(Paperback)

A compelling history of the Black Death that scoured Europe in the mid 14th-century killing twenty-five million people. It was one of the worst human disasters in history.

(Paperback)

The story of the unique relationship between Lee and Jackson, two leaders who chiseled a strategic path forward against the odds and almost triumphed.

(Paperback)

Reveals how the only hard evidence that dates the Great Pyramid -the quarry marks discovered by Colonel Vyse in 1837 -was forged

(Paperback)

Sir Winston Churchill's magnificent re-telling of the story of America reissued to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his death.

(Paperback)

The story of life after the Great War: a turning point in history

(Hardback)

"The empowering story of a group of spirited stewardesses who fought for their rights in the cabin and revolutionized the workplace for all American women"--

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Leading historians select and describe the 20 most significant events in British History.

(Paperback)

Mutual hostility inspired centuries of attacks, counter-attacks and Wall-building, until the northward spread of China in the 20th century made the Wall redundant.

For this riveting account, John Man travelled the Wall from the far western deserts to the Pacific, exploring the grandest sections and many 'wild' ones.

(Paperback)

During the First World War three quarters of a million British people died a figure so huge that it feels impossible to give it a human context.

(Hardback)

As we mark the centenary of the end of World War One, this astonishing book collects over five hundred remarkable photographs and rarely seen material of the war from the Imperial War Museum archives

The Great War was the first conflict to be documented in photographs.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

Historical storyteller Beyer is back with another collection of fascinating, little-known stories from history--100 tales about presidents and the White House to astonish, bewilder, and stupefy. 100 photos.

(Hardback)

A collection of historical facts includes the Pilgrims' decision to land in Plymouth because they ran out of beer, the invention of the stethoscope by a modest French doctor, and the development of the first fax machine in 1863.

(Paperback)

The Greeks were extraordinary not least because they evolved "a totally new conception of what human life was for". Elaborating on that claim, the author explores the life, culture and history of classical Greece.

(Paperback)

THE GREEN FLAG stands as the most comprehensive and illuminating history of Irish Nationalism yet published. For many years available as three separate volumes (THE MOST DISTRESSFUL COUNTRY, THE BOLD FENIAN MEN and OURSELVES ALONE), this outstanding history is now available as a single volume.

The four volumes cover the following periods: The War of Independence and Antebellum Expansion and Reform, 1763-1861, The Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Industrialization of America, 1861-1900, The Emergence of Modern America, World War I, and the Great Depression, 1900-1940 and Wartime, Postwar, and Contemporary America, 1940-Present.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

"This edition published by Verso 2019 First published by Bogle-L'Ouverture Publications 1969."

(Paperback, Main)

Narrates the history of the conflict between Jews and Arabs in Palestine since the 1880s, from the arrival of the first Zionist pioneers. This updated edition of Hirst's classic work explains why the history of Palestine is still relevant to what is happening in the region now.

(Hardback)

An acclaimed historian explodes the myth about the "special relationship" between Americans and their guns, revealing that savvy 19th century businessmen-not gun lovers-created American gun culture

(Paperback)

A historian's account of The Gunpowder Plot.

(Hardback)

The first biography of an influential Russian-Jewish family who launched themselves in Parisian high society in the mid-19th century and then later returned to Russia.

(Paperback)

The first complete history of the the world's most formidable soldiers - written by an award-winning historian