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

A vivid, in-the-round portrait of English society in the year of Magna Carta.…

\nA celebration of all things snow.\n…

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

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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…

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

\nA free-ranging survey of the huge impact that the domesticated ungulates of the genus Ovis have had on human history.\n…

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

'One of the greatest novels of the Second World War' The Times .…

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

• Rok vydání 2022

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

\nA serious, revisionist history of the most notorious court case in postwar Irish history: two Irish cabinet ministers,…

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

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

\nA book about a terrible photograph from the Holocaust - an exceptionally rare image documenting the horrific final moment…

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

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

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

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

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Unquiet Women is an exquisitely crafted patchwork of the forgotten lives of some of the most remarkable women in history.…

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

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

• Rok vydání 2020

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

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

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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…

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

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

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

• Rok vydání 2016

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

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From Romulus and Remus to the films of Fellini, Rome has always exerted a hold on the world's imagination. Now Ferdinand…

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

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

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

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

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

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

A one-volume, essential history of England\'s longest and bloodiest civil war: the Wars of the Roses.…

\nAn anthology of classical literature, both non-fiction and fiction, bringing together one hundred stories from the rich…

A witty and impassioned book on Ulster, which has been thrust into the centre of British and European politics and which is…

A concise history of one of the world's greatest and most comprehensive museum collections, from its founding in 1753 to the…

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

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

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An illustrated account of one of the most pivotal events in modern history - the Russian revolution of 1917. In the early…

\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…