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The history of gibbeting is the story of one of Britain's most brutal forms of punishments, the hanging of criminals in a body shaped ...
'Lucid and lyrical...a vivid history of Japan's turbocharged (and painful) modernisation.' The Daily Telegraph In A History of Modern Japan, cultural historian Christopher ...
The authorised history of the Bank of England by the bestselling David Kynaston, 'the most entertaining historian alive' (Spectator).
'Kynaston's aim is to provide ...
From America's fight for independence to the Paris Commune - an exotic collection of fanatics, adventurers, poets and thinkers are brought vividly to life.
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'Astonishing' ANTONY BEEVOR'One of the most promising young historians to enter our field for years' MAX HASTINGSOn a wet afternoon in September 1938, Neville ...
The extent and irreversibility of US decline is becoming ever more obvious as America loses war after war and as one industry after another loses ...
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Napoleon's life reached its most extraordinary stage between 1805 and 1810. At war with Britain ...
Shakespeare's position as England's national poet is established and unquestionable. But as James Shapiro illuminates in this revelatory new history, Shakespeare has long ...
A superb study of one of the most important, romantic and dynamic figures of European history.
'A fine book ... the web of political intrigue unfolds ...
In the autumn of 1938, Europe believed in the promise of peace. Still reeling from the ravages of the Great War, its people were desperate ...
The extraordinary life of James Monroe- soldier, senator, diplomat, and the last Founding Father to hold the presidency, a man who helped transform thirteen colonies ...
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'Every time Churchill took to the airwaves it was as if he were injecting adrenaline-soaked courage directly into the ...
Empires evoke potent images: Stanley, Livingstone and the colonial gallery of great explorers; the Spanish Conquistador's quest for gold and silver; and the Dutch ...
When the Titanic sank, so did the Edwardian age that created it. In this brilliantly original history, Gareth Russell recasts a tragedy we think we ...
A portrait of Winston Churchill as seen through the eyes of those who knew him best - the personal secretaries who worked for him throughout his ...
