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Conflict or concord? Histories of Islam from its early seventh century beginnings in Arabia often portray its explosive growth into the wider Middle East as ...
Dynamic and meticulously researched, A History of Korea continues to be one of the leading introductory textbooks on Korean history. Assuming no prior knowledge, Hwang ...
Winner of the British Book Awards History Book of the Year
Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize
This thrilling biography of Stalin and his entourage ...
The worlds biggest religion has a problem. There is zero archaeological evidence for the original Eucharist the sacred wine said to guarantee life after death ...
The War of the Spanish Succession, fought between 1701 and 1714 to decide who should inherit the Spanish throne, was a conflict on an unprecedented ...
From the Great Exhibition's showcasing of British national achievement in 1851 to the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in Stratford in 2012 and on ...
Now in paperback, a thrilling tale of science, adventure, and a historical mystery- how an inventive female scientist cracked the case of the first successful-and ...
The Shipwrecks of the Roaring 40s project was funded by the Australian Research Council to investigate some of the earliest and most important shipwrecks in ...
The son of a former slave, Pertinax was the Roman Emperor who proved that no matter how lowly your birth, you could rise to the ...
Byzantium Triumphant describes in detail the wars of the Byzantine emperors Nicephorus II Phocas, his nephew and assassin John I Tzimiskes, and Basil II. The ...
This is a comprehensive history of Portugal that covers the whole span, from the Stone Age to today. An introduction provides an understanding of geographical ...
This epic history compares the empires built by Spain and Britain in the Americas, from Columbus's arrival in the New World to the end ...
The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller
Germania is a very personal guide to the Germany that Simon Winder loves. Equally passionate about the region's ...
'Europe where the sun dares scarce appear
For freezing meteors and congealed cold.'
Christopher Marlowe
In this innovative and compelling work of environmental history, Philipp ...
The fascinating true story behind HBO's Catherine the Great starring Dame Helen Mirren as Catherine the Great.
Born into a minor noble family, Catherine ...
