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When Andrew Johnson assumed the presidency after Abraham Lincoln's assassination, the country was on the precipice of radical change. Johnson, seemingly more progressive than ...
This groundbreaking new collection addresses the burning issue of how we interpret history today. What stories are told, and by whom, who should be celebrated ...
'Alex von Tunzelmann is one of the most gifted historians writing today. Brilliant and trenchant, witty and wise, Fallen Idols is a book you will ...
In the 1790s an extraordinary group of friends changed the world. Disappointed by the French Revolution's rapid collapse into tyranny, what they wanted was ...
After the Second World War, new international rules heralded an age of human rights and self-determination. Supported by Britain, these unprecedented changes sought to end ...
The bestselling classic In Search of the Dark Ages expanded and revised for the book's 40th anniversary. From Boudica to William the Conqueror, this ...
A stunning tour de force and a remarkable achievement.- Alison Weir
This is Our Island Story for the modern age. - Charles Spencer
'Not just a ...
'Gripping and all too timely' James Hawes
'A brilliant mix of detailed research and vivid storytelling' Julia Boyd
'History at its very best - and a ...
'Ackroyd makes history accessible to the layman' - Ian Thomson, Independent
Innovation brings Peter Ackroyd's History of England to a triumphant close. In it, Ackroyd ...
The Western Rising of 1549 was the most catastrophic event to occur in Devon and Cornwall between the Black Death and the Civil War. Beginning ...
A masterful history of the great dynasty of the Netherlands' Middle Ages.
'A sumptuous feast of a book' The Times, Books of the Year
'Thrillingly ...
When most people think of the history of modern conservatism, they think of Ronald Reagan. Yet this narrow view leaves many to question: How did ...
A new work of history that seeks to unmake mythologies of pioneers, pastoralism and possession in the Northern Territory
Some stories dominate how we see ...
'Frank and incisive - an insightful look at the most tumultuous period of the Troubles.' - Ian Cobain
In the eleven months between August 1971 and July ...
In the late nineteenth century when non-European societies were seen merely as 'living fossils' offering an insight into how civilisation had evolved, anthropology was a ...
