History

Concise historical introduction to Thomas More and his continuing influence on the world and how we see it.

A profound, eloquent meditation on the history of writing, from Mesopotamia to multimedia.

"The fact that the English Civil War led to the execution of King Charles I in January 1649 is well known, as is the restoration of his eldest son as Charles II eleven years later. But what happened to the king's six surviving children is far less familiar. Casting new light on the heirs of the doomed ...

In December 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a brilliant French artillery officer and a Jew of Alsatian descent, was court-martialed for selling secrets to the German military attache in Paris based on perjured testimony and trumped-up evidence. This title provides an account of this famously complex case.

Peppered with advice, remedies and recipes, and framed by the English Civil War, Lucy Moore brilliantly brings to life Lady Ann Fanshawe's setbacks and successes.

"[This book] tells the story of the Eternal City--from the early Roman Republic through the Renaissance and the Reformation to Mussolini and the German occupation in World War Two--through pivotal moments that defined its history"--Amazon.com.

Gracchus Babeuf has long been recognized as an important precursor of the revolutionary socialist tradition.

Its Past, Present and People. This timeline will appeal to a wide audience - Inhabitants, tourists, visitors and anyone who has an interest in the city and capital of the United Kingdom. The timeline explores the fascinating history since its earliest beginnings, how it has developed from a small town ...

A gripping narrative of one of the great survival stories of American history: the opening of the first permanent English settlement in the New World.

'The story of Captain John Smith and Pocahontas is one of the most famous of all historical tales, celebrated in popular culture from the Peggy Lee song 'Fever' to the 1995 Disney movie.

First published in Great Britain in 2016 as This Orient isle: Elizabethan England and the Islamic world.

A unique history of crime revealed through the key numbers associated with famous murders

The interlocking themes of Establishment and Meritocracy are a crucial part of the intellectual compost that made Hennessy's generation of postwar Britons. The Establishment and the concept of a growing and eventually self-propelling meritocracy were always at odds, and the policies that brought it about dramatically altered British society.

1945 was a chaotic year, both for the world and for Winston Churchill. Soon after the death of Roosevelt, Churchill arrived at the Potsdam Conference expecting to broker peace with Stalin and Truman, only to find himself unable to attend the final summit sessions following a notoriously lopsided General ...

This work examines the heraldic rule that states that gold and silver, "Or and Argent" in heraldic terms, should never be put on or near one another. It researches how this rule came about, and whether it should be followed. A limited edition signed copy is available (ISBN 0-9-5715-36-5).

"Reflects on events that have transformed the Middle East between World War II and the Arab Spring, offering insight into the ""clash of civilizations"" that led to current hostilities and how world leaders can appropriately respond. By the best-selling author of What Went Wrong."

This is the story of Dunkirk and of the men who planned it (insofar as it was planned) and of the men who carried it out, and of their ships. He had the assistance of the men who were intimately concerned with planning and organising the operation.

This timely book, published in advance of 2010's inter-governmental Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, makes available for the first time newly declassified government correspondence from David Owen's tenure as Foreign Secretary.