The closed world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders - rich provincial families, a…

Our world as it once was In August 2014, Farida was, like any ordinary teenager, enjoying the last days of summer before her…

Sisters of Sinai is the story of how Scottish twin sisters made one of the most important manuscript finds of the nineteenth…

Tracing the history of faith from the Palaeolithic Age to the present, Karen Armstrong shows that meaning of words such as…

From the Iranian hostage crisis through the Gulf War and the World Trade Centre bombing, the West has been haunted by a…

Is the Universe infinite? Throughout history, the infinite has been a dangerous concept. The Infinite Book will take you on…

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The foundation stone of Jewish and Christian scriptures, the power of the Book of Genesis lies in its stories - Creation,…

Glimpses into the everyday life of Pontius Pilate, a man actually walking on a marble floor in Caesarea, feeling his shoes…

Beautifully illustrated narrative history of the English country church In his engaging account, Sir Roy Strong celebrates…

Although the notion of fighting for one's faith fell into disrepute in the Enlightenment, Phillips traces the crusading…

Because of her double marriage to the Greek King Menelaus and the Trojan Prince Paris, Helen was held responsible for both…