Van Ditmar Boeken B.V. (148)
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The Story of the Bayeux Tapestry
Unravelling the Norman Conquest
2024 || Hardcover || David Musgrove e.a. || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
The definitive guide to the Bayeux Tapestry and its legacy, exploring the rich narrative behind its stitches and the turbulent times in which it was created.
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Mexico
From the Olmecs to the Aztecs
2024 || Paperback || Michael D Coe e.a. || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
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A Line in the Sand
Britain, France and the struggle that shaped the Middle East
2024 || Paperback || James Barr || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
The untold story of how British-French rivalry drew the battle-lines of the modern Middle East
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Introducing Medieval Animal Names
2025 || Paperback || Ben Parsons || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
What did medieval people call the animals they lived and worked with? Why did they give them the names they did? This book sets out to answer these questions.
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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.
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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
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These Truths
A History of the United States
2024 || Paperback || Jill 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.
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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.
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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.