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Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. Since 1948 Survey has published the best international scholarship in Engli...

In 480 BC, Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of mainland Greece that should have been a mere formality. For seventy years, rapid and spec...

Rome was first ruled by kings, then became a republic, but after conquering the known world, the Republic collapsed into a sea of blood. So terribl...

In the sixth century AD, the Near East was divided between two great empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years later, one had vanished fo...

“A fascinating peek behind the making of a megahit, and a delightful bit of nostalgia for those of us who remember life before streaming TV.” —Town...

This sweeping historical narrative chronicles the Roman Empire at the absolute height of its developmental, military, and cultural power. Beginning...

In this compelling, powerful book, highly respected writer and commentator Jack Holland sets out to answer a daunting question: how do you explain ...

Myth meets history in a blockbuster retelling of the Persian Wars from multi-award-winning author of Rubicon and Persian Fire Tom Holland, lavishly...

Celebrate the heyday of passenger rail travel around Britain with this beautiful Times railway book. Take a journey back to the boom time...

Review Great delicacy and freshness .... Notwithstanding its ancient setting, the novel is entirely modern in form, its characters and dialogue vi...

About the Author Dr Peter J. Bentley is an Honorary Professor at the Department of Computer Science, University College London (UCL), a Visiting P...

Review Good solid traditional detection...Highly enjoyable ― Literary Review Lovesey is famous for the fine craftsmanship of his cunning plots, a...

The clock is ticking for DCI Slider when a woman goes missing. Can he find her - and does she even want to be found? "[Slider is] one of Britain's...