History

The voyage of the `Pilgrim Fathers' from Plymouth, England, and their settlement in Plymouth, New England, is iconic. Unfortunately. Why unfortunately? Because icons both simplify and glamorise. The Mayflower story is a gilded myth, a historical episode seen through the distorting lens of nationalism.

Travelling throughout the remote Celtic world, the author describes the pressure on Celtic communities to assimilate. He also warns that a distinct Celtic identity may not survive.

Two Minutes to Midnight is a masterful survey of a pivotal year in the history of the human race; the year it nearly wiped itself out. A unique and compelling piece of narrative history detailing one of the most consequential periods in human history.

The greatest achievements of human civilisation are showcased in this stunning reference volume which offers a fascinating overview of record-breaking structures and successes in their entirety and diversity.

Cosmo Rodewald, who died in 2002, was Senior Lecturer in the History Department at Manchester University. This collection of essays is offered by former colleagues, pupils and admirers of Cosmo, as a 'garland to his memory'. Their writings range across the Greek and Roman worlds: Xenophon the Rhetor ...

This book explores the histories of urban communities in the three cities of Ajmer, Nagaur and Pushkar in Rajasthan, between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries

A narrative of Captain Scott's expedition to the Antarctic

Here, Richard Sennett examines the relationship between the human body and the urban environment it inhabits, looking at the different attitudes to nudity, burial, sanctuary and urban planning in ancient Greece and Rome, and Medieval and Renaissance Europe.

Published here for the fi rst time, Ursula Schulz-Dornburg's historically unique photographs show the Archivo General de Indias in Seville before its reorganisation.

A gripping history of the Security Service and its covert surveillance on British writers and intellectuals in the twentieth century.

How War Gave Birth to Revolution in the 19th century

Bestselling author Sinclair McKay gives a gripping account of a murder in the heart of Victorian London, which intrigued and scandalised Bloomsbury society.

In John Worthen's revelatory biography, Marten emerges from the shadows as a brilliantly clever, lively-minded man, free of fundamentalist zeal so common in many of his republican contemporaries.

Everybody makes mistakes, but when an American president blunders, the results can be catastrophic. The Failures of the Presidents takes an in depth look at presidential decision-making processes gone wrong. The book examines the seemingly promising policies and courses of action that turned out to be ...

After the "Great Escape", The Hunt for the Killers of Stalag Luft III.

The first in a series of books presenting a connected history of evangelical movements in the English-speaking world spread over nearly three centuries.

The Truth About Tesla is one of the first books to set the record straight, tracing the origin of Tesla's "genius" to scientists and ideas that far predated him.

Pitkin is proud to introduce the tale of one man's ascent from relatively humble origins to international legend. Walter Raleigh was a pirate, traitor, scholar, coloniser, explorer, soldier, poet, adventurer, scientist, cartographer, botanist, fashionista and Favourite of a queen. He is credited with introducing tobacco and potatoes to England.

From the author of HORRIBLE HISTORIES comes the third volume in Terry Deary's gritty and humorous history series for adults.

The audacious rise to power of a female pharaoh in a man's world