\nA celebration of all things snow.\n…

• Počet stran 336
• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2017

Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumours have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden deep in the…

'A breathtaking account ... Paul Kenyon is a brilliant writer who's been there and tells a story of unparalleled greed and…

• Rok vydání 2019

An artist, working with a historian, uses digital techniques to bring to life 200 photographs of the defining events and…

The story of a defining moment in the history of British democracy: the horrific Peterloo massacre of 1819.…

A meticulous reconstruction of those three summer days that ignited the Irish Civil War in 1922 - the defining event of…

An account of the creation, impact and legacy of one of the most important documents of the Tudor period - the last will and…

The story of the assassination squad that changed the course of Irish history.…

• Rok vydání 2018

The case of Edith Thompson and her lover Frederick Bywaters, both hanged for murder in 1923.…

• Rok vydání 2022

A history of the fate of a single family in the period of the Irish Revolution.…

A survey of the world of the wealthy heiress - glittering and gleaming, flawed and fascinating - from the seventeenth to the…

A dramatic account of Germany's slide from parliamentary democracy to dictatorship, and the history of Weimar Berlin in the…

• Rok vydání 2020

A history of the Vikings that fully reflects the extraordinary geographical range of their activities, from Newfoundland in…

A history of one of the most beautiful and best-loved corners of England – nestling deep within the mountains and valleys…

• Rok vydání 2020

The biography of one of America\'s founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton, which became the basis for the hugely successful…

\nA history of the fate of a single family in the period of the Irish Revolution.\n…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nA narrative of early capitalism\'s most famous scandal, a speculative frenzy that nearly bankrupted the British state…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nAn evocative telling of the life of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert\'s last-born child, and of a sometimes fraught royal…

'Exhilarating, epic, sword-swinging history ... A skilful storyteller [...] he enlivens the narrative with bloodcurdling…

\nAn investigation of the obscure centuries that followed the departure of the Romans from Britain.\n…

• Rok vydání 2020

\nIn a fascinating journey of rediscovery, Max Adams brings to life the forgotten experiences - and voices - of some of the…

A history of Islamic thought - from its foundation in the seventh century to the present day.…

• Rok vydání 2022

A journey through the evolution of Britain's prehistoric landscape, and an insight into the lives of its inhabitants, in…

A lively and insightful study of the many roles played by women in the Tudor era, from queens to wet-nurses and countesses…

\nA dramatic account of Germany\'s slide from parliamentary democracy to dictatorship, and the history of Weimar Berlin in…

\nA survey of the world of the wealthy heiress - glittering and gleaming, flawed and fascinating - from the seventeenth to…

\nConspiracy, intrigue and faction fighting as the future of Europe hangs in the balance: Mary Hollingsworth tells the story…

The story of one of the most remarkable - and feared - British aircraft of the Second World War: the de Havilland DH.98…

A popular telling of the story of the revival of European intellectual life after the collapse of civilisation that followed…

From tools and devices to construction and artistic expression, Max Adams explores wood - the material that shaped human…

\nA history of one of the most beautiful and best-loved corners of England - nestling deep within the mountains and valleys…

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• Rok vydání 2023

China Miéville's brilliant reading of the modern world's most controversial and enduring political document: The Communist…

An informal history of the movies told through some of cinema\'s best-loved scenes, from the early days of Hollywood to the…

• Čeština

A new narrative history of Athens, telling the three-thousand-year story of the birthplace of Western civilization.…

\nA fresh telling of the rise and fall of the House of Medici, the family that dominated political and cultural life in…

A unique account of the millions of colonial troops who fought in the First World War, and why they were later air-brushed…

• Rok vydání 2020

\nA history of the peoples of Britain, in the century and a half between the first Viking raids and the expulsion of the…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nThe story of the rise and fall of Oliver Cromwell\'s Protectorate (1653-9), England\'s sole experiment in republican…

\nA biography of the great epic poem.\n…

• Rok vydání 2016

A bestselling historian tells the story of the landscapes, peoples and culture of early medieval Britain through ten walks…

\nA concise account of the painting often described as the most important work of art produced in the twentieth century.\n…

\nA recreation of the life and times of Oswald of Northumbria: Christian warlord, founder of Lindisfarne monastery - and the…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nThe story behind the scandalous first performance of one of the most influential works in the history of music.\n…

• Čeština

A short and controversial new interpretation of arguably the most important revolution of all time: the event that made the…

Pick, shovel, dynamite: the classic account of the men who built the railways.…

The extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became one of the most powerful women in history.…

A portrait of the city at the heart of Western civilization, brought to life in twenty-two scenes from its 2,500-year…

The heroic and inspiring story of the fortunes of the Black Watch whose soldiers have distinguished themselves in theatres…