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In early October 1795, Napoleon Bonaparte led the governing Directory's army against the rioting royalists in Paris (who were rebelling to restore the monarchy ...
The intriguing questions of cleanliness and health in seventeenth-century England. What was medicine like in the time of Shakespeare and Oliver Cromwell? How did Charles ...
The compelling story of the inescapable return of Hong Kong to China, published for the 25th anniversary of the handover
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The definitive new history of East Germany by a highly acclaimed historian
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the iron curtain fell, East Germany simply ...
A monumental and exhilarating history of European thought, from the fall of Rome in the fifth century AD to the Scientific Revolution thirteen centuries later ...
The history of a demonic tradition that was stolen from women - and then won back again.
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The hidden fabric of a Victorian woman's life - from family and friends to industry and Empire - told through her unique textile scrapbook.
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