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Using vintage photos and their modern-day counterparts, Beijing Then and Now shows the incredible modernization of Beijing, alongside the careful and respectful conservation of its ...
Hundreds of islands that once appeared on nautical charts and general atlases are now known to have vanished-or never even existed. How were they detected ...
Australia's official war correspondent during WWI, Charles Bean was
also Australia's first official war historian and the driving force behind
the creation of ...
Japanese swords, particularly those wielded by famous Samurai warriors, hold a continuing fascination for collectors of fine arts and historical military weapons. This book is ...
In the 50s BC, Julius Caesar conducted a brutal war against the tribes of ancient Gaul. On the pretext of curbing an imminent barbarian threat ...
When war broke out in August 1914 France had only two dreadnoughts in service, with a second pair running trials. The main body of the ...
Discover some of the great archival treasures of the Royal Geographical Society. Some of the greatest expeditions are described and complimented with maps, photographs and ...
'Brilliant and revelatory...a superb biography, which paints a vivid picture of the times and of her subject*' Daily Telegraph
James, Duke of Monmouth, the ...
In the late 4th century, pressure from the Huns forced the Goths to cross the Danube into the Roman Empire. The resultant Battle of Adrianople ...
History tells us that Edward II died at Berkeley Castle in 1327 in agony, with a red-hot poker inserted inside him. This is one of ...
