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Three Shattered Souls

Three Shattered Souls

Mai Corland

Penguin

The unmissable conclusion to the Sunday Times bestselling Broken Blades trilogy ...

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Poems, New And Collected, 1957-1997

Poems, New And Collected, 1957-1997

Wislawa Szymborska

Faber & Faber

Poems, New and Collected adds sixty-four new translations to the text of View with a Grain of Sand and includes, as preface, its author's Nobel Prize acceptance speech. ...

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The International Brigades

The International Brigades

Giles Tremlett

Bloomsbury

** Shortlisted for the Military History Matters Book of the Year Award ** 'Magnificent. Narrative history at its vivid and compelling best' Fergal Keane The first major history of the International Brigades: a tale of blood, ideals and tragedy in the fight against fascism. The Spanish Civil War was the first armed battle in the fight against fascism, and a rallying cry for a...

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Time Of Your Life

Time Of Your Life

Jessa Hastings

Orion

She wasn't supposed to meet someone like him. He wasn't supposed to be her undoing. It's 1995, Joah Harrigan is the brash, enigmatic frontman of the biggest band in the world, and Ysolde is the iconic face of a generation. She's who people write their songs about-the kind of girl who could ruin a man. He doesn't fall, and she doesn't chase. But from the moment they meet, it's...

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Greenlights

Greenlights

Matthew Mcconaughey

Headline

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Discover the life-changing memoir that has inspired millions of readers through the Academy Award(R)-winning actor's unflinching honesty, unconventional wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction."The No. 1 celebrity memoir of the past 10 years."--USA Today "McConaughey's book invites us to grapple with the les...

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Northern Lights

Northern Lights

Philip Pullman

Scholastic

"This is the first in a trilogy in which a new universe has been created. A world where daemons swoop and scuttle along the streets of Oxford and London, where the mysterious Dust swirls invisibly through the air, and where one child knows secrets the adults would kill for. Lyra's life is already sufficiently interesting for a novel before she eavesdrops on a presentation by he...

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Brida

Brida

Paulo Coelho

Harper

The spellbinding novel from one of the world's best-loved authors, Paulo Coelho, recounting the story of Brida, and her pursuit of wisdom. This is the story of Brida, a young Irish girl, and her quest for knowledge. She has long been interested in various aspects of magic, and has taken courses in astrology, tarot, and numerology, but is searching for something more. Her search...

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Pew

Pew

Catherine Lacey

Penguin

One Sunday morning, a mysterious silent figure is found sleeping in a church in an unnamed American town. The congregants call this amnesiac 'Pew' and seek to uncover who they are: their age; their gender, their race, their intentions. Are they an orphan, or something worse? What terrible trouble is Pew running from? And why won't they speak? Unable to agree on how to treat a p...

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The Bible In Spain

The Bible In Spain

George Borrow / Ulick Ralph Burke / Herbert W. (Herbert Wilson) Greene

Penguin

"The Bible in Spain" by George Borrow is a captivating travelogue and a valuable historical record of 19th-century Spain. More than just a journey across the Spanish landscape, Borrow's work offers a unique perspective on the country's history, people, and religious life. Explore Spain through the eyes of a 19th-century traveler as Borrow recounts his experiences and observatio...

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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

Omar El Akkad

Canongate

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION WINNER OF THE PALESTINE BOOK AWARDS SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This is an urgent and necessary reckoning about what it means to live in the West today. This is a book for those that have tired of moral emptiness. This is a book for everyone who wants something better. ...

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The Devil She Knows

The Devil She Knows

Alexandria Bellefleur

Corgi

Samantha Cooper is having a day from hell. In less than 24 hours, her life has unravelled, leaving her single and with nowhere to live. To top it all off, she's trapped in an elevator with a gorgeous woman claiming to be a demon. Daphne is not at all what Sam expected from someone claiming to be an evil supernatural entity. Pretty, witty, and dressed in pink, she's here to of...

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The Tennis Partner

The Tennis Partner

Abraham Verghese

Vintage

When Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unraveling, relocates to El Paso, Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at the county hospital. There he meets David Smith, a medical student recovering from drug addiction, and the two men begin a tennis ritual that allows them to shed their inhibitions and find security in the sport they love and with each...

