検索キーワード： 西ヨーロッパ

Bestselling classical historian Barry Strauss delivers “an exceptionally accessible history of the Roman Empire…much of Ten Caesars reads like a script for Game of Thrones” (The Wall Street Journal)—a summation of three and a half centuries of the Roman Empire as seen through the lives...

"Not only an engrossing read about the distant past, both informative and entertaining, but also a profoundly thought-provoking view of our not-really-so-‘new’ present . . . All medieval history is here, beautifully narrated."—Wall Street Journal "A lively history . . . [Jones] has managed...

Sfata il mito della nazione alpina ed esplora i crudi conflitti geopolitici che hanno forgiato la sua neutralità. Perfetto per chi desidera trasformare il pendolarismo quotidiano in una sessione di apprendimento attivo, questo saggio storico offre uno sguardo rivelatorio sulle reali dinamiche...

巨大な帝国がひしめくヨーロッパの歴史の中で、険しいアルプスの小さな村落共同体はいかにして「永世中立」という高度な生存戦略を獲得したのか。知的な探求心を満たしたい通勤や散歩のひとときに、知恵と妥協が織...

Encuentra la paz interior y un propósito auténtico al reconectar con la antigua sabiduría celta en tu día a día. Si lidias con la desconexión del ritmo moderno, este viaje sonoro ofrece un ancla contemplativa para calmar la mente y enraizar tu espíritu. Es el refugio auditivo ideal para...

Découvrez comment de modestes vallées alpines ont forgé une neutralité historique face au chaos des empires européens. Loin d'un destin tracé d'avance, la construction de ce territoire s'est heurtée à des rivalités féroces et des luttes d'influence constantes. C'est un récit épique...

Diese packende historische Zeitreise zeigt, wie isolierte Alpendörfer zur neutralen Überlebensstrategie Europas wurden. Perfekt für das tägliche Pendeln oder einen aufmerksamen Spaziergang, verwandelt dieses fesselnde Hörerlebnis komplexe geopolitische Zusammenhänge in eine anschauliche...

Packende europäische Geschichte trifft auf den epischen Kampf Mensch gegen Natur, der eine ganze Zivilisation formte. Perfekt für deinen nächsten Spaziergang zieht dich diese dramatische Zeitreise tief in die sumpfigen Flusslandschaften eines Volkes, das auf nassem Grund baute. Lass dich von...

In this magnificent synthesis of military, technological, and social history, William H. McNeill explores a whole millennium of human upheaval and traces the path by which we have arrived at the frightening dilemmas that now confront us. McNeill moves with equal mastery from the crossbow - banned by the Church in 1139 as too lethal for Christians to use against one another - to the nuclear missile, from the sociological consequences of drill in the 17th century to the emergence of the military-industrial complex in the 20th.

A vivid narration of the history of the tulip, from its origins on the barren, windswept steppes of central Asia to its place of honor in the lush imperial gardens of Constantinople, to its starring moment as the most coveted—and beautiful—commodity in Europe. In the 1630s, visitors to the...

“Who knew that such a tiny bottle housed so many secrets?” —Michael Tonello, author of Bringing Home the Birkin Tilar J. Mazzeo, author of the New York Times bestseller The Widow Clicquot (an Amazon Best of the Month book in October 2008) returns with a captivating history of the world’s...

Far from worrying about the onset of war, in the spring of 1938 the burning question on the French Riviera was whether one should curtsey to the Duchess of Windsor. Few of those who had settled there thought much about what was going on in the rest of Europe. It was a golden, glamorous life, far...

Beethoven imbibed Enlightenment and revolutionary ideas in his hometown of Bonn, where they were fervently discussed in cafes and at the university. Moving to Vienna at the age of 21 to study with Haydn, he gained renown as a brilliant pianist and innovative composer. In that conservative city, capital of the Hapsburg empire, authorities were ever watchful to curtail and punish overt displays of radical political views. Nevertheless, Beethoven avidly followed the meteoric rise of Napoleon.

In Volume VI (Chapters LVII - LXXI), Gibbon ends his masterful history by charting the rise of the Turkish nation and the birth of the Ottoman Empire, which becomes an unstoppable force as it eventually captures the remains of the Eastern Empire. Weakened under the continuing schism of the Greek and Latin Christians, the strategically important site of Constantinople becomes an easy target for Sultan Mohammed II much to the consternation and apathy of the West.

Winner of The 2025 Duke of Wellington Medal Winner for Military History An Aspects of History Best Book of the Year; An Engelsberg Ideas Best Book of the Year Shortlisted for the HWA Non-fiction Crown Award ‘A rigorous, myth-busting look at the city’s chaotic recovery in the wake of war and...

From the New York Times bestselling author comes the definitive, illustrated history of one of the greatest battles ever fought—a riveting nonfiction chronicle published to commemorate the two-hundreth anniversary of Napoleon's last stand. On June 18, 1815, the armies of France, Britain, and...

Brought to you by Penguin. In the annals of military history, the Western Front stands as an enduring symbol of the folly and futility of war. However, The Western Front, by bestselling military historian Nick Lloyd, reveals that the story is not, as so many assume, one of pointlessness and...

From the skies above Europe to the beaches of Normandy, the Allied air campaign of 1943-44 orchestrated one of history's most decisive military victories. In this groundbreaking analysis, retired Air Force Colonel Joseph T. Molyson reveals how a year of strategic bombing and aerial warfare...

What is fascism? By focusing on the concrete, what the fascists did rather than what they said, the esteemed historian Robert O. Paxton answers this question for the first time. From the first violent uniformed bands beating up "enemies of the state", through Mussolini's rise to power, to Germany's fascist radicalization in World War II, Paxton shows clearly why fascists came to power in some countries and not others.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Holocaust by Laurence Rees, read by Jonathan Keeble. This landmark work answers two of the most fundamental questions in history - how, and why, did the Holocaust happen? Laurence Rees has spent twenty-five years meeting...