The book explores the dramatic and heavily contested history of libraries, spanning from the famous collections of the ancient world...

The book uncovers the historical clash between William Shakespeare and Lady Elizabeth Russell, a powerful and highly controversial puritan Countess....

This book tells the grim, historic true-life story of the Nantucket whaleship Essex, which was rammed and sunk by an...

The tragic story of Henry VIII's first unfortunate wife from an acknowledged expert of Spanish and Tudor history.

A deliciously moreish collection of the 100 finest pieces of writing on food, glorious food. In this big, beautiful anthology,...

From the Indian Mutiny to the London Blitz, offering a 'nice cup of tea' has been a stock British response...

The race to the crown -- The birth of "pocket Hercules"--The lonely, naughty princess -- An impossible, strange madness --...

Extravagant, whimsical, and hot-tempered, Elizabeth was the epitome of power, both feared and admired by her enemies. Dubbed the "pirate...

Ancient Rome, as a subject, has always attracted and fascinated people. The extent of its vast empire, much of it...

This concise, readable, well-illustrated introduction to practical archaeology presents new excavation techniques and challenges traditional approaches to site organization and...

A History of the World in 100 Stories journeys through world cultures, travelling through time whilst crossing continents.

Journey through thousands of years of human history (now with the women put back in). From the earliest human civilizations...

Featuring a host of unpublished interviews, this is the first book to explore the greatest year in Hollywood's history -...

Over 2600 years ago the Parian poet Archilochus wrote "we chased seven and killed them.. the thousand of us." In...

The Vikings hold a particular place in the history of the West, both symbolically and in the significant impact they...

The essential political biography of Vladimir Putin.