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At the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404 BC, Sparta reigned supreme in Greece. Having vanquished their rival Athens and quickly dismantled the wealthy ...
An ambitious history of Britain told through the stories of twenty-five notable structures, from the Iron Age fortification of Maiden Castle in Dorset to the ...
In the Western mind, Afghanistan has come to mean many things in recent decades, most of them bad. Partly thanks to the relentless media coverage ...
Why did Rome fall - and what can it teach us about the decline of the West today? A historian and a political economist investigate
Over ...
In 1770 H.M. Bark Endeavour arrived in New Holland, Australia, the 'Continent of Smoke'. On board were Lieutenant James Cook, gentleman naturalist Joseph Banks ...
It was in large part the lure of riches, such as spices and gold, and the promise of fertile land which tempted the British and ...
Philippa Langley took the world by storm when, against all the odds and a seven-year investigation, she discovered the grave of King Richard III (1452-1485 ...
Britain and the Ocean Road uses new firsthand research and unconventional interpretations to take a fresh look at British maritime history in the age of ...
This book describes and analyses the Manchu, or Qing, army in all its aspects. The emphasis lays on the Qing army in the seventeenth and ...
The untold history of the British occupation of Germany, told through the eyes of the people who were there.
Following the end of the Second ...
Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Mark Antony, was the only member of the Ptolemaic dynasty to survive after her parents were ...
'The classic book on Black people in Georgian London' DAVID OLUSOGA
'Deeply researched, lucidly written and utterly fascinating . . . If you ever thought Black British history ...
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Discover the complex mythology of the legendary Nordic people who inspired Hollywood films, epic novels, and more.
Beautiful goddesses, fierce warriors, formidable beasts, and Ragnarok ...