Baltic History

Journey through dramatic European history as a peripheral medieval kingdom transforms into a dominant military empire. Perfect for your daily commute, this epic narrative plunges you into the shifting alliances and bloody conflicts that forged the Baltic region. Experience the intense political...

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The nineteenth novel in Julian Stockwin's acclaimed Captain Kydd series. 1808. Parted from his new bride, Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is called away to join the Northern Expedition to Sweden, now Britain's only ally in the Baltic. Following the sudden declaration of war by Russia and with the...

From the author of The Habsburgs and The Middle Kingdoms, a lively, 1,500-year history of the shifting borders, imperial conflicts, and cultural fusions on Europe’s eastern edge. In Eastern Europe, historian Martyn Rady traces the long history of Europe’s eastern borderlands, showing how...

Discover the dramatic urban history of a maritime empire as scattered Baltic islands forge a powerful European capital. Perfect for your daily commute or an armchair travel adventure, this atmospheric journey guides you through the echoing cobblestone streets and icy harbors of a metropolis...

The Balkan area has historically been one of the world’s most combustible regions. Home to several national groups and at a crossroads of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, the Balkans have exerted an outsized role on world affairs. Infamously, the 1914 assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serb nationalist, Gavrilo Princip, was the final straw that led to World War I. The Balkans, however, had been flammable long before Princip’s bullets murdered the Austrian monarch-in-waiting.

Discover the complex mythology of the legendary Nordic people who inspired Hollywood films, epic novels, and more. Beautiful goddesses, fierce warriors, formidable beasts, and Ragnarök itself--these magical tales have enthralled audiences for centuries. This classic collection of tales offers...

Witness the epic clash of empires in this gripping military history of the Baltic conflict that birthed modern Europe. As a formidable Swedish dynasty faces off against a rising Russian superpower, you are transported directly to the freezing frontlines of the seventeenth century. Perfect for an...

Witness a modest fishing inlet transform into a resilient Scandinavian capital through centuries of maritime trade. Perfect for your morning commute or an armchair travel escape, this atmospheric urban history invites you to walk the windswept waterfronts and cobblestone backstreets of Denmark...

Trace a contested Viking Age stronghold's rise into a vibrant Nordic capital in this sweeping European history. Perfect for an engaging daily commute or while planning your Scandinavian travel itinerary, this vivid narrative transforms Baltic waterways into epic battlegrounds of trade and empire...

Experience epic European history and military conquest as a remote, freezing wilderness becomes a feared global empire. Perfect for your daily commute, this sweeping historical narrative charts a dramatic rise from isolated tribal chieftains to warrior monarchs dominating the Baltic shores...

Falling against the backdrop of Scandinavia's conversion to Christianity, book one of this triology begins on a farm in Viking-Age Norway. The tale is seen through the eyes of a young farm girl named Helga who is based on an original character in the antiquated Egil's Saga. Moving chapter by chapter the listener is propelled into the epic adventures of Helga's enchanting life as they experience with her relationships, love, loss, faith, religion, and politics. The saga continues in books two and three to a finale that no one - even Helga, could ever have imagined.

Mark Rothko, Hannah Arendt, Romain Gary, Gidon Kremer. C'è un legame sotterraneo tra alcuni grandi nomi della cultura mondiale: i paesi baltici dove sono nati e la cui anima li ha accompagnati nella fuga oltre confine. È sulle tracce di quest'anima che Jan Brokken attraversa Lettonia, Lituania ed Estonia ricostruendo le vite straordinarie di personaggi celebri e persone comuni.

The Great Northern War, fought from 1700-1721, gets its name from the fact the war focused on the Baltic, but the battlefields extended into Germany and deep into Poland and Ukraine. Sweden was a military power with a small empire in the Baltic, while Russia was still a landlocked place, backward when compared to the rest of Europe, not very powerful, and highly xenophobic. The Poland-Lithuanian Commonwealth was still powerful, and the Cossacks were still free.

Modern-day Lithuania is a small country bordering the Baltic Sea with a population of less than three million people, but despite its relative size, the nation has exerted an influential role on the history of the region. More recently, in the 20th century, Lithuania was caught between much larger powers in two world wars and then the Cold War. Along with neighbors Latvia and Estonia, Lithuania was one of the only states to truly break free of the Soviet Union when the latter dissolved in 1991.

Este pequeño país báltico y costero ubicado al norte de Europa se encuentra surcado por montañas, bosques, ríos y hermosas playas, además es dueño de un clima marítimo y húmedo. Letonia, con una población que supera apenas los 2 millones de habitantes, es un singular destino turístico.