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Empire of the East - Poland-Lithuania 1500-1700

From the Renaissance to the Great Northern War, Poland-Lithuania-Ukraine was the second largest country in Europe whose armies ruled from...

Fleet Air Arm Legends - Fairey Fulmar

Reliable and rugged with enough firepower to get the job done, Fairey's Fulmar fighter and reconnaissance aircraft was an essential weapo...

Eagles of the Luftwaffe: Dfs 230

When it came to daring raids, Germany's airborne troops had a secret weapon during the Second World War: the DFS 230 combat and assault g...

Making a Massacre - Cromwell, Ireland and the Slaughter of Innocents Scandal (Not a Real History Book)

Mission Impossible? A sideways take on one man's crusade to exonerate Oliver Cromwell of genocide in Ireland.

English Medieval Coin Hoards - Age of the Sterling Penny 1180-1351

The late 12th and 13th centuries witnessed complete national recoinages in 1180, 1247 and 1279, with the entire national stock of money r...

Cavalier and King of Man - James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby

James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, was a pivotal figure in the Civil War in Lancashire, between 1642-51, and in governance of North-West o...

Bomber Command's War Against Germany - Planning the Raf's Bombing Offensive in WWII and Its Contribution to the Allied Victory

The all-too frequently cited mantra that 'the bomber will always get through' had dominated Britain's strategic air policy in the decades...

Writing the History of the African Diaspora

This Element defines the African Diaspora and how the concepts behind the term came to be socially and historically engineered. The diver...

A Pipeline Runs Through It - The Story of Oil from Ancient Times to the First World War

'Fascinating revelations' Max Hastings, Sunday Times'An immensely valuable guide to a great and terrible industry' The Economist 'The boo...

Converting Rulers - Kongo, Japan, Thailand, Hawaii and Global Patterns, 1450-1850

Why did so many rulers throughout history risk converting to a new religion brought by outsiders? In his award-winning Unearthly Powers (...

Prague, Jan Hus and Prague University

Contextualizes the Czech Reformation in the setting of Prague University. The Czech Reformation offered a radical solution to the spiritu...

A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000 - 323 BC, 4th edition

Cassino '44 - The Bloodiest Battle of the Italian Campaign

There are no such thing as an easy victory in war but after triumph in Tunisia, the sweeping success of the Sicilian invasion, and with t...

The Mother of all Networks - Britain and the Commonwealth in the 21st Century - The Face of the Future

The Uses of Oppression - The Ottoman Empire through Its Greek Newspapers, 1830-1862

The Uses of Oppression follows the development of the Ottoman Greek press in the nineteenth century. It employs the vivid reflections of ...

Unruly - The Number One Bestseller ‘Horrible Histories for grownups' The Times

THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A funny book about a serious subject, Unruly is for anyone who has ever wondered how we got here - and ...

Sources for the History of Western Civilization - Volume Two: From the Reformation to the Present, Third Edition

This collection of diverse primary sources introduces students to the essential skill of reading historical sources.

Sources for the Shaping of Western Civilization - Volume One: From Antiquity to the Reformation, Third Edition

This collection of diverse primary sources introduces students to the essential skill of reading historical sources.

Smell and the Past - Noses, Archives, Narratives

What if researchers interested in 'the past' used their noses? This open access book makes the case for a more imaginatively interdiscipl...

Analysing Historical Narratives - On Academic, Popular and Educational Framings of the Past

For all of the recent debates over the methods and theoretical underpinnings of the historical profession, scholars and laypeople alike s...

Persecution and Genocide - A History

This volume offers an unparalleled range of comparative studies considering both persecution and genocide across two thousand years of hi...

Breaking the Dead Silence - Engaging with the Legacies of Empire and Slave-Ownership in Bath and Bristol's Memoryscapes

Fresh and distinctive voices in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the toppling of the Colston statue in Bristol. Timely commenta...

The Shaping of Western Civilization - Volume Two: From the Reformation to the Present, Third Edition

The third edition of this textbook provides a coherent history of the West, pointing students to major issues and modelling how historian...

The World the Plague Made - The Black Death and the Rise of Europe

A groundbreaking history of how the Black Death unleashed revolutionary change across the medieval world and ushered in the modern age In...

The Class - A Memoir of a Place, a Time, and Us

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Thucydides: A Very Short Introduction

An introduction to the thought and background of the Greek historian Thucydides, this book examines his account of the great war between ...

Big Caesars and Little Caesars - How They Rise and How They Fall - From Julius Caesar to Boris Johnson

'Wry, informative but deadly - a great book' Will Hutton 'Fast-paced and impassioned' Sunday Telegraph Who said that dictatorship was dea...

Ireland - A Short History

A new edition of Joseph Coohill¿s bestselling history of Ireland

Cromwell's Convicts - The Death March from Dunbar 1650

On 3 September 1650 Oliver Cromwell won a decisive victory over the Scottish Covenanters at the Battle of Dunbar - a victory that is ofte...

Against All Odds - Walter Tull the Black Lieutenant

Walter Tull would have been a remarkable individual no matter when he had been born, but to achieve what he did, during the time that he ...

Europe and the Roma - A History of Fascination and Fear

'A magisterial contribution to the understanding of the cultural position of Romani people in Europe. ... nothing short of astounding' Li...

