History

The untold tale of the Brits who infiltrated the Nazi hierarchy

Today's copyright wars can seem unprecedented. Sparked by the digital revolution that has made copyright--and its violation--a part of everyday life, fights over intellectual property have pitted creators, Hollywood, and governments against consumers, pirates, Silicon Valley, and open-access advocates. ...

This illustrated and comprehensive guide offers the history of the Crusades, both romanticized and real. Drawing on the latest scholarship, this book profiles this most turbulent time in world history and the people who were part of it.

Appealing to both modern-day travellers and those fascinated by world history, The Exploration Experience brings the stories of these intrepid explorers to life with the inclusion of removable facsimile memorabilia.

India's experience of British colonialism. The true financial, social and ecological cost of British rule and the contrasting experiences of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh following independence.

The definitive compendium of new and little-known facts about the British royal family.

History comes to life in this gripping account of the storming and taking of Hitler's Fortress Europe by the Allies during the final 11 months of World War II. Written by a leading military historian and containing 15 facsimile items of memorabilia from the Imperial War Museum and other repositories--including ...

For centuries the world has debated whether torture is an evil required to protect society or whether it is cruel and unnecessary punishment.
The Illustrated History of Torture is a social history spanning from Ancient Rome to the current War on Terror and including Roman gladiators, the Spanish Inquisition, ...

The story of the Irish revolutionary period in the early 20th century from the perspective of female activists. This book highlights a time when vast numbers of Irish women were politicised and imprisoned for their beliefs, with a special emphasis on one prison - Kilmainham Gaol.

At the beginning of 1918, the war was not going well for the Entente allies, especially on the Western front. In March, three years of what had effectively become siege warfare conducted along a line of trenches was "unlocked" by the German spring offensive. Suddenly it was a war of movement again for ...

Commemorating the Irish Famine: Memory and the Monument explores the history of the 1840s Irish Famine in visual representation, commemoration and collective memory from the 19th century until the present, across Ireland and the nations of its diaspora, explaining why since the 1990s the Famine past has come to matter so much in our present.

An incisive tribute to one of Britain's most powerful and influential monarchs ever. Queen of Great Britain and sovereign of an empire on which the sun never set, Victoria ruled for an unprecedented 64 years--a record only surpassed by Queen Elizabeth in 2015. With more than 200 photographs, Victoria ...

The final chapter in the Penguin History of Europe series from the acclaimed scholar and author of To Hell and Back

After the overwhelming horrors of the first half of the twentieth century, described by Ian Kershaw in his previous book as being 'to Hell and back,' the years from 1950 to 2017 brought ...

The first part of Matthew Engel's sweeping social history of modern Britain during the reign of Elizabeth II.

A vivid exploration of the evolution of reading as an essential social and domestic activity during the eighteenth century Two centuries before the advent of radio, television, and motion pictures, books were a cherished form of popular entertainment and an integral component of domestic social life. ...

London became an international center for import and export trade in the late Middle Ages. The export of wool, the development of luxury crafts and the redistribution of goods from the continent made London one of the leading commercial cities of Europe. While capital for these ventures came from a variety ...

A kaleidoscopic history of the 1990s, a decade of fin-de-siecle hope and exuberance - plus the events, ideas and people who made and broke it

A biting and original history which places culture front and centre to explain how our country went to pieces.

Canada's military history is as rich and varied as the country itself and has helped shape the lives of Canadians and their place in the world. Concentrating on Canada's involvement in the allied effort during the two world wars, this beautifully illustrated book tells the stories of Canadians, both ...

Oscar Wilde said 'Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life.' Was he right? In Civilisations, David Olusoga travels the world to piece together the shared histories that link nations.