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David Lloyd George left a profound political legacy, despite being described by the wife of his successor, Herbert Asquith, as a 'gambler without foresight'. He ...
The first historical biography, for many decades, of Martin Luther (1483-1546), the rebellious monk who ushered in the modern world
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After the Second World War, with much of Europe in ruins, the victorious Winston Churchill swore to build a peace across Europe that would last ...
An accessible synthesis of the prescient best seller exploring seventeenth-century catastrophe and the impact of climate change
First published in 2013, Geoffrey Parker's prize-winning ...
'Excellent . . . This is narrative history of the highest quality' Andrew Lycett, Sunday Telegraph
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You either love it or hate it, but nothing says New York like the street grid of Manhattan. Created in 1811 by a three-man commission ...
A German princess who married a decadent and lazy Russian prince, Catherine mobilized support amongst the Russian nobles, playing off of her husband's increasing ...
The civilizations of Greece and Rome that flourished in Mediterranean Europe did not develop in isolation. To their north, non-literate peoples inhabited river valleys, mountains ...
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A breathtaking expose that reads like a thriller, The Day After Roswell is a stunning depiction of just what happened in Roswell, New Mexico all ...
Tolkien's wizard Gandalf, Wagner's Valkyrie Brunnhilde and Marvel's superhero the Mighty Thor: these are just a few examples of how Icelandic medieval ...
"Award-winning writer Bahrami is a delightful guide in this thoroughly enjoyable look into the research and recovery of a group of Neandertal remains in the ...
NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING ROBERT PATTINSON, CHARLIE HUNNAM AND SIENNA MILLER
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Poised between earth and heaven, the material and the spiritual, burial places are amongst the most important sites ever built.
Man is the only animal ...