Szerző Christopher Clark

A Times Best Book of the Year 2025A remarkable micro-history from the author of The Sleepwalkers and Revolutionary Spring'It takes a confident historian to write a short book… the story is distilled to its powerful essence; he knows precisely what’s…

A remarkable micro-history from the author of The Sleepwalkers and Revolutionary SpringNow part of the Russian Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad, the former Prussian and German port of Königsberg has always been a somewhat sleepy place, doomed to be famous…

'One of the best history books you will read this decade' History Today'Fascinating, suspenseful, revelatory, alive' The TimesThere can be few more exciting or frightening moments in European history than the spring of 1848. As if by magic, in city after…

An exhilarating reappraisal of one of the most dramatic years in European history, from the acclaimed author of The Sleepwalkers'People embraced each other, shook hands, joy radiated from every eye, there was no limit to the celebrations . . .'There…

Lonely Planet's Best of France is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Embrace the sights and sounds of Paris, sample tangy olives at the weekly market in Provence and explor

A neves cambridgei történészprofesszor új szemszögből vizsgálja a 20. század első nagy világégését: háborús konfliktusok és részletes eseménytörténet helyett azokra a bonyolult történésekre és viszonyokra összpontosít, amelyek a háborút legkevésbé sem…

Okamžiky, v nichž Gavrilo Princip přistoupil k automobilu, který zůstal bezmocně stát na místě, a zastřelil arcivévodu Františka Ferdinanda i jeho choť, snad patří k nejosudnějším v celém novověku. Teroristický čin ohromující účinnosti dosáhl svého cíle…