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A Financial Times 'Book to Read in 2023'
In 1835, Lord Brougham founded Cannes, introducing bathing and the manicured lawn to the wilds of the ...
The definitive history of Rome's golden age - antiquity's ultimate superpower at the pinnacle of its greatness
The Pax Romana has long been revered ...
The prequel to The Crown- the first truly candid portrait of George V and Mary, the Queen's grandparents and creators of the modern monarchy ...
Bestselling author Philip Matyszak explores how the Greeks and Romans used magic, who performed it - and why.
Magic was everywhere in the ancient world. The ...
The definitive history of coronations and the Royal Family, from acclaimed writer Roy Strong.
'What is the finest sight in the world? A Coronation.
What ...
A sweeping historical account of the Later Roman Empire incorporating the latest scholarly research
In the newly revised 3rd edition of A History of the ...
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A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2022
'Rigorous, deft and entertaining ... a sparkling read' - The Spectator
'The ...
Most things you 'know' about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last years of the nineteenth century and remain ...
THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023
A BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK FOR THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT AND FINANCIAL ...
A brilliant exploration of how our understanding of the past was transformed between the French Revolution and the Great Exhibition by a band of long-forgotten ...
"The beauty and levity that Perry and Gabriele have captured in this book are what I think will help it to become a standard text ...
From the ancient Greeks to the Aztecs and from the indigenous peoples of Oceania to native North Americans, people across the world have created a ...
Sextus Iulius Frontinus is best known as author of the military handbook Strategems but, in addition to writing this and other works (now lost), he ...
A major new history of the genocide of Roma and Jews during World War II and their entangled quest for historical justice.
Jews and Roma ...
An enjoyable, accessible exploration of the legacy of ancient Greece today, across our daily lives and all forms of popular culture
Our contemporary world is ...
