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Godwin and his family dominated English politics for almost half a century, establishing themselves as the most influential and powerful dynasty in Anglo-Saxon England. At ...
Beatrice's Last Smile is a sweeping narrative history of the medieval west from the beginning of the third century to the beginning of the ...
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This is the authoritative history of South Asia in the ...
The final chapter in the definitive, three-volume history of the world's first known state
Archaeologist John Romer has spent a lifetime chronicling the history ...
On 1 September 1909, American explorer Frederick Cook caused one of the biggest sensations in exploration history when, after a year with no word from ...
Born in 1893, Anthony Bolam was the Station Master at Ooldea Siding on the Trans-Australian Railway from 1920 to 1925. Bolam was very interested in ...
This book teases out the similarities and differences between 'the sweat' and its better-known, if equally feared, contemporary infectious disease, bubonic plague. Among the array ...
Explores how events in James II & VII's younger life shaped James the King. James II & VII was not born to be a ...
Blockbusting film GOLDA starring Helen Mirren is out now
'The gripping memoir of a remarkable woman who rose to the top in a man's ...
A fascinating new history of the early days of the British Empire, told through the stories of the forgotten international powerhouses who aided, abetted and ...
'This fascinating volume is a major contribution to our understanding of the Russian Revolution, from World War I to consolidation of the Bolshevik regime. The ...
The Roman Empire was forged in war and defended by military might. It also endured because of the Romans' ability to assimilate and pacify the ...
'Old John of Gaunt, time-honour'd Lancaster' John of Gaunt (1340-1399) was the son of one king and the father of another. He claimed a ...
"A superb biographical portrait and work of historical analysis Let us hope that it will serve if not as a manual then at least as ...
The role of slavery in driving Britain's economic development is often debated, but seldom given a central place.
In their remarkable new book, Maxine ...
