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A new look at the crusaders, which shows how they pursued long-term plans and clear strategic goals
Medieval states, and particularly crusader societies, often have ...
Chinese leaders once tried to suppress memories of their nation's brutal experience during World War II. Now they celebrate the "victory"-a key foundation ...
This timely history of the neglected figure of Daniel Sutton-the medical revolutionary who paved the way for present-day vaccination-was named a best book of 2020 ...
Death was a constant presence in the lives of the rich and poor alike in seventeenth-century England, being much more visible in everyday existence than ...
According to legend, Romulus was born to a Vestal Virgin and left for dead as an infant near the Tiber River. His life nearly ended ...
This book redresses the relative lack of work published on the role of war in classical myth and legend. At the same time it debunks ...
An Introduction to Japanese Society provides a highly readable introduction to Japanese society by internationally renowned scholar Yoshio Sugimoto. Taking a sociological approach, the text ...
The tragic story of Anne Boleyn has been retold over the centuries, yet two key figures in Anne's life-her father Thomas and brother George- ...
WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE FOR GLOBAL CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN-HESSEL TILTMAN PRIZE 2021
LONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2021 ...
Following Top Ten bestsellers Mythos and Heroes, this third volume retells the epic tale of Troy
The story of Troy speaks to all of us ...
In Mortal Republic, prize-winning historian Edward J. Watts offers a new history of the fall of the Roman Republic that explains why Rome exchanged freedom ...
Humanity's embrace of openness is the key to our success. The freedom to explore and exchange - whether it's goods, ideas or people - has ...
An epic history of Islam and the Middle East through the cities which best epitomized it
Islamic civilization was once the envy of the world ...
The Ottoman Empire was a hub of flourishing intellectual fervor, geopolitical power, and enlightened pluralistic rule. At the helm of its ascent was the omnipotent ...
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The sensational story of the rise and fall of one of the most notorious families in history.
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