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The Irresistible Urge To Fall For Your Enemy
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The Case Against The Sexual Revolution

The Case Against The Sexual Revolution

Louise Perry

Penguin

Ditching the stuffy hang-ups and benighted sexual traditionalism of the past is an unambiguously positive thing. The sexual revolution has liberated us to enjoy a heady mixture of erotic freedom and personal autonomy. Right? Wrong, argues Louise Perry in her provocative new book. Although it would be neither possible nor desirable to turn the clock back to a world of pre-60s se...

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The Immortal King Rao

The Immortal King Rao

Vauhini Vara

Phoenix

Spanning a century, The Immortal King Rao tells an epic story about power, modernity and family lineage, and introduces a bold new voice. ...

12,50 €
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A Confession And Other Religious Writings

A Confession And Other Religious Writings

Leo Tolstoy

Penguin

Describing Tolstoy's crisis of depression and estrangement from the world, A Confession (1879) is an autobiographical work of exceptional emotional honesty. By the time he was fifty, Tolstoy had already written the novels that would assure him of literary immortality; he had a wife, a large estate and numerous children; he was 'a happy man' and in good health - yet life had los...

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Zero Days

Zero Days

Ruth Ware

Simon & Schuster

PRE-ORDER ONE PERFECT COUPLE, THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL - AND THEN THERE WERE NONE meets THE TRAITORS - FROM INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR RUTH WARE, OUT JULY 2024! 'This is Ruth Ware like you've never read her before' DAVID BALDACCI 'She's done it again!' CLARE MACKINTOSH HER HUSBAND HAS BEEN MURDERED AND SHE'S THE ONLY SUSPECT. WHAT SHOULD SHE DO? Hired by companies to...

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The Ruinous Ends

The Ruinous Ends

I.v Marie

Harper

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Under The Iron Sky (Out 3/11)

Under The Iron Sky (Out 3/11)

A. T. Emerald

Puffin

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Dog Man 15: a Sprinkle In Time

Dog Man 15: a Sprinkle In Time

Dav Pilkey

Scholastic

The brand-new book in the blockbuster bestselling Dog Man series is now available for pre-order!In the newest saga, our anti-hero, Grandpa, alters the fabric of time and space. Is his evil the necessary soil for Dog Man and friends to grow and bloom? Can we all step up to be the change? It's the saga of the century - Dog Man: A Sprinkle in Time!Dav Pilkey's wildly popular Dog M...

18,75 €
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The Everlasting

The Everlasting

Alix E. Harrow

Pan

13,75 €
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Hat Trick

Hat Trick

Chelsea Curto

Panmacmillan

12,50 €
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Wild Wicked Mate

Wild Wicked Mate

Laurie Gilmore

Harper

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Laurie Gilmore, comes a brand new small-town romance set in the quirky town of Maple Hollow! The closer the proximity, the stronger the spark... Phoebe and Theo have been best friends for years, never anything more, despite the sparks between them. And after ignoring her desire for so long, Fee has become adept at ignoring their conne...

12,50 €
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Our Dark Incantations

Our Dark Incantations

Wanda Hellmund

Penguin

This deluxe first edition hardcover features a gorgeous jacket with effects, beautifully illustrated endpapers, striking stenciled edges, and a decadently designed case!In this achingly romantic dark academia fantasy a young woman must embrace Dark Magic and an alliance with a deadly Wielder to fight a powerful threat cloaked in shadow.After the war, ex-healer Mira Winters swor...

34,75 €
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In One Brief Moment All Eternity

In One Brief Moment All Eternity

Elif Shafak

Ladybird

In One Brief Moment All Eternity is an astonishing new novel by the bestselling, prize-winning novelist Elif Shafak. Spanning decades and continents, from revolutionary 19th century France to Istanbul, Egypt and Beirut, it is a profound meditation on creativity in times of political crisis and war, asking what literature can hope to offer when the world feels broken. Building a...

