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An accessible and succinct account of the story of Europe from its ancient foundations to the twenty-first century European Union.

This fascinating and highly entertaining book contains little-known anecdotes, facts and details from the life of Winston Churchill, the 'man of the century' who, in 2002, was voted the Greatest Briton of all time. As well as providing a new insight into the epochal historical events that Churchill was a part of, it documents some of the lesser known moments of his life, as well as intriguing facts about how he lived and worked, his friends an...

Discover the most impactful and incredible episodes from history,  from the prehistoric era to the present day,  told through the story of fifty of the most influential animals of the world.

A Short History of the World in 50 Animals provides a new perspective on the grand sweep of our planet's making, taking readers from the time of the dinosaurs to the time of Dolly, the world's most famous sheep, who was the first cloned mammal. This book will include a great variety of beasts from across the animal kingdom, some well known and others far more surprising, from every continent in the world. Each entry will show the creature's in...

Drawing upon a mixture of qualitative and quantitative sources, this book examines the social, economic, and cultural impact of the Great Fire of 1666, arguably the greatest catastrophe to ever befall London. Putting responses to the Fire in the context of existing trends in early modern England, the book also explores the broader effects of the

A new perspective on the grand sweep of our planets story, from the prehistoric era to the early twenty-first century.

Discover the most impactful and incredible episodes from human history, from the prehistoric era to the early twenty-first century, through fifty of the most surprising and often less well-known places in the world.From the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, where remains of some of our earliest tool-using ancestors were found, to the CERN laboratory, where revolutionary technologies such as the World Wide Web were developed, each entry shows its infl...

Two-hundred historic speeches from antiquity to the present, given in full and put in context. Features Einstein, Gandhi, Roosevelt and many more.

An accessible and succinct account of the story of Europe from its ancient foundations to the twenty-first century, The History of Europe in Bite-sized Chunks details the events, personalities, ideas and disasters that have shaped our continent.The book is broken down into six easily digestible chapters: Classical Antiquity (2600 BCE to 600 CE), Medieval (600-1500), Reform and Enlightenment (1500-1780), Age of Revolutions (1780-1914), the Wars...

This fascinating and highly entertaining book contains little-known anecdotes, facts and details from the life of Winston Churchill who, in 2002, was voted the Greatest Briton of all time.

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REFERENCE / Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps (see also TRAVEL / Maps & Road Atlases)

A bloodstained tour through ages of torment, this book explores the blood and guts of yesteryear, from the Crusades and medieval dungeons to the Reign of Terror and witch trials. This is a fascinating account of terror, torture and power in all its repulsive guises ... the most gut-spilling history book you'll read this year.

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Grisly, gruesome and deeply fascinating, this book details the vile history of bloodthirsty kings and queens, savage battles, torture and punishment, as well as deathly locations from the days of the ancients to the late nineteenth century.

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