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Sir Walter Ralegh's life is romantic, irresistible and of central importance to our island story. His death is a convoluted and contested tale of ...
On 19 February 1927, the city of Shanghai fell silent as a general strike gripped the factories of the industrial district. A magnet for foreign ...
In the summer of 1934 Adolf Hitler planned and conducted the most ruthless purge of his thirteen-year period as leader of Germany. The victims were ...
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, has long been portrayed as one of history's romantically tragic figures. Devious, naive, beautiful and sexually voracious, often highly ...
The ancient city of Angkor in Cambodia has fascinated scholars and visitors alike since its rediscovery in the mid-19th century. All are wonderstruck by the ...
An overview of Alexander's life from a military standpoint, looking at how he was able to conquer the known world. Alexander was perhaps the ...
Over the past two million years that human species have inhabited the Planet Earth they have distinguished themselves by their ability to make and do ...
This illustrated introduction offers a fresh approach to the history of the Islamic world from its origins to the present day. Told in six chapters ...
"Fulbright was erudite and eloquent in all the books he wrote, but this one is his masterpiece. Within its pages lie his now historic remonstrations ...
Mussolini in Ethiopia, 1919-1935 looks in detail at the evolution of the Italian Fascist regime's colonial policy within the context of European politics and ...
Beginning with a definition of who the people of The Philippines are, this fully illustrated history then tracks back to describe the prehistory of the ...
Beginning with a definition of who the Cambodians are, this fully illustrated history then tracks back to the earliest kingdoms before 800 AD, followed by ...