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Between 58 and 50 B.C., Caesar led his army to twice invade Britain and conquer most of the land that is now France, Belgium ...
The crucial book for understanding modern China, now updated to include the rule of Xi Jinping
In 1850, China was the 'sick man of Asia ...
A fascinating illustrated history of the most important cities of antiquity, from Alexandria to York
From Alexandria to York, this unique illustrated guide shows us ...
The astonishing voyage of the first solo crossing of Antarctica by the unlikeliest of arctic explorers.
By the 1930s, no one had yet crossed Antarctica ...
Decolonization revolutionized the international order during the twentieth century. Yet standard histories that present the end of colonialism as an inevitable transition from a world ...
Why is the world the way it is? What forces have forged our planet and how have they in turn governed our evolution, influenced the ...
An updated and expanded edition to celebrate the 150th anniversary of this iconic ship. The narrative spans her construction at Dumbarton in 1869; her famous ...
In 1945, the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and warfare was never the same again. Armageddon and Paranoia relates how the power of the ...
Located at the intersection of Asia and the Middle East, Afghanistan has been strategically important for thousands of years. Its ancient trade routes and strategic ...
The murder of the Princes in the Tower is the most famous cold case in English or British history. Traditionally considered victims of a ruthless ...
Today travellers by land, sea and air take accurate navigation for granted but it was not always thus. The author, a highly experienced sailor, sets ...
There is an ancient and quite baseless myth that the use of torture has never been legal in Britain. This old wives' tale arose because ...
As with everything else, there were good and bad Roman emperors. The good, like Trajan (98-117), Hadrian (117-138), Antoninus Pius (138-161) and Marcus Aurelius (161-180 ...