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    The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916

    Alistair Horne

    The battle of Verdun lasted ten months. It was a battle in which at least 700,000 men fell, along a front of fifteen miles. This book shows that Verdun is…

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    Seven Ages of Paris

    Alistair Horne

    Acclaimed by the Guardian as ‘an inspirational work of scholarship and love’, this is a new history of one of the greatest cities in the world by one of the…

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    The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune 1870-71

    Alistair Horne

    The collapse of France in 1870 had an overwhelming impact - on Paris, on France and on the rest of the world. People everywhere saw Paris as the centre of…

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    The Age of Napoleon

    Alistair Horne

    A short history of the life and times of Napoleon.

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    Canada and the Canadians

    Alistair Horne

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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    To Lose a Battle: France 1940

    Alistair Horne

    In 1940 Hitler sent his troops to execute the Fall of France. A six-week battle with lightning ‘blitzkrieg’ warfare and combined operations techniques, the offensive ended the Phony War and…

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    The Fall of Paris

    Alistair Horne

    A vivid retelling of one of the most significant events nineteenth–century France from a masterful military historian.

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    La Belle France: A Short History

    Alistair Horne

    La Belle France is a sweeping, grand narrative written with all the verve, erudition, and vividness that are the hallmarks of the acclaimed British historian Alistair Horne. It recounts the…

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    A Savage War Of Peace

    Alistair Horne

    Not only essential reading for anyone who wishes to investigate this dark stretch of history, but a lasting monument of the historian’s art.

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    Seven Ages of Paris

    Alistair Horne

    Traces the development of Paris from the twelfth century to the mid-twentieth century, identifying seven key periods in the city’s history, from the medieval and Renaissance ages, through revolutionary and…

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    Kissinger: 1973, the Crucial Year

    Sir Alistair Horne

    Based on full access to Henry Kissinger and his papers, acclaimed historian Horne brings readers a groundbreaking treatment of the controversial presidential advisor during 1973–the critical year of his life.

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    The Terrible Year: The Paris Commune 1871

    Sir Alistair Horne, CBE

    A bestselling historian on a crucial episode in French history.

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    Hubris: The Tragedy of War in the Twentieth Century

    Sir Alistair Horne, CBE

    Six battles that changed the course of the twentieth century, and the one trait that links them all: hubris.

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    The Lonely Leader: Monty 1944-45 (Pan Military Classic Series)

    Alistair Horne,David Montgomery

    From the Pan Military Classics Series comes Alistair Horne’s riveting portrait of Monty, one of the greatest military leaders.

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    Hubris: The Tragedy of War in the Twentieth Century

    Sir Alistair Horne, Sir

    Originally published in Great Britain in 2015 in a different form by Weidenfeld & Nicolson –Title page verso.

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    Hubris: The Tragedy of War in the Twentieth Century

    Sir Alistair Horne, Sir

    Originally published in Great Britain in 2015 in a different form by Weidenfeld & Nicolson –Title page verso.

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    A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962

    Sir Alistair Horne

    The Algerian War of 1954-1962 was marked by an unholy marriage of revolutionary terror and state torture. It now looks like a full-dress rehearsal for the sort of amorphous struggle…

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    Hubris: The Tragedy of War in the Twentieth Century

    Sir Alistair Horne, Sir

    Originally published in Great Britain in 2015 in a different form by Weidenfeld & Nicolson –Title page verso.

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    Hubris: The Tragedy of War in the Twentieth Century

    Sir Alistair Horne, Sir

    Originally published in Great Britain in 2015 in a different form by Weidenfeld & Nicolson –Title page verso.

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