Michael R. Series: Jewish Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FV; FYT; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012128
- ISBN
- 9780253012128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.12
€ 21.99
€ 21.12
Paperback. Translator(s): Milbouer, Penny. Series: Jewish Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 21 b&w illus. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253019608
- ISBN
- 9780253019608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.87
€ 38.99
€ 34.87