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Why are some nations more prosperous than others? Why Nations Fail sets out to answer this question, with a compelling and elegantly argued new theory ...
At the end of the Second World War, the Soviet Union unexpectedly found itself in control of a huge swathe of territory in Eastern Europe ...
This brilliant new book explores the lives of eight generations of the greatest kings and queens that this country has ever seen, and the worst ...
The extraordinary history of Ancient Egyptian civilization - from its earliest origins to the creation of its greatest monument
This extraordinary book draws on a lifetime ...
An updated edition of Geoffrey Blainey's bestselling account of human history, A Very Short History of the World, featuring new material on China and ...
The idea of empire was created in ancient Rome and even today the Roman empire offers a powerful image for thinking about imperialism. Traces of ...
A provocative, surprising and richly enjoyable exploration of the British Empire, from a bestselling Wolfson Prize-winning author
The enormous influence of the British Empire cannot ...
Nearly a thousand years ago the Archbishop of Armagh, later canonised as St Malachy, made a series of prophecies that were hidden in the Vatican ...
The definitive account for our times of a pivotal moment in English history
An upstart French duke who sets out to conquer the most powerful ...
The European World 1500-1800 provides a concise and authoritative textbook for the centuries between the Renaissance and the French Revolution. It presents early modern Europe ...
Originally published in 1912, this book presents a running commentary on the Institutes of Gaius and the Code of Justinian, with an eye to the ...
Would it have been possible for the First World War to be avoided? Steve Cliffe, author of Churchill, Kitchener and Lloyd George: First World Warlords ...
This is a comprehensive reference source to the ancient world's most fascinating mythologies. It is a visual dictionary with 1000 entries and more than ...
The wars since 9/11, both in Iraq and Afghanistan, have generated frustration and an increasing sense of failure in the West. Much of the ...
