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The Wars of the Roses call to mind bloody battles, treachery and deceit, and a cast of characters known to us through fact and fiction ...
A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel-driven civilization.
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During his remarkable lifetime, Thomas Jefferson (1743 1826) served his country in many capacities, including as the third President of the United States. But ultimately ...
From the moment its last king was expelled (traditionally in 753) the Roman republic had to fight for its very survival. Centuries of almost continuous ...
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Bloody, violent and often misunderstood, the Crusades still loom large as a chilling example of what is possible when two powerful cultures collide. They were ...
During World War II the "special relationship" between the United States and Great Britain cemented the alliance that won the war in the West. But ...
On a freezing night in January 2013, an assailant hurled acid in the face of the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, dragging one of ...
Wellington is a giant because he was one of the greatest military commanders in British history, an important figure in the emergence of Britain as ...
Contrary to what you may think, local Aboriginal people did not lose their culture and die out within decades of Governor Phillip's arrival in ...
Was Lambert Simnel an impostor or a Yorkist prince? And can DNA evidence offer a clue to his legitimacy? A year after Richard III's ...
Western interventions today have much in common with the countless violent conflicts that have occurred on Europe's periphery since the conquest of the Americas ...
Vivid, personal and fascinating.' - Simon Sebag Montefiore Gerhard Engel was Hitler's Army Adjutant from March 1938 to March 1943. During this time he kept ...