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A Court Of Mist And Fury

A Court Of Mist And Fury

Sarah J. Maas

Bloomsbury

Coming soon ... return to Prythian with TWO new books in the Court of Thorns and Roses series. Pre-order A Court of Splintered Harmony for 27th October 26, and A Court of Forgotten Melody for 12th January 27. A Court of Mist and Fury is the second instalment of the GLOBAL PHENOMENON and TikTok sensation, from multi-million and #1 bestselling author Sarah J. Maas. Stunning new ...

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A Court Of Wings And Ruin

A Court Of Wings And Ruin

Sarah J. Maas

Bloomsbury

Coming soon ... return to Prythian with TWO new books in the Court of Thorns and Roses series. Pre-order A Court of Splintered Harmony for 27th October 26, and A Court of Forgotten Melody for 12th January 27. A Court of Wings and Ruin is the third instalment of the GLOBAL PHENOMENON and TikTok sensation, from multi-million and #1 bestselling author Sarah J. Maas Maas has est...

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A Court Of Silver Flames

A Court Of Silver Flames

Sarah J. Maas

Bloomsbury

Coming soon ... return to Prythian with TWO new books in the Court of Thorns and Roses series. Pre-order A Court of Splintered Harmony for 27th October 26, and A Court of Forgotten Melody for 12th January 27. A Court of Silver Flames is the fifth instalment of the GLOBAL PHENOMENON and TikTok sensation, from multi-million and #1 bestselling author Sarah J. Maas. Maas has est...

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A Court Of Frost And Starlight

A Court Of Frost And Starlight

Sarah J. Maas

Bloomsbury

Coming soon ... return to Prythian with TWO new books in the Court of Thorns and Roses series. Pre-order A Court of Splintered Harmony for 27th October 26, and A Court of Forgotten Melody for 12th January 27. A Court of Frost and Starlight is an unmissable companion tale to the GLOBAL PHENOMENON and TikTok sensation, from multi-million and #1 bestselling author Sarah J. Maas ...

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The Keeper

The Keeper

Ana Huang

Abacus

He can resist any woman in the world...except for the one he shouldn't want. Famed goalkeeper Noah Wilson doesn't do relationships or complications. The only thing the grumpy single dad wants is to do his job and spend more time with his daughter. Unfortunately, his bachelor status has made it impossible to find the right nanny for her. With the World Cup looming and a string...

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The Shippers

The Shippers

Katherine Center

Orion

'The wedding romance you need' People She thought she'd charted her course ... until love came on board. After a whole lifetime of being bad at love, JoJo Burton decides to solve her commitment issues once and for all at her sister's destination wedding on a cruise ship. Her longtime crush and first ever kiss (who just happens to be newly-divorced) will be on board, and she d...

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The Way We Become

The Way We Become

Amber Smith

Penguin

THAT WAS THE WAY I USED TO BE YOU'VE SEEN THE WAY I AM NOW THIS IS THE WAY WE BECOME You've seen Eden, Gen and Amanda stand up to Kevin. Now, in the wake of the jury's decision, the girls are expected to move on while still grappling with the aftermath of a trial that turned their lives upside down. Amanda is attempting to finish high school, Eden is still learning what it mean...

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Christmas Holiday Novellas

Christmas Holiday Novellas

Abby Jimenez

Abacus

21,25 €
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Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter

Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter

Heather Fawcett

Orbit

'WISTFUL, WARM AND IRRESISTIBLY CHARMING' Olivia Atwater, author of Half a Soul From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries comes a healing and heart-warming fantasy with magic shops, rescue cats and a second chance at love. Reader reviews: 'Amazing!'????? 'Love it!' ????? 'I wanted it to last forever!' ????? All strays are welcome here...

13,75 €
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Partita

Partita

Barbara Kingsolver

Faber & Faber

The landmark new novel from the Global Bestseller, Double Women's Prize winner Barbara Kingsolver. ...

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Falling Slowly

Falling Slowly

Enni Amanda

Harper

Pre-order now to get the limited deluxe paperback with stenciled edges!My boss's hot, chaotic son just crashed my luxury art retreat. I feel like running for the hills, but he's begging for my help, and I can't afford to lose my job.An all-expenses-paid autumn break in the mountains at a luxury art retreat? As a broke single mom, I can't believe my luck. Until my boss's whirlwi...

