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To essay means to try, to endeavour, to attempt - and to risk failure. For Kim Mahood, it is both a form of writing and an ...
A groundbreaking reappraisal of medieval femininity, revealing why women have been written out of history, and why it matters, by BBC historian Janina Ramirez.
'Janina ...
The third volume of Alison Weir's magisterial history of the queens of medieval EnglandMedieval queens were seen as mere dynastic trophies, yet many of ...
A timely, riveting book that presents for the first time an alternative history of 1930s Britain, revealing how prominent fascist sympathizers nearly succeeded in overturning ...
The history America never wanted you to read.
'The narrative took my breath away' Philippe Sands
'An extraordinarily and shockingly powerful read' Peter Frankopan
'One ...
A fully updated and revised edition of a classic bestseller: the definitive guide to Tutankhamun and his tomb - what it contained, why, and what it ...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This ...
A deep history of how Renaissance Italy and the Spanish empire were shaped by a lingering fascination with breeding.
The Renaissance is celebrated for the ...
TWO BOOKS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE AND BOTH EMINENTLY WORTH THE PURCHASE...
After 50 years as an Australian diplomat, UN official, intelligence analyst, academic ...
On a moonless night in the summer of 1793 a crime was committed in the back room of a New York brothel-the kind of crime ...
A wonderful portrait of British upper-class life in the Season of 1939 - the last before the Second World War.
The Season of 1939 brought all ...
