EDITORIAL REVIEW: High in the Swiss Alps, a man hunts respectability with all the cunning that made him Europe's most ruthless criminal. Nothing is to stand in Ernst Stavro Blofeld...
From Publishers WeeklyAccording to the authors of Life in a Medieval City , the vast majority of medieval Europeans lived in villages--"permanent communities organized for agricult...
From Publishers WeeklyIstanbul straddles the divide of Europe and Asia, and its polyglot population of 12 million seethes with political, religious and sexual tensions, as shown in...
SUMMARY: The first in a new series, introducing a splendid hero, against the background of Europe in the One Hundred Years' War. Thomas of Hookton becomes an archer in the army of ...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: In a novel where ancient traditions conflict with reality and the pressures of modern life, a young European princess proves that simplicity, courage, and dignity...
In this luminous novel -- winner of Britain's prestigious Booker Prize -- John Berger relates the story of "G.," a young man forging an energetic sexual career in Europe during the...
From Publishers WeeklyEurope in the throes of WWI and II serves as backdrop for this latest dose of melodrama from megabestseller Steel. Bookish, raven-haired beauty Beata Wittgens...
Product DescriptionIn 1880s France, Doctor Who and his companions find themselves caught up in the desperate internal power struggle of a clandestine brotherhood. The future of Eur...
SUMMARY:The Ardennes, December 1994: the Nazi forces are making their last offensive in Europe -- a campaign that will come to be called the Battle of the Bulge. But there i...