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The Price of Glory
Verdun 1916
2024 || Paperback || Alistair Horne || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
The battle of Verdun lasted ten months. It was a battle in which at least 700,000 men fell, along a front of fifteen miles. This book shows that Verdun is a key to understanding the First World War to the minds of those who waged it, the traditions that bound them and the world that gave them the opportunity.
Nathaniel's Nutmeg
How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History
2024 || Paperback || Giles Milton || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
The extraordinary adventure-filled story of how England came to own Manhattan in the seventeenth century
These Truths
A History of the United States
2024 || Paperback || Jill (Harvard University) Lepore || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation.
The Egyptian Myths
A Guide to the Ancient Gods and Legends
2024 || Hardcover || Garry J. Shaw || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
A guide to Egyptian mythology that explores how the ancient Nile-dwellers explained the world around them. It delves into the origins of life, the creation and evolution of the world, and the reigns of the gods on earth, before introducing us to the manifestations of Egypts deities in the natural environment.
The Celtic Myths
A Guide to the Ancient Gods and Legends
2024 || Hardcover || Miranda Aldhouse-Green e.a. || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
As well as vividly exploring the tales, the author brings her expertise in the archaeology of the Iron Age and particularly shamanism to bear on the mythical worlds she describes, with evidence as diverse as the Gundestrup Cauldron and the famous bog bodies. She also asks how the myths survived the Christianization of Europe.
Egyptian Mythology
A Traveller's Guide from Aswan to Alexandria
2024 || Hardcover || Garry J. Shaw || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
A unique approach to Egyptian mythology that takes the reader on a tour up the Nile, stopping at the most famous monuments and vividly retelling the myths connected to each site.
A History of the World in 500 Maps
2024 || Hardcover || Christian Grataloup || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
The Map of Knowledge
How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found: A History in Seven Cities
2024 || Paperback || Violet Moller || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
A vibrant and evocative account of how the great scientific ideas of the ancient world were lost and found.