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In a narrative beginning almost 1.5 million years ago with the emergence of Homo erectus, Frank Welsh takes the reader from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, from the Industrial Revolution to the age of terrorism.

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Original, provocative and entertaining, Great Southern Land provides the most comprehensive one-volume history of this endlessly fascinating nation.

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The first single-volume history of the mutual relations between the constituent parts of the UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland).

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This is a one-volume history of Hong Kong, revised and updated in time for the handover to China in June 1997. It evokes the place and the characters of those who shaped it, from its buccaneering origins to its post-war growth.

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A one-volume history of one of the world's most troubled, controversial and important nations.

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An exceptional visual guide to world history from the dawn of civilization to the present day.