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A History of the Second World War in 100 Maps
2024 || Paperback || Jeremy Black || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
In this highly original work Jeremy Black, one of world's leading military and cartographic historians, shows how fundamental maps were to the conflict as he charts its historical sweep across each of the major theatres.
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Nothing is True and Everything is Possible
Adventures in Modern Russia
2024 || Paperback || Peter Pomerantsev || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
A journey into the glittering, surreal heart of 21st century Russia: into the lives of Hells Angels convinced they are messiahs, professional killers with the souls of artists, bohemian theatre directors turned Kremlin puppet-masters, supermodel sects, post-modern dictators and oligarch revolutionaries.
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The Witch
A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present
2024 || Paperback || Ronald Hutton || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
Why have societies all across the world feared witchcraft? This book delves deeply into its context, beliefs, and origins in Europe's history The witch came to prominence-and often a painful death-in early modern Europe, yet her origins are much more geographically diverse and historically deep. In this landmark book, Ronald Hutton traces witchcraft from the ancient world to the early-modern stake. This book sets the notorious European witch trials in the widest and deepest possible per...
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Ignorance
A Global History
2024 || Paperback || Peter Burke || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
A rich, wide-ranging history of ignorance in all its forms, from antiquity to the present day
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The Bomber Mafia
A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
2024 || Paperback || Malcolm Gladwell || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
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Europe's Tragedy
A New History of the Thirty Years War
2024 || Paperback || Peter H. Wilson || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
The horrific series of conflicts known as the Thirty Years War (1618-48) tore the heart out of Europe, killing perhaps a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to whole areas of Central Europe to such a degree that many towns and regions never recovered. This title explains a compelling series of events.
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
A Life in Power
2024 || Paperback || Christopher Clark || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
King of Prussia, German Emperor, war leader and defeated exile, Kaiser Wilhelm II was one of the most important figures in the history of twentieth-century Europe. This book presents a fresh interpretation of this contentious figure, focusing on how his thirty-year reign from 1888 to 1918 affected Germany, and the rest of Europe.
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A Month in the Country
2024 || Paperback || J L Carr || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
One summer, just after the Great War, Tom Birkin, a demobbed soldier, arrives in the village of Oxgodby. He has been invited to uncover and restore a medieval wall painting in the local church. At the same time, Charles Moon - a fellow damaged survivor of the war - has been asked to locate the grave of a village ancestor.
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Last Days in Old Europe
Trieste '79, Vienna '85, Prague '89
2024 || Paperback || Richard Bassett || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
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Legacy of Violence
A History of the British Empire
2024 || Paperback || Caroline Elkins || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.