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History does not run in straight lines. Instead of inevitable progress, what we get is more often false starts, blind alleys, random events, good intentions ...
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A spectacular new biography of the great designer, entrepreneur, abolitionist and beacon of the Industrial Revolution, by the Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum ...
The first comparative, comprehensive history of Nazi mass killing - showing how genocidal policies were crucial to the regime's strategy to win the war
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'An excellent book.' - Simon Kuper, Financial Times 'A biography that reads like an Icelandic saga.' - The Times The definitive UPDATED biography of perhaps the most ...
In a sweeping narrative that traverses 600 years, one that eloquently weaves precise historical detail with poignant personal reportage, Pulitzer Prize finalist Howard W. French ...
"Flawless . . . [Makdisi] reminds us of the critical declarations of secularism which existed in the history of the Middle East."-Robert Fisk, The Independent
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Towards the middle of the third century BC, the Hellenistic kingdoms (the fragments of Alexander the Great's short-lived empire) were near their peak. In ...
The River Thames has been integral to the prosperity of London since Roman times. Explorers sailed away on voyages of discovery to distant lands. Colonies ...
George Washington claimed that anyone who attempted to provide an accurate account of the war for independence would be accused of writing fiction. At the ...
We are accustomed to think of the late Republic as a period in which Rome enjoyed almost uninterrupted military success against foreign enemies. Yet at ...
The gruesome history of the Congo-Ocean Railway, a forgotten chapter in the story of colonial Africa. In September 1927, a 30-year-old man was taken from ...
Their contemporaries were fascinated by the Spartans and we still are. They are portrayed as the stereotypical macho heroes: noble, laconic, totally fearless and impervious ...
Stigmatized and relegated to the margins of Roman society, the Goths were violent ?barbarians? who destroyed ?civilization,? at least in the conventional story of Rome ...
The first account of the dissolution of the monasteries for fifty years-exploring its profound impact on the people of Tudor England
Shortly before Easter, 1540 ...