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A concise and detailed chronological survey of world events from early human ancestors to the present day
Discover the world's most significant events through ...
This remarkable work about women writers in the English Renaissance explodes our notion of the Shakespearean period by drawing us into the lives of four ...
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 ...
The shared history of the European continent, from classical antiquity to today
Whether as a battleground or a cradle of civilizations, Europe has left an ...
'A sparkling tour through the stories of the symbols we know so well' - Tim Marshall
Starting with flags that we know, this captivating history explains ...
How can one European capital be responsible for most of the West's intellectual and cultural achievements in the twentieth century?
Viennese ideas saturate the ...
Ovid's Metamorphoses is an epic poem, but one that upturns almost every convention. There is no main hero, no central conflict, and no sustained ...
A major new reinterpretation of the religious superstate that defined both Europe and Christianity, by one of our foremost medieval historians
In the fourth century ...
The strange and poignant story of a Second World War witchcraft trial, from the bestselling author of The Ruin of All Witches
One of the ...
An empowering and gripping story of a pioneer of women's rights written by a critically-acclaimed writer and historian, for fans of Hallie Rubenhold, Hermione ...
Early Europeans saw Victoria and its rolling grasslands as Australia felix-happy south land-a prize left for them by God. For its original inhabitants, their Country ...
Four writers. Four dictators. One world, changed out of all recognition. ENGINEERS OF HUMAN SOULS is an intimate and shocking shadow history of creative vanity ...
'Brain-stretching . . . pulsating . . . irresistable' The Sunday Times
'Deeply researched and elegantly written - essential reading' Dan Jones
'Erudite, often thrilling and much-needed' Daily Telegraph
How the Mongol ...
An immensely impressive, authoritative history of the Irish diaspora
'A richly detailed, scholarly and challenging history' Sunday Times
'Impressive, provocative and perception-tilting... it's indispensable ...