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ISBN10: 014104747X, ISBN13: 9780141047478, [publisher: Penguin UK] Softcover
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ISBN10: 014104747X, ISBN13: 9780141047478, [publisher: Penguin Books UK|Penguin] Softcover A great, sprawling, ancient and unique entity, the Holy Roman Empire, from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later, formed the heart of Europe. Peter H. Wilson explains how the empire worked. It is not a chronological h.
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ISBN10: 014104747X, ISBN13: 9780141047478, [publisher: Penguin Books UK|Penguin] Softcover A great, sprawling, ancient and unique entity, the Holy Roman Empire, from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later, formed the heart of Europe. Peter H. Wilson explains how the empire worked. It is not a chronological h.
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ISBN10: 014104747X, ISBN13: 9780141047478, [publisher: Penguin] Softcover 1008 pages. 7.68x5.04x1.77 inches. In Stock.
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ISBN10: 014104747X, ISBN13: 9780141047478, [publisher: PENGUIN GROUP] Softcover
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[Amherst, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2017]
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[Hounslow, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2017]
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London Penguin Books Ltd 2017 Mass-market paperback New. B-format paperback. 1008 p.
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Penguin, Date: 2017. Paperback. New. 1008 pages. 7.68x5.04x1.77 inches. 2017. Penguin ISBN 014104747X 9780141047478 [GB]
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ISBN10: 014104747X, ISBN13: 9780141047478, [publisher: Penguin Books Ltd 2017-02-23, London] Softcover Language: ENG
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ISBN10: 014104747X, ISBN13: 9780141047478, [publisher: Penguin Books Ltd 2017-02-23, London] Softcover Language: ENG
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ISBN10: 014104747X, ISBN13: 9780141047478, [publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Feb 2017] Softcover Neuware -Peter H. Wilson is the author of the highly acclaimed Europe's Tragedy: A New History of the Thirty Years War (2009). He is the Chichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford.
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ISBN10: 014104747X, ISBN13: 9780141047478, [publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Feb 2017] Softcover Neuware -THE SUNDAY TIMES AND ECONOMIST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016'A definitive study of the amorphous state that lasted a thousand years . The Holy Roman Empire deserves to be hailed as a magnum opus' Tom Holland, Daily Telegraph'Engrossing . staggering . a book that is relevant to our own times' The Times'Masterly . If, like most people, you know little more about the Holy Roman Empire other than Voltaire's bon mot - 'neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire' - then this is the book for you' Daniel Johnson, Sunday Times'A history that helps us understand Europe's problems today . interesting and provocative, makes the complex understandable' Christopher Kissane, GuardianA great, sprawling, ancient and unique entity, the Holy Roman Empire, from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later, formed the heart of Europe. It was a great engine for inventions and ideas, it was the origin of many modern European states, from Germany to the Czech Republic, its relations with Italy, France and Poland dictated the course of countless wars - indeed European history as a whole makes no sense without it.In this strikingly ambitious book, Peter H. Wilson explains how the Empire worked. It is not a chronological history, but an attempt to convey to readers why it was so important and how it changed ...
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ISBN10: 014104747X, ISBN13: 9780141047478, [publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Feb 2017] Softcover Neuware -THE SUNDAY TIMES AND ECONOMIST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016'A definitive study of the amorphous state that lasted a thousand years . The Holy Roman Empire deserves to be hailed as a magnum opus' Tom Holland, Daily Telegraph'Engrossing . staggering . a book that is relevant to our own times' The Times'Masterly . If, like most people, you know little more about the Holy Roman Empire other than Voltaire's bon mot - 'neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire' - then this is the book for you' Daniel Johnson, Sunday Times'A history that helps us understand Europe's problems today . interesting and provocative, makes the complex understandable' Christopher Kissane, GuardianA great, sprawling, ancient and unique entity, the Holy Roman Empire, from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later, formed the heart of Europe. It was a great engine for inventions and ideas, it was the origin of many modern European states, from Germany to the Czech Republic, its relations with Italy, France and Poland dictated the course of countless wars - indeed European history as a whole makes no sense without it.In this strikingly ambitious book, Peter H. Wilson explains how the Empire worked. It is not a chronological history, but an attempt to convey to readers why it was so important and how it changed ...
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Penguin Books Ltd 2017 Mass-market paperback New Num Pages: 1008 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 61. Weight in Grams: 710. 2017. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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ISBN10: 014104747X, ISBN13: 9780141047478, [publisher: Penguin Books Ltd] Softcover Num Pages: 1008 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 61. Weight in Grams: 710. 2017. Paperback. . . . .
