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"Superbly acute and unashamedly complex."-The Telegraph
"Rich and provocative."-Times Literary Supplement
"An engaging exploration."-The New Yorker
"The phenomenal Ms. Beard has written ...
Experience the world of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and overcame with the help of Stoic philosophy
This novel biography ...
Eric Cline's 1177 B.C. tells the story of one of history's greatest mysteries: what caused the ancient civilisations of the Aegean and ...
Michael Palin recreates the extraordinary life and tragic death of a First World War soldier - his great-uncle Harry.
'I cannot remember the last time I ...
This various, rich and enjoyable book tells the story of the many ways in which Asia has influenced Europe and North America over centuries of ...
Paris in the Belle Epoque is remembered as a golden age of cultural flourishing and political progress. The period between the revolutionary 1870s and the ...
The story of the fall of the Ottoman Empire offers a new way of understanding the twentieth century.
The Ottoman Empire had been one of ...
A landmark history of the lost world of peasants and all it has to teach us, from one of Britain's leading social historians
A ...
DISCOVER THE STORY OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST RELIGION
Who really was Jesus Christ? How did Christianity spread around the world? And how has Christian ...
Nicknamed The 'Wooden Wonder' for its timber frame and superb performance, the de Havilland Mosquito ranks alongside the Spitfire, the Hurricane and the Lancaster as ...
Ian Knight's Warriors in Scarlet is a comprehensive and stirring history of the Victorian army between 1837 to 1860, from the Battle of Bossendon ...
Margaret Lilardia Tucker MBE (affectionately known as Aunty Marge) was a significant Aboriginal activist and one of the first Aboriginal women to publish for mainstream ...
"Overflowing with surprises."-William Dalrymple, The Spectator
"Essential reading."-Dan Jones, Times (UK)
"Fascinating and authoritative."-Jerry Brotton
The unlikely beginnings of the East India ...
Moederland is a courageous and modern appraisal of what it means to be descended from the people who created the ultraracist apartheid system in South ...
We are all too familiar with the stories of Jews who were tortured and killed in concentration camps throughout the Third Reich. But less is ...