12,50 €
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Secret Kingdoms Book Club

Taiwan Travelogue - Nov 1st / Aue - Nov 5th / Eileen - Nov 15th

Eileen

Eileen

Ottessa Moshfegh

Vintage

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA NEW BLOOD DAGGER AWARD 2016 Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 in The Times, Observer and Daily Telegraph Fully lives up to the hype. A taut psychological thriller, rippled with comedy as black as a raven's wing, Eileen is effortlessly stylish and compelling. - Robert ...

12,50 €
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Aue

Aue

Becky Manawatu

Penguin

WINNER OF THE JANN MEDLICOTT ACORN PRIZE FOR FICTION WINNER OF THE MITOQ BEST FIRST BOOK OF FICTION WINNER OF THE NGAIO MARSH AWARD FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL aue (verb) to cry, howl, groan, wail, bawl. (interjection) expression of astonishment or distress. Taukiri was born into sorrow. Aue can be heard in the sound of the sea he loves and hates, and in the music he draws out of th...

13,75 €
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Taiwan Travelogue

Taiwan Travelogue

Yang Shuang-Zi / Lin King

And Other Stories

18,75 €
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Booker Prize 2026

The End Of Everything

The End Of Everything

M.john Harrison

Ladybird

16,25 €
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May We Feed The King

May We Feed The King

Rebecca Perry

Penguin

She is a curator, who spends her time dressing the rooms of historic buildings to bring them to life. A replica pie, half-eaten, perched on a small desk in the servant's quarters. A fruit bowl, filled with artificial apples, pomegranates and pears, with one piece missing. It should feel as though her subject has just left the room; the air should be alive with their energy. B...

18,75 €
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The Things We Never Say

The Things We Never Say

Elizabeth Strout

Ladybird

FROM THE PULITZER-WINNING, BOOKER-SHORTLISTED ELIZABETH STROUT COMES A STUNNING STANDALONE NOVEL OF LOVE, LONELINESS AND NEW BEGINNINGS 'Emotionally stunning, devastatingly wise . . . her best novel yet' RACHEL JOYCE 'A moving, tender and wise novel about a committed teacher who is utterly confounded by the emotional complexities of daily life. This might be Elizabeth Strout'...

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John Of John

John Of John

Douglas Stuart

Panmacmillan

The stunning new novel from the Booker Prize-winning, Sunday Times-bestselling author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo.'John of John has the emotional range and sense of sympathy of his earlier books, but this book is special, it has an urgency, an immediacy, a brilliant sense of place, the drama of fierce emotion repressed, concealed and volcanically exposed' - Colm Tóibín'To r...

21,25 €
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The Disappearers

The Disappearers

Marlon James

Ladybird

MARLON JAMES'S TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS 'Darkness is a mood in Jamaica . . .' The Disappearers is Marlon James's triumphant return to the Jamaica of A Brief History of Seven Killings - a place of heat and chaos, and of danger for anyone outside the heteronormal. So when eight gay men meet for the first time, in Kingston ...

21,25 €
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Black Bag

Black Bag

Luke Kennard

Phoenix

21,25 €
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Our Booksellers´ Favourites

In Your Court

In Your Court

Kit Haley

Penguin

'There are so many tennis books in 2026, but out of all of them, THIS is the one to read' ? ? ? ? ? 'I devoured this book, for fans of Heated Rivalry this is the perfect next read for you' ? ? ? ? ? 'Kit Haley, you've made me a fan of tennis' ? ? ? ? ? Discover the sweetest and steamiest tennis romance sensation of the summer - perfect for fans of Rachel Reid, The Open Era and ...

13,75 €
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Endless Night

Endless Night

Agatha Christie

Harper

The special edition hardback of Agatha Christie's disturbing 1960s mystery thriller, with a gorgeous new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Gipsy's Acre was a truly beautiful upland site with views out to sea - and in Michael Rogers it stirred a child-like fantasy. There, amongst the dark fir trees, he planned to build a...

