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"Overflowing with surprises."-William Dalrymple, The Spectator
"Essential reading."-Dan Jones, Times (UK)
"Fascinating and authoritative."-Jerry Brotton
The unlikely beginnings of the East India ...
In the middle of the second century AD, Rome was at its prosperous and powerful apex. The emperor Marcus Aurelius reigned over a vast territory ...
Between the end of the Renaissance and the start of the Enlightenment, Europe lived through an era known as the Age of Reason. This was ...
We are all too familiar with the stories of Jews who were tortured and killed in concentration camps throughout the Third Reich. But less is ...
This true crime odyssey explores a forgotten, astonishing chapter of American history, leading the reader from a free-love community in upstate New York to the ...
The tragic life of Julian, the last non-Christian emperor of Rome, by award-winning author Philip Freeman
Flavius Claudius Julianus, or Julian the Apostate, ruled Rome ...
Rogerson is an original - eloquent and always fascinating' - William Dalrymple
At the heart of the Middle East, with its regional conflicts and proxy wars, is ...
A landmark study of the Enlightenment from an eminent historian
The Enlightenment is popularly seen as the Age of Reason, a key moment in human ...
From the internationally acclaimed author of Hitler's Private Library, a dramatic recounting of the six critical months before Adolf Hitler assumed power, when the ...
A concise history of Paris and the great events and personalities, from prehistory to the present, that have shaped its unique cultural legacy.
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From fossil-hunting to the end of faith- a gripping narrative history of the seventy-five-year culture war that transformed how we think about the universe and ...
The gospels and ancient historians agree: Jesus was sentenced to death by Pontius Pilate, the Roman imperial prefect in Jerusalem. To this day, Christians of ...
'A truly radical book; radical in subject, radical in form. For the most tragic reasons, it could not feel more immediate; and yet it's ...
Explorers and travellers have always been attracted by the lure of the unknown. By traversing and mapping our planet, they have played a vital role ...
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides comes an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration - the fateful final ...