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Egil's Saga tells the story of the long and brutal life of tenth- century warrior-poet and farmer Egil Skallagrimsson: a…

Medieval Iceland was unique amongst Western Europe, with no foreign policy, no defense forces, no king, no lords, no…

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

Situated in an area roughly corresponding to Iraq, Mesopotamia is one of the great, ancient civilizations. Yet, over 7,000…

In this portrait of life in Ancient Rome, the author begins by painting a backcloth on which the social, political, cultural…

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Presents a historical record of the Church during its crucial first 300 years. Tracing the history of the Church from the…

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Hannibal, one of the most compelling personalities of the ancient world, inflicted a tremendous defeat on the Romans at…

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The Sassoons were one of the great business dynasties of the nineteenth century, as eminent as traders as the Rothschilds…

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Presents the early Medieval period as a lost world, far removed from our current age, which had risen from the smoking…

This title was Burckhardt's major contribution to cultural history and was first published in 1860. The work covers the…

This survey, an introduction to the history of Anglo-Saxon England looks at political history, and religious, cultural,…

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*The dramatic history of Europe's shape-shifting centre, from the author of The Habsburgs*Central Europe is not just a space…

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Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, this title provides a…

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Throughout history, maps have been fundamental in shaping our view of the world, and our place in it. But far from being…

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'A poetic, erudite exploration of history and myth' Financial TimesAn unforgettable journey through centuries and across…

The extraordinary history of Ancient Egyptian civilization - from its earliest origins to the creation of its greatest…

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'The best history of Greece around... Beautifully written and packed with insights about the culture and the people. I will…

Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the long life-and-death…

By mid-5th century BC, Athens was governed by democratic rule and power turned upon the ability of the citizen to command…

Everyone has heard of Ramesses the Great - but what is the truth behind the legend? This book explores the life and times of…

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Winner of the Wolfson Prize 2013 and Herald Books of the Year 2014, this book revels in both the drama of the Kremlin and…

\nBorn in Ghana, Quobna Ottobah Cugoano was kidnapped at the age of thirteen and sold into slavery by his fellow Africans in…

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Presents an account of the First World War. This title tells the story of the conflict from the German advance in the West,…

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Offers an account of Scotland's history, composed of eye-witness accounts by those who experienced it first-hand. This title…

Looking at urban history, this work balances statistics with the words of historians, diarists and novelists, poets and…

Describes Britain's rise as the world's first industrial world power, its decline from the temporary dominance of the…

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Describes how a small and quarrelsome band of Greek city states united to repel the might of the Persian empire. Frequently…

Traces the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. This book is illustrated and features more than sixty full-colour maps. It…

Charts the French Revolution from its beginnings at an impromptu meeting on an indoor tennis court at Versailles in 1789,…

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Presenting Punic War in 264 BC, this title records the critical stages of Roman expansion: its campaigns throughout the…

At the end of September 1894 a charlady stole an undated and unsigned letter from the wastepaper bin of the German military…