Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V. (80.659)

Boek I Have Avenged America, geschreven door Julia Gaffield, uitgegeven door Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V., Historische biografieën

The complicated life and legacy of John Trumbull, whose paintings portrayed both the struggle and the principles that distinguished America’s founding moment

A compelling history of British imperial culture, showing how it was adopted and subverted by colonial subjects around the world

A sweeping history of the violence perpetrated by governments committed to extreme forms of secularism in the twentieth century

A gripping account of the Knights Templar, challenging received wisdom to show how these devout medieval knights played a profound role in making modern Britain

An enchanting and joyous exploration of life and creativity at the geographical edges of the modern world

The first volume in a pioneering account of Oliver Cromwell—providing a major new interpretation of one of the greatest figures in history

The story of Abraham, the first Jew, portrayed as two lives lived by one person, paralleling the contradictions in Judaism throughout its history

A bestselling author’s definitive guide to writing and publishing research-based nonfiction for a wide audience

The story of William Waters, Black street performer in Regency London, and how his huge celebrity took on a life of its own

Boek Demosthenes - Ancient Lives, geschreven door James Romm, uitgegeven door Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V., BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical

A fresh perspective on collaboration, collectivity, and conflict in the women’s art movement of the 1970s

A major new history of Churchill in the 1930s, showing how his meetings at Chartwell, his country home, strengthened his fight against the Nazis

A bold new history of the rise and expansion of the Norman Dynasty across Europe from Byzantium to England

A comprehensive history of the Georgians, comparing past views of these exciting, turbulent, and controversial times with our attitudes today

Boek The Nighttime Butterfly, geschreven door Karen Auerbach, uitgegeven door Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V., Theologie algemeen

The lost memoir of Britain’s first Black Olympic medal winner—and the America he discovered

More than three hundred previously unpublished texts from the Yale Babylonian Collection

The first-ever biography of the ultra-radical thinker Robert Wedderburn, from his native Jamaica to metropole London, by an award-winning historian

An engaging and authoritative history of Scotland’s influence in the world and the world’s on Scotland, from the Thirty Years’ War to the present day

A collection of John Carey’s greatest, wisest, and wittiest reviews—amassed over a lifetime of writing

A portrait of Jane Austen’s England told through the career paths of younger sons—men of good family but small fortune

A compelling, authoritative account of the brilliant, conflicted, visionary world of Tudor England

The extraordinary story of St. Paul’s Churchyard—the area of London that was a center of social and intellectual life for more than a millennium

The remarkable story of how a handful of intrepid scientific navigators underpinned British naval dominance in the conflict with Napoleon

The first history of all the English cathedrals, from Birmingham and Bury St Edmunds to Worcester and York Minster

Boek No More Napoleons, geschreven door Andrew Lambert, uitgegeven door Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V., HISTORY / Europe / General

A deep look at Christina Ramberg’s life and work, the origins of her influential investigations of form and femininity, and the evolution of her artistic vision

The first history of childhood in Tudor England

The unlikely beginnings of the East India Company—from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior Dutch—to laying the groundwork for future British expansion

A renowned scientist and environmental advocate looks back on a life that has straddled the worlds of science and politics

A revelatory history of the women who brought Victorian criminals to account—and how they became a cultural sensation

The second volume in an acclaimed biography of Oliver Cromwell, from the capture of Charles I to the expulsion of the Long Parliament

A gripping account of the Knights Templar, challenging received wisdom to show how these devout medieval knights played a profound role in making modern Britain

A fascinating and moving biography of Colin Anson, the German refugee who became an elite British commando

What happened when Jane Austen’s heroines and heroes were finally wed?