\n\'India Today\' magazine recently conducted a poll to find the \'greatest Indian\'. Gandhi, Nehru? No it was the atheist…

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An illustrated history of the best Roman sites and artefacts to be found in Britain, for anyone wanting to discover the…

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From the 'Mayflower' to the iPhone, this is the story behind America's economic power. Selected in The Economist's Best…

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My Friends, The Enemy is the only first-hand account of the Falklands War written by somebody involved in the military…

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A fascinating account of man of letters John Aubrey's investigation into the witch craze in 17th century England and the…

\nAn entertaining and insightful portrait of life as a policewoman in the Met from the 1950s to the 1990s.\n…

This book explores a part of the King Arthur story often ignored - his exploits on the continent. By reexamining the…

\nBased on the journals of a New Yorker who would become one of Wellington\'s senior generals, the story of a remarkable…

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The former dean of the Yale School of Management and Undersecretary of Commerce in the Clinton administration chronicles the…

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\nFrom wool and leather to silks, spices and gems, a fascinating journey through early international trade.\n…

\nThe first full biography of a trusted friend of Henry VIII. William Sandys was an important figure in the Tudor court, and…

The remarkable story of Patrick O'Connell, the former Ireland and Manchester United captain who saved Barcelona from…

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• Rok vydání 2010

A detailed, finely researched and profusely illustrated history of clothing and fashion in the Roman Empire.…

• Rok vydání 2012

Paperback edition of Amberley's bestselling title of 2012. Collects together unabridged, all the major substantial…

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The most authoritative history of Roman Britain ever published for the general reader.…

The ancient standing stones, stone circles and burial chambers of Wales - remarkable feats of construction that are…

An engaging insight into Northumberland's hidden heritage…

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TE Lawrence focused the Arab revolt against the Turks in 1916 and helped ensure victory for the Allies in the Middle East.…

\nWritten in an accessible style and supported by robust research, Jane Hayter-Hames tells the intriguing story of one of…

Sisters Jane and Cassandra Austen were inseparable and sought one anothers approval in all important decisions. Helen Amy…

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The First British Empire is an authoritative, highly readable and substantial account of the origins, growth and…

\nThe colourful story of the Mamluk dynasty - marked with treachery, carnage and destructive behaviour - is a significant…

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Caleb Howells, author King Arthur: The Man Who Conquered Europe, argues that the legend of Brutus is based on real…

\nA fresh take on the Wars of the Roses and the establishment of the Tudor Dynasty through the actions of two of the most…

\nFrom the family shrine, the Lararium, to huge public festivals, which embodied the sanctity and viability of the state…

\nA sensory journey though time, interpreting social (and political) history through the scents used by people from the…

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The conflict that effectively laid the bloody foundations for the Hundred Years War and taught military and logistical…

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Granddaughter of Jeoffrey and grandmother to three Yorkist claimants to the throne, Alice Chaucer is one of the most…

\nA fascinating, revealing examination of divorce in Victorian Britain - and what it meant for society as a whole. It is a…

\nJan-Marie Knights documents the social calendar of Plantagenet high society in a series of bite-sized chunks. The book…

\nThe first book to look at the lives of Anna of Cleves\' siblings, particularly her powerful brother Wilhelm V and her…

\nWhen did celebrity culture begin? In the Regency period, when people hungered for news of the illegitimate actress who…

\nThis book takes a fresh look at the creation of the Institution, and its early founders and examines how it has responded…

\nThe execution of Charles I in 1649 began a decade of constitutional experiment. In 1660, Charles I’s son was restored as…

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• Rok vydání 2023

New paperback edition - Between the end of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the new millennium, Russia went through a unique…

\nFour years of fear: escapes, resistance, internment, occupation and finally - liberation. Philip Cracknell brings his…

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Margaret of Anjou ruled England but lost the Wars of the Roses and her reputation. She was reviled as a murderer and…

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• Rok vydání 2018

Napoleon III is brought out of the shadows of Napoleon Bonaparte by a prize-winning historian: 'An excellent biography... In…

\nIf Hitler had succeeded in developing a nuclear bomb, that could have been both the end of the Second World War and of…

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The story of the modest city-state that would become the birthplace of democracy…

\nThe epic story of Aeneas takes place at the time of the fall of Troy and the rise of Rome, but was Aeneas in fact a real…

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• Rok vydání 2010

The most comprehensive biography of the BrontĂ« sister that wrote Wuthering Heights.…

Based on declassified wartime reports, this in-depth dossier details the inner workings of the Organisation Todt which not…

\'Impeccably researched and beautifully written, this book offers a fresh perspective on one of the most controversial…

\nThe walls of Rome provide an ever-renewed palimpsest of the Empire\'s history, from the 8th century BC to the fall of the…

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• Rok vydání 2012
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A uniquely accessible history of the Welsh people.…

\nA forensic look into the Sepoy rebellion at Meerut in 1857 and the three-month siege and capture of Delhi which followed.\n…

\nMasterful historian Nathen Amin charts the rise of Henry Tudor. From Penmynydd to Bosworth, this is the enthralling,…