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

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

Vivid eyewitness testimony of the part played in the final eleven months of World War Two by the'Poor Bloody Infantry'.…

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

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

Despite occupying a prominent role in a key family during the War of the Roses, Anthony Woodville's life has been woefully…

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

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

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

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

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

2024 marks the 250th anniversary of John Wilkes becoming Lord Mayor of London. A man simultaneously full of contradiction…

A neglected passage of World War II history, when French forces liberated this trophy city in the aftermath of a Nazi…

The brutal history of the forgotten division, manned by volunteers who were not volunteers, on the Eastern Front.…

An exploration of international relations at a time when Western powers exploited Eastern resources and sought to dominate…

Reginald Pole was a favourite of Henry VIII before later enraging him, becoming known as the 'King's Arch Traitor', and was…

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

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

Using primary resources and employing a forensic eye, Jerry Rabow offers a fascinating and unique investigation into the…

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

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

• Čeština

A uniquely accessible history of the Welsh people.…

The definitive work on church archaeology.…

\nWith parallels to today, a significant new account of the Roman empire as a place of migration, diversity and commerce, as…

The joint Allied invasion of Sicily, the first successful attempt to occupy enemy territory, and the precursor for both the…