History

About the Book Historians are very much aware of the variety of national and international trends that have shaped historical inquiry in recent dec...

From the internationally bestselling author of The Silk Roads: everything you need to know about the present and future of the world ‘Masterly mapp...

About the Book The History of Modern Spain is a comprehensive examination of Spain's history from the beginning of the 19th century to the present ...

About the Book In this succinct one-volume account of the rise and fall of the English press, Jeremy Black traces the medium's history from the eme...

By the nineteenth century the British had ruled India for over a hundred years, and had consolidated their power over the sub-continent. Until 1858...

About the Book The Cold War was a period of intense geopolitical rivalry, in which diplomacy and international relations in Asia and the Middle Eas...

About the Book Revolution is an idea that has been one of the most important drivers of human activity since its emergence in its modern form in th...

About the Book Henry Lansdell was one of the great travellers of the Victorian age. Unlike many explorers of the time, Lansdell was open to differe...

About the Book In the 1930s, the British public's emotional response to the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War, including the bombing of Guernica,...

About the Book Between the two world wars, Germany managed, despite all the political upheavals it was experiencing, to attract extremely large num...

About the Book This is the story of the Bellerophon, a ship of the line known to her crew as the Billy Ruffian. And like any good biography it runs...

About the Book Covering a vital period in the history and development of East Africa this narrative history of the vast region explores the diverse...

The sixth edition of this bestselling book takes students on a journey through the 20th century and provides a clear overview of the key events whi...