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Winner of the Wolfson History Prize
'Of the "Great Powers" that dominated Europe from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, Prussia is the only one ...
In 480 BC, Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of mainland Greece. Its success should have been a formality. For seventy years, victory ...
A new expanded edition of the groundbreaking investigation into early high cultures and ancient solar outbursts
Updated throughout with recent developments and additional illustrations
Reveals ...
A WATERSTONES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 ONDAATJE PRIZE'A masterful portrait of one of the world's greatest cities... A must-read ...
Twenty thousand years ago, women were making and wearing clothing created from spun fibers. In Women's Work, archaeologist-linguist Elizabeth Wayland Barber "weaves the strands ...
The thrilling history of one of Europe's most dramatic conflicts, that would shape the great wars to come
Less than a month after it ...
In this stirring memoir, a preeminent politician and diplomat traces the transformation of the Republic of Singapore from a poor colony into an Asian powerhouse ...
Who was Rome's greatest general, statesman, and nation-builder: Caesar or Pompey?
Few people have had as many words written about them down through the ...
The dramatic history of Europe's shape-shifting centre, from the author of The Habsburgs
Central Europe is not just a space on a map but ...
'Irresistibly fascinating' MARIE CLAIRE GREECE
'Essential' VICTORIA HISLOP
'Brilliantly conceived' PAUL CARTLEDGE
An enormous bestseller in Greece, this is a bold, witty retelling of the ...
A spine-chilling illustrated history
Discover the spine-chilling history of ghosts and the supernatural across the world in this stunningly illustrated guide.
A History of Ghosts ...
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How many words do the Sami have to describe features of reindeer? Who were the three Norns who sat under Yggdrasil's branches? How did ...
Many ancient peoples built their sacred sites in dead straight lines. The magical paths involved astronomy and geomancy, and were used for spirit flight both ...