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Imperial conquest and colonisation depended on pervasive raiding, slaving, and plunder. European empires amassed global power by asserting a right to use unilateral force at ...
'Bob Whiting came to the city as a stranger in a strange land in 1962 and stayed for five decades - he knows the dark alleys ...
The English Soul portrays the spirit and nature of English Christianity as it has developed over the last 1,400 years. As the predominant faith ...
The Battle of Bannockburn has long been recognised as one of the most influential moments in Scottish history. The fighting that took place on 23rd ...
"Superbly acute and unashamedly complex."-The Telegraph
"Rich and provocative."-Times Literary Supplement
"An engaging exploration."-The New Yorker
"The phenomenal Ms. Beard has written ...
Libertine London investigates the sex lives of women from 1680 to 1830, the period known as the long eighteenth century. It uncovers the various experiences ...
The compelling story of the inescapable return of Hong Kong to China, published for the 25th anniversary of the handover
British Hong Kong ended in ...
A complex and captivating portrait of Mark Antony that offers a fresh perspective on the fall of the Roman RepublicIn his lifetime, Mark Antony was ...
He pulled off what some deem the crime of the century: skyjacking a commercial jetliner, collecting a ransom of $200,000, parachuting off the aft ...
A sweeping and comprehensive history of Venice--from its formation in the early Middle Ages to the present day--that traces its evolution as a city, city-state ...
A humorous and informative guide to surviving history's most challenging threats, from outrunning dinosaurs to making it off the Titanic alive.
History is the ...
Empires, until recently, were everywhere. They shaped borders, stirred conflicts, and set the terms of international politics. With the collapse of empire came a fundamental ...
Everyone knows about pirates: or do they? The Hollywood stereotype black flags and peg-legs, cutlasses and cannons, exotic yet sinister pets, buried treasure is familiar ...
A collection of the most inspiring and powerful letters of all time.
The written word has the power to inspire, astonish and entertain, as this ...
In his timely new book, Mikhail Shishkin, argues that Russia is not a 'riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma': we just don't ...
