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A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
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A Distant Mirror

By Barbara W. Tuchman ,

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The European Discovery of America: Volume 1: The Northern Voyages A.D. 500-1600
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The European Discovery of America

By Samuel Eliot Morison ,

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The Campaigns of Napoleon
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The Campaigns of Napoleon

By David G. Chandler ,

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The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II, Vol. 1
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The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II, Vol. 1

By Fernand Braudel ,

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Prospero's Cell: A Guide to the Landscape and Manners of the Island of Corfu
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Prospero's Cell

By Lawrence Durrell ,

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My Blue Notebooks: The Intimate Journal of Paris's Most Beautiful and Notorious Courtesan
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My Blue Notebooks

By Liane de Pougy ,

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Medieval Women
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Medieval Women

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Fourteen Byzantine Rulers: The Chronographia of Michael Psellus
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Fourteen Byzantine Rulers

By Michael Psellus , E.R.A. Sewter (translator) ,

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The History of the German Resistance, 1933-1945
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The History of the German Resistance, 1933-1945

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Montaillou: Cathars and Catholics in a French Village 1294-1324
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Montaillou

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Naples '44: A World War II Diary of Occupied Italy
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Naples '44

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Guide to Greece: Volume 1
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Guide to Greece

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Eleanor of Aquitaine
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Eleanor of Aquitaine

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Witchcraft in Old and New England
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Witchcraft in Old and New England

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Anglo-Saxon England
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Anglo-Saxon England

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History of the Danes
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History of the Danes

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The Puritans in the Diocese of Peterborough
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The Puritans in the Diocese of Peterborough

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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Edward IV (The English Monarchs Series)
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Edward IV (The English Monarchs Series)

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Harry Morgan's Way: The Biography Of Sir Henry Morgan 1635-1688
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Harry Morgan's Way

By Dudley Pope ,

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The Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers
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The Steel Bonnets

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The Life and Campaigns of the Black Prince: From Contemporary Letters, Diaries and Chronicles, Including Chandos Herald's Life of the Black Prince
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The Life and Campaigns of the Black Prince

By Richard Barber ,

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A Noble Treason: The Revolt of the Munich Students against Hitler
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A Noble Treason

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The 12-year Reich: A Social History Of Nazi Germany 1933-1945
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The 12-year Reich

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French Revolution and the People
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French Revolution and the People

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The Swordbearers: Supreme Command in the First World War
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The Swordbearers

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The Cambridge History of China: Volume 10, Late Ch'ing 1800–1911, Part 1
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The Cambridge History of China

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The Age of Arthur: A History of the British Isles from 350 to 650
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The Age of Arthur

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The Norman Empire
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The Norman Empire

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Wellington: The Years of the Sword
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Wellington

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Hitler (Harvest Book)
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Hitler (Harvest Book)

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The Schlieffen Plan: Critique of a Myth
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The Schlieffen Plan

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The Commercial Revolution of the Middle Ages, 950-1350
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The Commercial Revolution of the Middle Ages, 950-1350

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The Conquest of the Incas
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The Conquest of the Incas

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The Making of the Habsburg Monarchy, 1550-1700: An Interpretation
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The Making of the Habsburg Monarchy, 1550-1700

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Economic Thought and Ideology in Seventeenth-Century England
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Economic Thought and Ideology in Seventeenth-Century England

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Life as We Have Known It
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Life as We Have Known It

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Before Civilization
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Before Civilization

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Furta Sacra: Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Ages
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Furta Sacra

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Imagination of an Insurrection: Dublin, Easter 1916
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Imagination of an Insurrection

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Rahel Varnhagen: The Life of a Jewish Woman
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Rahel Varnhagen

By Hannah Arendt , Clara Winston (translator) , Richard Winston (translator)

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How We Lived Then: A History of Everyday Life During the Second World War
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How We Lived Then

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The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination
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The Madwoman in the Attic

By Sandra M. Gilbert , Susan Gubar ,

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Bills and Acts: Legislative Procedure in Eighteenth-Century England
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Bills and Acts

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Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed: The Story of the Village of Le Chambon and How Goodness Happened There
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Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed

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The Medieval Machine: The Industrial Revolution of the Middle Ages
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The Medieval Machine

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Grandmama of Europe: The Crowned Descendants of Queen Victoria
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Grandmama of Europe

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The History of England
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The History of England

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Heaven's Command: An Imperial Progress
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Heaven's Command

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The Structure of the Terror: The Example of Javogues and the Loire
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The Structure of the Terror

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Sawdust Caesar: The Untold History of Mussolini and Fascism
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Sawdust Caesar

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The Villa Ariadne
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The Villa Ariadne

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History of the Kingdom of Naples
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History of the Kingdom of Naples

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The Memoirs of Anne, Lady Halkett and Ann, Lady Fanshawe
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The Memoirs of Anne, Lady Halkett and Ann, Lady Fanshawe

By John Loftis (editor) , Anne Halkett , Ann Fanshawe

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The Making of the Crofting Community
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The Making of the Crofting Community

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Lineages of the Absolutist State
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Lineages of the Absolutist State

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Serious Entertainments: The Writing of History in 12th Century England
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Serious Entertainments

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Witch Hunting in Southwestern Germany, 1562-1684: The Social and Intellectual Foundations
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Witch Hunting in Southwestern Germany, 1562-1684

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The Coming of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England
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The Coming of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England

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Western Attitudes toward Death: From the Middle Ages to the Present
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Western Attitudes toward Death

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The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe
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The Sleepwalkers

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Liberty and Property: Political Ideology in Eighteenth-Century Britain
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Liberty and Property

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Daily Life in Spain in the Golden Age
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Daily Life in Spain in the Golden Age

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Culture and Anarchy in Ireland, 1890-1939
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Culture and Anarchy in Ireland, 1890-1939

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The German Army, 1933-1945: Its Political and Military Failure
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The German Army, 1933-1945

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The History of the Kings of Britain
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The History of the Kings of Britain

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The Absolute Bourgeois: Artists and Politics in France, 1848-1851
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The Absolute Bourgeois

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Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain
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Fighter

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The Nature of Alexander
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The Nature of Alexander

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The French Revolution, 1787-1799
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The French Revolution, 1787-1799

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The Earthly Republic
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The Earthly Republic

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