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'How is it our minds are not satisfied? What means this whispering in the bottom of our hearts?'
Listening to the whispering in his own ...
The tomb of Tutankhamun, with its breathtaking treasures, remains the most sensational archaeological find of all time. This brilliantly illustrated volume takes the reader through ...
When Mary Tudor, eldest daughter of Henry VIII, succeeded to the throne of England in 1553 it was with wild rejoicing and a degree of ...
he first complete account of the largest supernatural crisis in American history, and how ordinary citizens brought it to a close By July 1692, the ...
The tragic and fascinating history of the first epic struggle between white settlers and Native Americans in the early seventeenth century: "a riveting historical validation ...
A long overdue reassessment of the part Churchill played in WWII, and how his actions really affected those he led. Churchill has gone down in ...
Tea has a rich and well-documented past. The beverage originated in Asia long before making its way to seventeenth-century London, where it became an exotic ...
The first comprehensive and authoritative history of the Koh-i-Noor, arguably the most celebrated and mythologised jewel in the world. On 29 March 1849, the ten-year-old ...
'A fresh, powerful portrait of Lenin' Anne Applebaum, author of Red Famine
'Richly readable ... An enthralling but appalling story' Francis Wheen, author of Karl Marx ...
Did you know that a child can be cured of the whooping cough by passing it under the belly of a donkey?
The history of ...
'Marvellously engaging' The Times
'Brisk, informative and eye-opening' Daily Telegraph
In the 1600s, vast numbers of people left England for the Americas. Crossing the Atlantic ...
Covering the development of the atomic bomb during the Second World War, the origins and early course of the Cold War, and the advent of ...
The history and culture of Europe has been decisively shaped by the exploration and use of the seas surrounding Europe. This catalogue book reflects the ...
In the mid-sixteenth century, England was a small and relatively insignificant kingdom on the periphery of Europe, and it had begun to face a daunting ...