[Galway, GY, Ireland] [Publication Year: 2017]
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Peter H. Wilson
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Paperback / softback. New. THE SUNDAY TIMES AND ECONOMIST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016 'A definitive study of the amorphous state that lasted a thousand years ... The Holy Roman Empire deserves to be hailed as a magnum opus' Tom Holland, Daily Telegraph 'Engrossing ... staggering ... a book that is relevant to our own times' The Times 'Masterly ... If, like most people, you know little more about the Holy Roman Empire other than Voltaire's bon mot - "neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire" - then this is the book for you' Daniel Johnson, Sunday Times 'A history that helps us understand Europe's problems today ... interesting and provocative, makes the complex understandable' Christopher Kissane, Guardian A great, sprawling, ancient and unique entity, the Holy Roman Empire, from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later, formed the heart of Europe. It was a great engine for inventions and ideas, it was the origin of many modern European states, from Germany to the Czech Republic, its relations with Italy, France and Poland dictated the course of countless wars - indeed European history as a whole makes no sense without it. In this strikingly ambitious book, Peter H. Wilson explains how the Empire worked. It is not a chronological history, but an attempt to convey to readers why it was so important and how it changed over its existence. The result is a tour de force - a ...
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ISBN10: 014104747X, ISBN13: 9780141047478, [publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London] Softcover THE SUNDAY TIMES AND ECONOMIST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016 'A definitive study of the amorphous state that lasted a thousand years . The Holy Roman Empire deserves to be hailed as a magnum opus' Tom Holland, Daily Telegraph 'Engrossing . staggering . a book that is relevant to our own times' The Times 'Masterly . If, like most people, you know little more about the Holy Roman Empire other than Voltaire's bon mot - "neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire" - then this is the book for you' Daniel Johnson, Sunday Times 'A history that helps us understand Europe's problems today . interesting and provocative, makes the complex understandable' Christopher Kissane, Guardian A great, sprawling, ancient and unique entity, the Holy Roman Empire, from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later, formed the heart of Europe. It was a great engine for inventions and ideas, it was the origin of many modern European states, from Germany to the Czech Republic, its relations with Italy, France and Poland dictated the course of countless wars - indeed European history as a whole makes no sense without it. In this strikingly ambitious book, Peter H. Wilson explains how the Empire worked. It is not a chronological history, but an attempt to convey to readers why it was so important and how it ...
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ISBN10: 014104747X, ISBN13: 9780141047478, [publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London] Softcover THE SUNDAY TIMES AND ECONOMIST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016 'A definitive study of the amorphous state that lasted a thousand years . The Holy Roman Empire deserves to be hailed as a magnum opus' Tom Holland, Daily Telegraph 'Engrossing . staggering . a book that is relevant to our own times' The Times 'Masterly . If, like most people, you know little more about the Holy Roman Empire other than Voltaire's bon mot - "neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire" - then this is the book for you' Daniel Johnson, Sunday Times 'A history that helps us understand Europe's problems today . interesting and provocative, makes the complex understandable' Christopher Kissane, Guardian A great, sprawling, ancient and unique entity, the Holy Roman Empire, from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later, formed the heart of Europe. It was a great engine for inventions and ideas, it was the origin of many modern European states, from Germany to the Czech Republic, its relations with Italy, France and Poland dictated the course of countless wars - indeed European history as a whole makes no sense without it. In this strikingly ambitious book, Peter H. Wilson explains how the Empire worked. It is not a chronological history, but an attempt to convey to readers why it was so important and how it ...
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ISBN10: 014104747X, ISBN13: 9780141047478, [publisher: Penguin 2017-02-23] Softcover
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ISBN10: 014104747X, ISBN13: 9780141047478, [publisher: Penguin Books Ltd] Softcover Num Pages: 1008 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 61. Weight in Grams: 710. 2017. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; <b>Peter H. Wilson</b> is the author of the highly acclaimed <i>Europe's Tragedy: A New History of the Thirty Years War </i>(2009) and <i>The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe's History</i> ISBN 014104747x 9780141047478 [GB]
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ISBN10: 014104747X, ISBN13: 9780141047478, [publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Feb 2017] Softcover Neuware - THE SUNDAY TIMES AND ECONOMIST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016'A definitive study of the amorphous state that lasted a thousand years . The Holy Roman Empire deserves to be hailed as a magnum opus' Tom Holland, Daily Telegraph'Engrossing . staggering . a book that is relevant to our own times' The Times'Masterly . If, like most people, you know little more about the Holy Roman Empire other than Voltaire's bon mot - 'neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire' - then this is the book for you' Daniel Johnson, Sunday Times'A history that helps us understand Europe's problems today . interesting and provocative, makes the complex understandable' Christopher Kissane, GuardianA great, sprawling, ancient and unique entity, the Holy Roman Empire, from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later, formed the heart of Europe. It was a great engine for inventions and ideas, it was the origin of many modern European states, from Germany to the Czech Republic, its relations with Italy, France and Poland dictated the course of countless wars - indeed European history as a whole makes no sense without it.In this strikingly ambitious book, Peter H. Wilson explains how the Empire worked. It is not a chronological history, but an attempt to convey to readers why it was so important and how it ...
