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Presents a portrait of Julius Agricola - the most famous governor of Roman Britain and Tacitus' well-loved and respected…

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Combines mythology, legend and human drama. This book focuses on the heroic deeds of Sigurd the dragon slayer who acquires…

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In the last decades of the British Empire, Stewart Gore-Brown build himself a feudal paradise in Northern Rhodesia; a…

The Scots are one of the world's greatest nations of emigrants. This title offers an account of the Scots as a 'global…

The Greeks were extraordinary not least because they evolved "a totally new conception of what human life was for".…

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1794. As the terror rages in France, Captain Charles Hayden leaves Plymouth with orders to gather intelligence from a spy…

Offers an account of France hit by wave after wave of revolutions. This book includes a narrative of the major events of…

Tells the story of Spain's rise to greatness from its humble beginnings as one of the poorest and most marginal of European…

Eduard and Charlotte are an aristocratic couple who live a harmonious but idle life in their estate. But the peace of their…

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The year 1916 was one of the great turning-points in British history: as the youthful hopes of a generation were crushed in…

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As a child, the distinguished historian the author was sent first to the ghetto of Theresienstadt and then to Auschwitz. As…

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HRH King Abdullah was schooled in America and at Sandhurst and was heading for a life as a career soldier, when his father…

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Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), who led the Macedonian army to victory in Egypt, Syria, Persia and India, was perhaps the…

An online travel journal that presents the author's observations and taglines that celebrate the special details of each…

Magna Carta, forced on King John in 1215 by rebellion, is one of the famous documents in world history. It asserts a…

In 1914 a new kind of war, and a new kind of world, came about. Fourteen million combatants died, a further twenty million…

Presents nine biographies that illuminate the careers, personalities and military campaigns of some of Rome's greatest…

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Preorder the definitive account of the rise and fall of the iconic Concorde plane from British Airways' former Chief…

• Rok vydání 1916

In 1916, Arthur Eddington, a war-weary British astronomer, opened a letter written by an obscure German professor named…

Debunking what were accepted truths about the Second World War, the author argues provocatively that Hitler did not set out…

The end of First World War saw old empires swept away and opportunity to build a better society from the ruins. This title…

Ammianus Marcellinus was the last great Roman historian, and his writings rank alongside those of Livy and Tacitus. The…

From their founding in the fifth century BC and for over 800 years, the Cynic philosophers sought to cure humanity of greed…

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What were the secret plans for Britain if World War Three had erupted and 'breakdown' had occurred? When would the Queen…

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Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the struggle between Athens and…

In the wake of Pakistan's development of nuclear weapons, unpoliceable border areas, shelter of the Afghan Taliban and Bin…

The Elizabethan age was a tumultuous time, when long-cherished certainties were crumbling and life was uncertain. This title…

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