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European History Books

Browse books about European history from Ancient Rome and the Renaissance to political biographies about Napoleon, Churchill and Stalin.

The Blood Countess by Shelley Puhak - SHOP NOW
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Russian & Soviet History

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Mary Beard

Perhaps the world’s most famous living classicist, Beard has spent decades dismantling the stuffy image of academia with her sharp wit and unapologetic refusal to sugarcoat the ancient world.

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
Mary Beard
Paperback
$19.99
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Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
Mary Beard
Paperback
$21.99
Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern
Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern
Mary Beard
The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts
Paperback
$24.95
Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures, and Innovations
Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures, and Innovations
Mary Beard
Paperback
$20.00
Women & Power: A Manifesto
Women & Power: A Manifesto
Mary Beard
Hardcover
$18.99
The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found
The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found
Mary Beard
Paperback
$25.00

A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

By David Grann

This seamless slam-dunk of epic history-telling from the author of the bestselling Killers of the Flower Moon is an 18th-century puzzle of high seas intrigue, a fateful shipwreck, mutiny, and a real-life Lord of the Flies descent into mayhem

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

By Stephen Greenblatt

One lost manuscript. One daring book hunter. One massive "swerve" in human history. Greenblatt takes us back to 1417 to show how a single poem rescued from a dusty monastery shelf gave birth to the modern world.

$18.95
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European History

Discover books about European History from Ancient Greece to the Middle Ages to World War I & II. Whether you're looking for art & science books about the Renaissance, political history books on the fall of Rome, religious books on the Reformation, military books on The French Revolution, social change books on the Industrial Revolution, or modern European conflicts like the Yugoslav Wars, you can find a book on any European History topic at Barnes & Noble. Some bookseller favorites include The Wager featuring a British Royal Navy ship during the War of Jenkins Ear, The Diary of a Young Girl, a book about Anne Frank, Spare by Prince Harry which offers an inside look into a constitutional monarchy in the 21st century, and The Hiding Place, a religious book about Corrie Ten Book who survived Hitler's concentration camps and became a heroine of the Resistance.