This memoir by a Soviet labour-camp survivor concentrates not on camp life, but on life and work after his release. The story is told chronologically, from his exit from the camp system in 1935 to the German invasion of Russia in World War II.
War in the Iberian Peninsula is a panoramic synthesis of the Iberian Peninsula. It book provides a comprehensive overview of all of the Christian king..
This is the first scholarly work in Modern European History which elucidates consistently how border issues affect the history of nations and states i..
Between the summers of 1941 and 1944, some 5,500 Dutch left their occupied homeland to find employment in the so-called German Occupied Eastern Territ..
The Dutch Revolt 1559-1648 begins by illustrating the historical background and causes of the revolt. This is followed by chronological sections devot..
This concise and accessible introduction to Russia in the nineteenth century, focuses particularly on the rise of radicalism. Derek Offord examines a..
This concise and up-to-date assessment of Richelieu's career provides an enthralling introduction to the character and exercise of his power. Richelie..
German history in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is notoriously inaccessible to non-specialists. When other European countries were well on ..
The period between 1830 and 1880 was one of immense activity, radical political change, and striking economic and social growth in Europe. The major t..
Europe 1780--1830 rapidly established itself as a standard introduction to European history in the age of the French Revolution and its aftermath when..
This study was the first systematic attempt to reach behind the myth of Henri IV - famous for having brought order to France after long civil war - an..
Revised and expanded, the second edition of this fascinating study surveys the first two centuries of Romanov rule from the foundation of the dynasty ..
This is the first in a sequence of books which explores the history of The Baltic World and Northern Europe. In this period, Sweden was a major Europe..