Emma J. Flatt shows the centrality of courtliness in the political and cultural life of the Deccan in the fifteenth and…

Although hundreds of thousands of people died fighting in the American Civil War, perhaps the war's biggest casualty was the…

Explores the records from Aphrodito, a late Roman village, and provides a micro-history, giving more detail about daily life…

\nThis book has been hailed as an authoritative and lively account of Thailand\'s political, economic, social and cultural…

\nThis engaging history of dynastic power in medieval Europe explores the role of family dynamics and family consciousness…

\nThis book examines the daily lives of Roman women by focusing on the mundane and less celebrated aspects of daily life -…

A very readable introduction exploring much-contested issues and debates, and providing an original synthesis of this…

Returning from the Crimea, Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was appalled by the conditions she found in many English…

• Rok vydání 1877

Before George Smith's early death in 1876, he was writing a history of Babylonia, and it was prepared for press by A. H.…

Scottish doctor Henry Faulds (1843-1930) and English judge Sir William James Herschel (1833-1917) both recognised the…

Published in 1879, Minto's biography of Defoe (c. 1659-1731) represents an achievement in literary scholarship as well as a…

This history was published in 1921 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of Newnham College, Cambridge. The…

This fascinating eyewitness account of one of the most significant naval engagements of the Napoleonic Wars was first…

• Rok vydání 2004

This 2004 guide gives a full account of the historical setting and significance of The Aeneid, and discusses Virgil's use of…

\nAllan Mazur\'s book tells the appealing history of the scientific \'discovery\' of Ice Ages, and how the waning of the…

This book examines how democracy was rethought in Germany in the wake of National Socialism, the Second World War and the…

\nThe first collection of essays dedicated to Roman linguistic naturalism, a major but under-studied area of Roman…

\nThis book is a social, economic, political, and cultural assessment of Jamaica over the past millennium. Exploring themes…

\nExamines the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC, and how race, money, and institution-building shape fights over the…

\nHow did the Romans handle risk, from uncertainty about food supply and dangerous travel to survival itself? Modern risk…

Prize-winning historian Robert Gildea shows that how empires did not vanish after 1945 but were constantly reinvented as…

First published in 1655 by the occultist and alchemist Thomas Vaughan, this work was reissued in 1896 by the Rosicrucian…

Lajos (Ludwig) Blau (1861-1936) was a professor of Talmud at the rabbinical seminary in Budapest. This 1898 book (reissued…

This detailed report of the excavations of the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Girton College, Cambridge, was written by Girton…

This 1914 biography of John Baskerville was published by Josiah Benton, an American lawyer. Baskerville began working as a…

China enjoys a unique position in world history because of the great variety of bronze ware that has been unearthed on…

In Rationalities in History the distinguished historian David d'Avray provides a thought-provoking reassessment of seminal…

First published in 1940, this was the first comprehensive book about British alabaster tombs. It provides a detailed account…

Originally published in 1908, this study documents the history of the library at Westminster Abbey from 1060 to 1660. The…

\nIntroduces students of ancient history to the various ways in which coins can help illuminate the history of the Roman…

A bracing re-examination of the myths and realities of European integration which challenges conventional wisdoms of…

\nA panoramic history of the end of Britain as a global civic idea from the Second World War to the present day. Stuart Ward…

Comprehensively updated new edition of Christopher Duggan's acclaimed introduction to the history of Italy.…

A comprehensive and engaging new history charting Romania's development over 2000 years from its establishment to the…

The second edition of A Concise History of Brazil features a new chapter that covers the critical time period from 1990 to…

A concise, beautifully illustrated historical atlas of Korean history, specifically designed for English-speaking students…

This book studies the interaction between the empire-building West and the rest of the world.…

Ancient Babylonia by C. H. W. Johns was first published in 1913. The text presents an account of Babylonian history, from…

• Rok vydání 1895

Published by pioneering archaeologist Flinders Petrie (1853-1942) in 1895, these lectures explore the historical development…

Some of the most important inventions in the history of human civilization originated in China - not least the compass,…

A Concise History of Japan integrates the pageantry of Japanese history with today's environmental concerns, including…

William Ashton Ellis (1852-1919) abandoned his medical career in order to devote himself to his Wagner studies. In this 1899…

Published in 1845, Reverend Robert Willis' study paints a vivid picture of the fascinating history of Canterbury Cathedral,…

First published in 1826, this catalogue by English botanist Bentham (1800-84) provides a systematic overview of the plants…

The Natural History of Clay by Alfred B. Searle was first published in 1912 as part of the Cambridge Manuals of Science and…

• Rok vydání 2018

A third edition of this reliable and accessible single-volume history of Portugal, bringing the story up to date by…

\nComprehensive, accessible and up-to-date, this book approaches the challenging fiction of the American postmodern master…