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The last stand at Thermopylae made the Spartans legends in their own time, famous for their toughness, stoicism and martial prowess - but was this reputation ...
Almost nine million people from all over the world flock to the Louvre in Paris every year to see its incomparable art collection. Yet few ...
WITH A FOREWORD BY TIM HARFORD
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"A remarkable book, from its title and subtitle to its last words . . . A stirring indictment of American sentimentality about war." --Robert G. Kaiser, The Washington ...
Winner of the Costa Biography Award
What makes a Stalin? Was he a Tsarist agent or Lenin's bandit? Was he to blame for his ...
'One of the great love stories of history, in a league with Napoleon and Josephine, and Antony and Cleopatra ... Excellent, with dazzling mastery of detail ...
A major new retelling of the Greek myths for a new generation, with original drawings by world-renowned artist Chris Ofili.
Charlotte Higgins' spellbinding new collection ...
The history of selling sex is a hidden one, its practitioners a 'damnable crew' pushed to the margins of history. Harlots, Whores & Hackabouts redresses ...
The groundbreaking bestseller which examines the effect of empire on modern Britain
In Britain, imperialism is everywhere - though we often choose not to see it ...
From the foundation of Rome on April 21, 753 B.C. to the Arab Spring of 2011, this newly updated edition of 1001 Days That ...
The dramas of courtly love have captivated centuries of readers and dreamers. Yet it's too often dismissed as something which only existed in books ...
A glorious history of the jewel-like city on the Adriatic which was a melting-pot of Greek, Latin, Christian and barbarian culture. Winner of the 2020 ...
One of our finest biographers tackles the dramatic and revealing reign of George V
The prequel to The Crown- the first truly candid portrait of ...
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 ...
