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The Roman army has been immortalised in heroic art and screen epics, but what was life really like for an ordinary soldier?
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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 ...
A rich, discovery-filled history that tells how a forgotten empire transformed the ancient world.
In the late 8th and early 7th centuries BCE, Scythian warriors ...
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 ...
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 ...
How do you predict eclipses using Stonehenge? Why were `blue' stones brought all the way from Wales? What is the secret geometry of seven eights ...
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 ...
What is the earliest temple complex on Earth? Who built it? Is it really 7000 years older than Stonehenge and the Pyramids How did such ...
Why did England's one experiment in republican rule fail?
Oliver Cromwell's death in 1658 sparked a period of unrivalled turmoil and confusion in ...