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Dear Monica Lewinsky

Dear Monica Lewinsky

Julia Langbein

Penguin

" A LIT HUB MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A wild, wonderful essential novel' Claire Lombardo, author of The Most Fun We Ever Had 'Will remind you why you fell in love with reading' Oprah Daily, Best Book of Spring 2026 'Outrageously funny novel about hunger, desire, and the vulnerable' Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here Forty-year-old Jean Dornan cannot escap...

12,50 €
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Stray Cats

Stray Cats

John Dapolito (Ed.)

Ybernia

14,99 €
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Yellowface

Yellowface

Rebecca F. Kuang

The Borough Press

The Number One Global Sensation *Foyle's Fiction Book of the Year* *Amazon Book of the Year* *Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year* 'Addictive' Grazia 'Hugely entertaining' Observer 'Provocative' Mail on Sunday THIS IS ONE HELL OF A STORY. IT'S JUST NOT HERS TO TELL. When failed writer June Hayward witnesses her rival Athena Liu die in a freak accident, she sees her opp...

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The City Of Brass

The City Of Brass

S. A. Chakraborty

Harper

Step into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S. A. Chakraborty--an imaginative alchemy of The Golem and the Jinni, The Grace of Kings, and Uprooted, in which the future of a magical Middle Eastern kingdom rests in the hands of a clever and defiant young con artist with miraculous healing gifts. Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the stre...

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Spanish History Selection

A Brief History Of Spain

A Brief History Of Spain

Jeremy Black

Penguin

A wonderfully concise and very readable history of Spain, perfect for travellers This is the extraordinary story of Spain, from early tribalism and Roman rule to the Moorish conquest, Spain's eighteenth-century revival under the Bourbons, the Peninsular War and revolution in Spanish America right up to the catastrophic civil war and Franco's totalitarian regime. A key theme fr...

16,25 €
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Espana: a Brief History Of Spain

Espana: a Brief History Of Spain

Giles Tremlett

Head Of Zeus

Bestselling author Giles Tremlett traverses the rich and varied history of Spain, from prehistoric times to today, in a brief, accessible primer for visitors, curious readers and hispanophiles.'Tremlett is a fascinating socio-cultural guide, as happy to discuss Spain's World Cup win as its Moorish rule' Guardian 'Negotiates Spain's chaotic history with admirable clarity and sty...

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Isabella Of Castile

Isabella Of Castile

Giles Tremlett

Bloomsbury

1474. Castile was the largest, strongest, and most populous kingdom in Hispania-- and Isabella ascended the throne, a female ruler in a male-dominated world. Her marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon not only united their kingdoms, but began a royal partnership in which Isabella more than held her own. Tremlett chronicles Isabella's colorful life as she led her country out of the Mid...

24,99 €
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The Spanish Inquisition

The Spanish Inquisition

Henry Kamen

Yale

"In this completely updated edition of Henry Kamen's classic survey of the Spanish Inquisition, the author incorporates the latest research in multiple languages to offer a new-and thought-provoking-view of this fascinating period. Kamen sets the notorious Christian tribunal into the broader context of Islamic and Jewish culture in the Mediterranean, reassesses its consequences...

28,50 €
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Richelieu And Olivares

Richelieu And Olivares

J. H. Elliott

Penguin

Cardinal Richelieu is one of the best known and most studied statesmen in European history; his Spanish contemporary and rival, the Count-Duke of Olivares, one of the least known. The contrasting historical fortunes of the two men reflect the outcome of the great struggle in seventeenth-century Europe between France and Spain: the triumph of France assured the fame of Richelieu...

28,75 €
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The Penguin History Of Modern Spain

The Penguin History Of Modern Spain

Nigel Townson

Penguin

A revelatory new history of Spain, from the late nineteenth century to the twenty-first'Spain is different, ' proclaimed the Franco regime in the 1940s, keen to attract foreign tourists. For the most part, the world has agreed. From the end of its 'glorious empire' in 1898 to the dazzling World Cup victory in 2010, the prevailing narrative of modern Spain has emphasized the cou...

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