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The mass of available data about World War II has never been as large as...

A uniquely illustrated guide to the Second World War with more than 100 detailed maps...

Discover how the modern world came to be with this easy-to-follow and up-to-date history companion...

For centuries, fame and fortune was to be found in the west - in the...

With the Empire gone, Brexit looming and the break-up of the United Kingdom itself a...

China's past is key to the modern world. This nimble history of rogues, revolutions and...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 'Hypnotic, shocking and...

A riveting, adrenalin-fuelled tour of the unbridled extremes of human behaviour and activity in that...

There is a little Neanderthal in all of us. Although they have been extinct for...

'This forensic study of the Renaissance banking dynasty conjures up a world of art, literature,...

For nearly a century the two most powerful nations on earth; Victorian Britain and Tsarist...

A breathtakingly ambitious retelling of the earliest human societies offers a new understanding of world...

Ancient Rome matters. Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which...

What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens? This bestselling history...

'I adored this book - a wondrous compendium of Iceland's best sagas' - Hannah Kent...

A new edition of the definitive history of revolutionary Iran, essential for understanding the country...

'A masterpiece of research, The Last Kings of Shanghai is a vivid and fascinating story...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - FROM THE 2025 BBC REITH LECTURER A Guardian, Daily Telegraph, New...

The bestselling historian on the dramatic wartime relationship - and shocking similarities - between two...

This astoundingly successful, superbly reviewed book vividly recreates the excitement, brutality and adventure of the...

THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD...

A provocative, original and compelling history of catastrophes and their consequences Disasters are by their...

The iconic Australian exploration story - brought to life by Peter FitzSimons, Australia's storyteller. 'They...

From acclaimed archaeologist and bestselling author Eric Cline, a breathtaking account of how the collapse...