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An extraordinary and eye-opening account of the pivotal events during the thirteen months between 1947-1948 that shaped the world we know today.
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As Napoleon once observed, history is largely a set of lies agreed upon by the winners and, once a lie attains the dignity of age ...
The new bestseller that shows why everything we thought we knew about history was wrong
'The most brilliant historian of his generation' The Times
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Big ideas, simply explained
Travel back in time with the latest instalment in the bestselling Big Ideas series, in a brand new portable format.
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This new paperback edition offers true tales of these take-charge princesses plus dozens more in a fascinating read that's perfect for history buffs, feminists ...
WINNER OF THE 2019 PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE
The fascinating history of Christopher Columbus's illegitimate son Hernando, guardian of his father's flame, courtier, bibliophile ...
In The Peacemakers Bruce Jentleson shows how key figures in the previous century rewrote the scripts they were handed and successfully prevented conflict, advanced human ...
Mirages have long astonished travellers and beguiled thirsty desert voyagers. Chinese and Japanese poetry and images depicted mirages as the exhalations of clam-monsters. Indian sources ...
t was the age of drag balls, Metropolis, and Josephine Baker. Of scientific breakthroughs, literary verve, and the political chaos of the Weimar Republic. After ...
Maud Berridge (1845-1907) was the wife of a Master Mariner, and she travelled with him on at least five occasions (1869, 1880, 1882, 1883, 1886 ...
'The art historian Jack Hartnell tells this extraordinary story in his wonderfully rich study of the Middle Ages ... This beautifully illustrated book succeeds brilliantly in ...