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ISBN10: 014104747X, ISBN13: 9780141047478, [publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Feb 2017] Softcover Neuware - THE SUNDAY TIMES AND ECONOMIST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016'A definitive study of the amorphous state that lasted a thousand years . The Holy Roman Empire deserves to be hailed as a magnum opus' Tom Holland, Daily Telegraph'Engrossing . staggering . a book that is relevant to our own times' The Times'Masterly . If, like most people, you know little more about the Holy Roman Empire other than Voltaire's bon mot - 'neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire' - then this is the book for you' Daniel Johnson, Sunday Times'A history that helps us understand Europe's problems today . interesting and provocative, makes the complex understandable' Christopher Kissane, GuardianA great, sprawling, ancient and unique entity, the Holy Roman Empire, from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later, formed the heart of Europe. It was a great engine for inventions and ideas, it was the origin of many modern European states, from Germany to the Czech Republic, its relations with Italy, France and Poland dictated the course of countless wars - indeed European history as a whole makes no sense without it.In this strikingly ambitious book, Peter H. Wilson explains how the Empire worked. It is not a chronological history, but an attempt to convey to readers why it was so important and how it ...
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ISBN10: 014104747X, ISBN13: 9780141047478, [publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, London] Softcover Paperback. An astonishing, essential book on what was for ten centuries Europe's largest state - the Holy Roman EmpireA great, sprawling, ancient and unique entity, the Holy Roman Empire, from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later, formed the heart of Europe. It was a great engine for inventions and ideas, it was the origin of many modern European states, from Germany to the Czech Republic, its relations with Italy, France and Poland dictated the course of countless wars - indeed, European history as a whole makes no sense without it.In this strikingly ambitious book, Peter H. Wilson explains how the empire worked. It is not a chronological history, but an attempt to convey to readers the Empire's unique nature, why it was so important and how it changed over its existence. The result is a tour de force - a book that raises countless questions about the nature of political and military power, about diplomacy and the nature of European civilization and about the legacy of the empire, which has continued to haunt its offspring, from imperial and Nazi Germany to the European Union. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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ISBN10: 014104747X, ISBN13: 9780141047478, [publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, London] Softcover Paperback. An astonishing, essential book on what was for ten centuries Europe's largest state - the Holy Roman EmpireA great, sprawling, ancient and unique entity, the Holy Roman Empire, from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later, formed the heart of Europe. It was a great engine for inventions and ideas, it was the origin of many modern European states, from Germany to the Czech Republic, its relations with Italy, France and Poland dictated the course of countless wars - indeed, European history as a whole makes no sense without it.In this strikingly ambitious book, Peter H. Wilson explains how the empire worked. It is not a chronological history, but an attempt to convey to readers the Empire's unique nature, why it was so important and how it changed over its existence. The result is a tour de force - a book that raises countless questions about the nature of political and military power, about diplomacy and the nature of European civilization and about the legacy of the empire, which has continued to haunt its offspring, from imperial and Nazi Germany to the European Union. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
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ISBN10: 014104747X, ISBN13: 9780141047478, [publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, London] Softcover Paperback. An astonishing, essential book on what was for ten centuries Europe's largest state - the Holy Roman EmpireA great, sprawling, ancient and unique entity, the Holy Roman Empire, from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later, formed the heart of Europe. It was a great engine for inventions and ideas, it was the origin of many modern European states, from Germany to the Czech Republic, its relations with Italy, France and Poland dictated the course of countless wars - indeed, European history as a whole makes no sense without it.In this strikingly ambitious book, Peter H. Wilson explains how the empire worked. It is not a chronological history, but an attempt to convey to readers the Empire's unique nature, why it was so important and how it changed over its existence. The result is a tour de force - a book that raises countless questions about the nature of political and military power, about diplomacy and the nature of European civilization and about the legacy of the empire, which has continued to haunt its offspring, from imperial and Nazi Germany to the European Union. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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