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London: A Life in Maps
Peter Whitfield
British Library
British Library
A city long shrouded in literary and historical mists--not to mention real ones--London seduces tourists and natives alike. From Big Ben to the grimy Victorian streets of Dickens novels on up to the sleek high-rises that dot the skyline of the...
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Eugenie: The Empress and Her Empire
Desmond Seward
The History Press
The History Press
Eugenie de Montijo was Empress of the French, sharing the Second Empire with her husband Napoleon III. She impressed the Prussian Chancellor Bismarck so much that he called her The only man in Paris.
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Florence: A Portrait
Michael Levey
Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press
Nestled in the Apennines, cradle of the Renaissance, home of Dante, Michelangelo, and the Medici, Florence is unlike any other city in its extraordinary mingling of great art and literature, natural splendor, and remarkable history. Intimate and...
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The Town Below the Ground: Edinburgh's Legendary Underground City
Jan-Andrew Henderson
Mainstream Publishing
Mainstream Publishing
The story of the Town Below the Ground is one of the most disturbing in the annals of Scottish history. For almost 250 years, Edinburgh was surrounded by a giant defensive wall and, unable to expand its boundaries, it became the most densely...
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The Nazi Ancestral Proof: Genealogy, Racial Science, and the Final Solution
Eric Ehrenreich
Indiana University Press
Indiana University Press
How could Germans, inhabitants of the most scientifically advanced nation in the world in the early 20th century, have espoused the inherently unscientific racist doctrines put forward by the Nazi leadership? Eric Ehrenreich traces the widespread...
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Queen Elizabeth I Paper Doll (Paper Dolls)
Tom Tierney
Dover Publications
Dover Publications
Paper doll collection spotlights the monarch who led sixteenth-century England to a period of enormous prosperity. The Queen's seven magnificent gowns of silk, satin, and brocade are accented with pleated ruffs, pearls, and polished gemstones. Sir...
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