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This beautifully illustrated book brings to life the greatest treasures from the tomb of Tutankhamun. Fifty of the most important objects on display today are ...
An authoritative biography of Sir Ernest Shackleton from polar adventurer Ranulph Fiennes. In 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton's attempt to traverse the Antarctic was cut ...
In November 1519, Hernando Cortes walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingdom and came face to face with Moctezuma. That ...
Henry II became King of England in 1154 after twenty years of civil war. He was the first Plantagenet king, the founder of England's ...
This fascinating book explores the status of women in medieval England, both before and after the Norman Conquest. The author starts by contrasting the differences ...
The ground-breaking book that uncovers how our fear of death is the hidden driver of most of humankind's endeavours.The human mind can grapple ...
Ackroyd makes history accessible to the layman - Ian Thomson, Independent Innovation brings Peter Ackroyds History of England to a triumphant close. In it, Ackroyd takes ...
How our understanding of the past was transformed between the French Revolution and the Great Exhibition by a band of long-forgotten pioneers, the antiquariesBetween the ...
A spellbinding journey through the life of an English monk, an age of discovery and the mysteries of the medieval mind
The Middle Ages were ...
A wide-ranging, thought-provoking introduction to British tax history
'There is almost no issue of public interest which does not derive from taxes or end up ...
A history of the Malay Peninsula and the islands of the Archipelago
The Genealogy of Kings (Malay- Sulalat al-Salatin or Sejarah Melayu, is a literary ...
The untold story of how one tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic has shaped the world for centuries. The history of Iceland began ...
In China there are up to 25 million Muslims living in the country, representing over 1200 years of Chinese-Islamic relations. However, little is known about ...
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY
WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE IN HISTORY
"Full of...lively insights and lucid prose" (The ...
A Daily Telegraph History Book of the Year'An astonishing story... brilliantly told' - Antony Beevor'Gripping... Will appeal to anyone who relishes Ben Macintyre's ...
