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The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune 1870-71
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Include books by the same authorBunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution
Nathaniel Philbrick Β· 512 pages
From the Preface... In the pages that follow, I hope to provide an intimate account of how over the course of just eighteen months a revolution transformed a city and the towns that surrounded it, and how that transformation influenced what eventually became the Unites States of America. This is the story of two charismatic and forceful leaders (one from Massachusetts, the other from Virginia),
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
Tom Reiss Β· 430 pages
βIn the early 1800s, General Alex Dumas was purposefully disappeared by hie enemies. And though his son sought to make him live through his classic novels, for too long his story has remained silenced. The Black Count vividly vindicates the great general, restoring him to his rightful place at the center of the Age of Revolution.
The Fall of Constantinople 1453
Steven Runciman Β· 256 pages
This classic account shows how the fall of Constantinople in May 1453, after a siege of several weeks, came as a bitter shock to Western Christendom. The city's plight had been neglected, and negligible help was sent in this crisis. To the Turks, victory not only brought a new imperial capital, but guaranteed that their empire would last. To the Greeks, the conquest meant the end of the civilisati
Leningrad: The Epic Siege of World War II, 1941-1944
Anna Reid Β· 512 pages
A gripping, authoritative narrative history of the siege of Leningrad from 1941-1944, interwoven with indelible personal accounts of daily siege life drawn from diarists and memoirists on both sides.
The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans and the Battle for Europe
Andrew Wheatcroft Β· 368 pages
In 1683, an Ottoman army that stretched from horizon to horizon set out to seize the "Golden Apple," as Turks referred to Vienna. The ensuing siege pitted battle-hardened Janissaries wielding seventeenth-century grenades against Habsburg armies, widely feared for their savagery. The walls of Vienna bristled with guns as the besieging Ottoman host launched bombs, fired cannons, and showered the pop
Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580
Roger Crowley Β· 368 pages
"Empires of the Sea" shows the Mediterranean as a majestic and bloody theatre of war. Opening with the Ottoman victory in 1453, it is a breathtaking story of military crusading, Barbary pirates, white slavery and the Ottoman Empire - and the larger picture of the struggle between Islam and Christianity. Coupled with dramatic set piece battles, a wealth of riveting first-hand accounts, epic momentu
The Great Siege: Malta 1565
Ernle Dusgate Selby Bradford Β· 258 pages
The History of Rome, Books XXI-XXX: The War With Hannibal
Livy Β· 712 pages
The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution, and Revenge
Paul Preston Β· 350 pages
The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad
Harrison E. Salisbury Β· 754 pages
Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu
Bernard B. Fall Β· 515 pages
It is "the" definitive book on the battle for Dien Bien Phu. Bernard Falls telling of the battle puts you right in the trenches with the French soldiers. His vivid description of the French paratroopers and their heroic but futile defense of a totally indefensible position, gives the reader a first hand account of what it is to fight a desperate but hopeless action with true bravery and indefati
Napoleon: A Life
Andrew Roberts Β· 926 pages
Austerlitz, Borodino, Waterloo: his battles are among the greatest in history, but Napoleon Bonaparte was far more than a military genius and astute leader of men. Like George Washington and his own hero Julius Caesar, he was one of the greatest soldier-statesmen of all times. Andrew Roberts's Napoleon is the first one-volume biography to take advantage of the recent publication of Napoleon's thir
The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction
Helen Graham Β· 175 pages
The Spanish Civil War was one of the 20th century's most complex and bitter conflicts. What were its causes? And why does it continue to exert a particular fascination today? Halen Graham highlights the domestic and international context of the war, and reveals its origins in the political and cultural anxieties provoked by the rapid modernization of Europe. Using personal narratives, she combi
Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence
John Ferling Β· 679 pages
The Spanish Civil War
Hugh Thomas Β· 910 pages
A masterpiece of the historian's art, Hugh Thomas's *The Spanish Civil War* remains the best, most engrossing narrative of one of the most emblematic and misunderstood wars of the twentieth century. Revised and updated with significant new material, including new revelations about atrocities perpetrated against civilians by both sides in this epic conflict, this "definitive work on the subject" (R
The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789
Robert Middlekauff Β· 736 pages
Recounts the events leading up to the Revolution and discusses the major leaders, campaigns, and battles of the war.
Is Paris Burning?
Larry Collins, Dominique Lapierre Β· 385 pages
**Is Paris Burning?** Is a 1965 book by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre telling the story of the Liberation of Paris during the Second World War. The book examines the military and political actions surrounding the events of late August 1944 around Paris and how these events unfolded. The title is taken from the question reportedly asked by Adolf Hitler following his order to destroy the city
Paris: The Secret History
Andrew Hussey Β· 498 pages
"Spanning Paris's history from the earliest days to the present, this book traces the city's story through kings and queens, revolutions and wars, massacres and plagues. But it also brings Paris's fabled outsiders alive - vagabonds, immigrants, prostitutes and criminals, whose experiences are markedly different from those related in official histories." "Paris itself is like a palimpsest: the very
1776
David McCullough Β· 393 pages
In this masterful book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence -- when the whole American cause was riding on their success, without which all hope for independence would have been dashed and the noble ideals of the Declaration would have amounted to little more than words on paper. Based
Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War
Stephen R. Platt Β· 385 pages
The Blood of Heroes: The 13-Day Struggle for the Alamo--and the Sacrifice That Forged a Nation
James Donovan Β· 520 pages
The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939
Antony Beevor Β· 526 pages
An account of one of the Spanish Civil War, with new material gleaned from the Russian archives and numerous other sources, this brisk and accessible book, provides a balanced and penetrating perspective, explaining the tensions that led to this terrible overture to World War II and affording new insights into the warΒits causes, course, and consequences.
Washington's Crossing
David Hackett Fischer Β· 693 pages
Enlightening. To say the least. A very good light into the politics of our country. Not exactly what you learned in school. The author did his homework and when you finish this book, you will have a new perspective. For example,Jefferson was so active in undermining Adams that when he became President he got a law passed making it an act of sedition to speak against the President. That Hamil
Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936β1939
Adam Hochschild Β· 395 pages
For three crucial years in the 1930s, the Spanish Civil War dominated headlines in America and around the world, as volunteers flooded to Spain to help its democratic government fight off a fascist uprising led by Francisco Franco and aided by Hitler and Mussolini. Today we're accustomed to remembering the war through Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls and Robert Capa's photographs. But Adam Hoch