Paris is the city of light and the city of darkness - a place of ceaseless revolution and reinvention that for two thousand…

Effectively it is the story of the birth of modern South and South- East Asia and the hopes and fears of the dozens of…

Robert Service's The Penguin History of Modern Russia: From Tsarism to the Twenty-first Century provides a superb panorama…

Constantine the Great moved the seat of Roman power to Constantinople in AD 330 and for eleven brutal, bloody centuries, the…

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Robin Lane Fox''s The Classical World: An Epic History of Greece and Rome is a comprehensive and enthralling introduction to…

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On 2 August 1944, Winston Churchill mocked Adolf Hitler in the House of Commons by the rank he had reached in the First…

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It was Thomas Jefferson who envisioned the United States as a great 'empire of liberty.' In the first new one-volume history…

"To live in Victorian Britain was to experience an astonishing series of changes, of a kind for which there was simply no…

Presented chronologically, this title offers a portrait of England and the English - and the unique place of both in world…

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From the award-winning author of The Whisperers, Orlando Figes Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia is a dazzling…

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Tells the story of Venice of cities from its founding in the fifth century, through its unrivalled status for over a…

This is Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the Second World War. Kniha 9780141441726 Gathering Storm | Winston…

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The terrible conflict that dominated the mid 19th century, the Crimean War killed at least 800,000 men and pitted Russia…

No period in British history retains more resonance and mystery than the sixteenth century. Here, the author sees the key to…

London's East End is a place that is at once appealing and unruly, comforting and incomprehensible. This title traces the…

Contemporary Italy strongly mirrors Britain - the countries have roughly the same extent, population size and GNP - and yet…

Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize for History, the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, the American Library in…

The Japanese had promised that there would be no Dunkirk in Singapore, and its fall led to imprisonment, torture, and death…

Robert Dallek's brilliant two-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson has received an avalanche of praise. Now Dallek has…

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This new historical atlas - richly illustrated with photographs, artwork recreations and full-colour maps, explores the…

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In January 1928 Stalin, the ruler of the largest country in the world, boarded a train bound for Siberia where he would…

A guide to the surnames that offers an insight into the place of origin, the occupations - and even the personality traits -…

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Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second…

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Presents an introduction to the history of ancient Mesopotamia and its civilizations, incorporating archaeological and…

'History writing at its compulsive best' A. N. Wilson This is a history of the ideas that shaped not only London, but…

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Hatchepsut was an astonishing woman - defying tradition she became the female embodiment of a male role, dressing in men's…

Recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War including the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates,…

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'An extraordinary book that defies genre: an elegant travel account, a learned history and a psychological thriller wrapped…

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Offers a social, cultural and narrative history of the French Revolution. This title provides an impression of the currents…

This comprehensive, readable survey of the Classical past is ambitious in scope: it ranges from the Aegean world of the…

'The greatest history of an event I know' - C.L.R. JamesRegarded by many as among the most powerful works of history ever…

Witchcraft, astrology, divination and every kind of popular magic flourished in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth…

This definitive account reveals how the political and social progress of Britain has been inextricably intertwined with the…

Niall Ferguson's "The War of the World: History's Age of Hatred" re-tells the story of history's most savage century as a…

A modern biography of Augustus, founder of the Roman Empire, the only major biography to appeal to both the historian and…

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Dominic Sandbrook's magnificent account of the late 1970s in Britain - the book behind the major BB2 series "The Seventies".…

The early 1970s were the age of gloom and glam. Under Edward Heath, the optimism of the Sixties had become a distant memory.…

The final chapter in the definitive, three-volume history of the world's first known state Archaeologist John Romer has…

Presents the history of the Indian uprising of 1857.…

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The horrific series of conflicts known as the Thirty Years War (1618-48) tore the heart out of Europe, killing perhaps a…

In 1940 Hitler sent his troops to execute the Fall of France. A six-week battle with lightning 'blitzkrieg' warfare and…

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In the summer of 1914 Europe exploded into a frenzy of mass violence. The war that followed had global repercussions,…

Presents comprehensive history of Irish Nationalism.…

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At the end of 1917 Britain and France faced a strategic nightmare. Their great offensives against Germany had been…