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Instantly recognizable with his iconic eye patch, Moshe Dayan (1915-1981) was one of Israel's most charismatic-and controversial-personalities. As a youth he earned the reputation ...
For over three thousand years, the Mediterranean Sea has been one of the great centres of world civilisation. From the time of historical Troy until ...
The bestselling opening of T M Devine's Scotland Trilogy - a masterly history of modern Scotland
The Scottish Nation examines the social, political, religious and ...
The second part of the Scotland Trilogy - a dazzling account of the roots of global expansion, enterprise and emigration
The Scots had an enormous impact ...
The age of discovery was at its peak in the eighteenth century, with heroic adventurers charting the furthest reaches of the globe. Foremost among these ...
An abridged edition of Peter Ackroyd's magisterial biography of the city of London. Prize-winning historian, novelist and broadcaster, Peter Ackroyd takes us on a ...
In the 1380s and 90s, Nicolo and Antonio Zen journeyed from Venice up the North Atlantic, encountering warrior princes, fighting savage natives and, just possibly ...
Anton Gill charts the history of Babylon, home of the famous Hanging Gardens and a wonder of the ancient world in itself. Beginning with a ...
This is an entertaining and enlightening social history of the world's most famous underground railway. Why is the Victoria Line so hot? What is ...
It seems at first commonplace: a photograph of peasants at harvest time, after work well done, resting contentedly with their tools, behind the fruits of ...
Ian Kershaw's The End is a gripping, revelatory account of the final months of the Nazi war machine, from the failed attempt to assassinate ...
Examines the left-hand path and reveals the masters of the tradition
Explores the practices and beliefs of many left-hand path groups, including the Cult of ...
Immediately after the Second World War, the victorious Allies authorized and helped to carry out the forced relocation of German speakers from their homes across ...
One of the most iconic and endlessly fascinating figures of the 20th century, Winston Churchill has been the subject of any number of books, but ...