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An epic account of how a new world order under Tamerlane was born out of the decline of the Mongol Empire
By the mid-fourteenth century ...
A true masterpiece of narrative history and the definitive story of the revolution that ignited the end of colonialism worldwide
A story of staggering scope ...
An epic history of how the so-called 'barbarians of the steppes' shaped the modern world.
'This is a history of epic scope that brings together ...
Uncover the true story of the man who unified medieval Japan.
For 700 years, Japan was ruled by military commanders with absolute authority, while the ...
'A learned, wise, wonderfully written single volume history of a civilisation that I knew I should know more about' Tom Holland
'Masterful and engrossing...well-paced ...
Few gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965. How is it, then, that today the former British colonial ...
The dramatic true story of the betrayal of hundreds of Indian princely states by both the departing British and the new Congress government. In July ...
'The writing is sublime, the research thorough, the eye for story superb' Sunday Telegraph
When Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of ...
'John Keay is the master storyteller and historian. This grand narrative of Himalaya is as epic as the mountains and peoples he describes' Dan Snow ...
An epic new history of Ancient China told through the prism of a dozen extraordinary tombs.
The three millennia up to the establishment of the ...
A comprehensive guide to understanding Vietnam's long and tumultuous history
A Brief History of Vietnam explores the turbulent history of a land that has ...
The ultimate visual guide to Samurai history and culture!
The Samurai are continuously celebrated as the greatest warriors the world has ever seen. They ruled ...
'A revolutionary book' Sunday Times
'A pulsating account' Peter Frankopan
A SPECTATOR AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR
How did the People's Republic ...
The declaration of the Republic of China in 1912 signalled an entirely new era. Not only did the revolution of 1911-12 bring about the fall ...
'Magisterial' - The Financial Times
An updated edition of Ramachandra Guha's India After Gandhi with new material that explains the major events, policy shifts and ...