The Briggers - The Story of the Men Who Built the Forth Bridge

The Forth Bridge has long been recognised as one of the finest examples of Victorian engineering on the planet and has achieved an iconic...

France on Trial - The Case of Marshal Petain

Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize 2023A Telegraph Book of the YearA Times, Spectator and Prospect Book of the YearOne of the great contempo...

Litigation Nation - A Cultural History of Lawsuits in America

This book charts the history of civil litigation in America from the 17th century to today, using key cases that illustrate the central t...

Galway - City of Heritage

The city of Galway has a rich body of historic buildings that date from its establishment in the thirteenth century to the present day. T...

The Great Defiance - How the world took on the British Empire

The story of the British Empire is a familiar one: Britain came, it saw, it conquered, forging a glorious world empire upon which the sun...

Politics On the Edge - The instant #1 Sunday Times bestseller from the host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabinet minister and co-presenter of break...

The Shoulders We Stand On - How Black and Brown people fought for change in the United Kingdom

'An unapologetic, original voice which keeps you turning the page' Lucy Fulford The UK is grappling with big questions about belonging, e...

The Petlyakov Pe-2 - Stalin's Successful Red Air Force Light Bomber

During the Second World War, the Soviet Union's Petlyakov Pe-2 _Peshka_ dive-bomber was unique in that it was as fast as most fighter air...

Turning Points - Crisis and Change in Modern Britain

An exploration of the most consequential events in modern British history, from seasoned political commentator and broadcaster Steve Rich...

A Passion for Castles - The Story of Macgibbon and Ross and the Castles They Surveyed

This book tells the little-known story of the pioneering two architects and how they carried out their surveys of 700 of Scotland's caste...

A Cultural History of Sport in the Medieval Age

A Cultural History of Sport in the Medieval Age covers the period 600 to 1450. Lacking any viable ancient models, sport evolved into two ...

Globalization in a Glass - The Rise of Pilsner Beer Through Technology, Taste and Empire

The spread of Pilsner beer from its inception in 1842 clearly shows the changes wrought by globalization in an age of empire. Its rise wa...

A Cultural History of Sport in the Modern Age

A Cultural History of Sport in the Modern Age covers the period 1920 to today. Over this time, world-wide participation in sport has been...

A Cultural History of Sport in the Renaissance

A Cultural History of Sport in the Renaissance covers the period 1450 to 1650. Outwardly, Renaissance sports resembled their medieval for...

A Cultural History of Sport in the Age of Industry

A Cultural History of Sport in the Age of Industry covers the period 1800 to 1920. Over this period, sport become increasingly global, so...

A Cultural History of Sport in the Age of Enlightenment

A Cultural History of Sport in the Age of Enlightenment covers the period 1650 to 1800, a period often seen as a time of decline in sport...

A Short History of the World in 50 Failures

A fascinating and entertaining alternative history of the world told through fifty of the greatest failures, catastrophes and missed oppo...

Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife - The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women

A spectacular, vivid, groundbreaking work of history which takes us into the minds and lives of medieval women.What was life really like ...

The Battle of the Arctic

From the #1 bestselling author Hugh Sebag Montefiore, a spellbinding and fiercely told history of one of the most extreme episodes of the...

Battle of Britain 1940 - The Finest Hour's Human Cost

In this unique study, veteran historian and author Dilip Sarkar explores the individual stories of a wide selection of those who lost the...

The East Pomeranian Offensive, 1945 - Destruction of German Forces in Pomerania and West Prussia

A fully illustrated account of the Soviet offensive to clear German troops in northeastern Germany ahead of attacking Berlin in 1945.

Das Mittelalter. Perspektiven mediävistischer Forschung : Zeitschrift... / 2023, Band 28, Heft 2 - Medieval Animal Studies. Reflexionen, Imaginationen und Praxisformen von Mensch-Tier-Beziehungen im Mittelalter

Wie positioniert sich die interdisziplinäre Mediävistik zu aktuellen Entwicklungen der ¿Animal Studies¿? Welches Potential haben die Meth...

Authority and History - Ancient Models, Modern Questions

"This book examines authority in discourse from ancient to modern historians, while also presenting instances of current subversions of t...

Intelligence Power in Practice

Showcases Michael Herman's critical reflections from his thirty-five years of intelligence experience Michael Herman (1929-2021) was the ...

The Last Secrets of Anne Frank - The Heartbreaking Story of Her Silent Protector

A riveting historical investigation and family memoir that reveals the untold story of Bep Voskuijl, the young Dutch woman who was Anne F...

The Shapiro Family, Jewish Creativity and Courage in Russia and Eastern Europe - Selected Writings of Rachel Bayvel

Rachel Bayvel covers some 1100 years of the more dramatic history of the Shapiros from the 11th century to 20th century. The Shapiro fami...

Tensions of Social History - Sources, Data, Actors and Models in Global Perspective

This book seeks to overcome the tension between 'western' and 'non-western' categories and tools in the study of global history, showing ...

What's Her Name - A History of the World in 80 Lost Women

A fresh, informative and entertaining pop history of the world told through the biographies of 80 fascinating women you may not have hear...