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'Buy the book; it's very entertaining.' David Aaronovitch, The Times
A Financial Times, BBC History and Spectator Book of the Year
On 8 June ...
An original study of empire creation and its consequences, from ancient through early modern times.
The world's first great empires established by the ancient ...
A lively reimagining of how the distant medieval world of war functioned, drawing on the objects used and made by crusaders
Throughout the Middle Ages ...
The Tudor period is familiar to British public in reading and viewing in books, TV series and film - list is endless, from Shakespeare and Fletcher ...
General Hans von Seekt (1866-1936) was the military counterpart of the Weimar Republic, both attempted to restore Germany's international acceptance and security following defeat ...
This is a narrative military history of the emperors Lucius Domitius Aurelianus ('Aurelian', reigned 270-275) and Marcus Aurelius Probus (276-282) which also includes the other ...
Legio IX Hispana had a long and active history, later founding York from where it guarded the northern frontiers in Britain. But the last evidence ...
A revisionist history showing a gradual build-up of opposition and a drift to conflict which few expected or wanted. And this was despite growing Stuart ...
This book addresses a simple question: why were the Anglo-Saxons obsessed with monsters, many of which did not exist?
Drawing on literature and art, theology ...
Like Cromwell and Wolsey before him, William Paget came from nowhere to become one of Henry VIII's most powerful 'new men'. After serving as ...
'There is nothing new under the sun', a phrase ascribed originally to King Solomon, applies to the present book, with echoes of 'modern' themes exposing ...
In 1883, pastoralists began to drive great herds of cattle into the Northern Territory's Victoria River District. They entered a vast tropical land of ...
The first full-length history of England in one volume for many decades - now in paperback
The English first came into existence as an idea, before ...
Plutarch traces the fortunes of Athens through nine lives - from Theseus, its founder, to Lysander, its Spartan conqueror - in this seminal work
What makes a ...
John Diefenbaker has been unfairly treated by history. Although he wrestled with personal demons, his governments launched major reforms in public health care, law reform ...
