History

A sweeping, riveting history of the Venetian Ghetto, the world's first Jewish ghetto.'Brilliantly researched and deeply moving' - Roger Crowley, author of City of Fortune'Alexander Lee combines expertise in Venetian...

This book is a portrayal of the world's worst disasters, including catastrophe's from the fall of Pompeii, the Black Death and the Great Fire of London to the most recent...

In this magnificent reference book, the powerful and evocative mythologies and religions of the East are revealed in all their glory. This important publication is essential reading for all those...

This book provides a synthesis of knowledge of the Vikings in England, including new interpretations and recent information recovered from excavation and surveys. The author of this book concentrates on...

Mythology of the World is a superb guide to the history of mythology in many different countries. From the ancient Greeks to the Aztecs, people across the world have created...

A BBC History magazine, Esquire, Historia magazine and Waterstones History Book of the Year 'James comes alive in full flamboyance ... Russell expertly weaves the bedchamber gossip into the tapestry...

In this sensitive inquiry, historian Stephen J. Whitfield probes Till's death; its ideological roots; the potent myths concerning race, sexuality, and violence; and the incident's enduring effects on American national...

From the dawn of history a small group of magi working within a specific magical tradition have believed they have been influencing the course of history, guiding mankind towards higher...

An authoritative and original history of the Maginot Line that reshapes our understanding of interwar France and the events of 1940 The Maginot Line was a marvel of 1930s engineering....

The second installment in 'The People's Trilogy', the groundbreaking series from Samuel Johnson Prize-winning author Frank Dikoetter'For anyone who wants to understand the current Beijing regime, this is essential background...

** SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER **'Astonishing' ANTONY BEEVOR 'One of the most promising young historians to enter our field for years' MAX HASTINGSA thrilling new history of the disastrous years of...

Budapest, autumn 1943. Four years into the war, Hungary is allied with Nazi Germany and the Hungarian capital is the Casablanca of central Europe. The city swirls with intrigue and...

'Highly entertaining' - The Times'A hymn book to the London street' - TLSFrom the Roman marching along the ancient Old Kent Road to the rattling newspaper presses of Fleet Street,...

Tracing the story of post-war Europe and its changing role in the world, Judt's magnificent history of the continent of our times investigates the political, social and cultural history of...

Flitting happily from period to period at will, you can alight on a note on the royal hounds and huntsmen in 1136, be equipped to discuss siege warfare (using the...

There are instances of heroic deeds that had no immediate witness, such as Scholls's attempt in 1943 to raise their nation's conscience, suppressed by Hitler's propaganda machine. The Canadian physicist...

Patron saint, visionary, defender of a nation, political symbol, feminist icon, martyr - Joan of Arc is all these things and more. A saviour of France who would be burned...

'What is the moment in history that you would like to have witnessed-and why?' This is the thought-provoking question that Theodore Rabb and Byron Hollinshead posed to twenty of our...

The conservative backbencher takes the reader behind the scenes in an amusing and irreverent anecdotal account of Westminster and its MPs. The lesser-known aspects of parliamentary life are here: ideology...

It was May 1940 and Hitler stood on the cliffs at Calais to eye up his next conquest: England! There was a call to arms that saw the founding of...

Classical scholars and military historians have long held that pitched infantry battle in ancient Greek society evolved as a necessary alternative to the more fundamental but exhausting business of warfare,...

One night in August 1323 a captive rebel baron, Sir Roger Mortimer, drugged his guards and escaped from the Tower of London. With the king's men-at-arms in pursuit he fled...

The largest democracy in the world has for almost all of its existence been ruled by the members of a single family. Five generations have been involved in the emergence...

In 1971 Henry Kissinger took the historic step of reopening relations between China and the West, and since then has been more intimately connected with the country at the highest...

'Reading this book is like taking a ride on a marvellously exhilarating time-machine, alive with colour, surprise and sheer merriment' Jan MorrisElizabethan London reveals the practical details of everyday life...

Drawing on a range of sources, including hitherto unpublished evidence, this book explains how the Third Reich poisoned the minds of a whole generation of German youngsters and presents shocking...

The ultimate record of swords through the agesFrom knives and daggers to bayonets and axes, a cutting-edge guide to over 300 of the most important edged weapons from the last...