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Of all the civilizations existing in the year 1000, that of Western Europe seemed the unlikeliest candidate for future greatness. Compared to the g...

The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history, growing from a small community of peasants camped among marshes and hills into the rul...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

Christianity is the most enduring and influential legacy of the ancient world, and its emergence stands as the single most transformative developme...

Product Description A Fabulous Find from the Moomin ArchivesA classic Moomin Book with COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONSAnd a beautiful FOLD-OUT PANORAMAI...

Product Description 'The Alexander Trilogy contains some of Renault's finest writing. Lyrical, wise, compelling: the novels are a wonderful imagi...

"The incredible story of how a house was witness to German history" Telegraph "A touching picturebook which shows children that large events can h...

Product Description 'An entertaining, wide-ranging defence and explanation of the conservative way of seeing the world . . . suffused with genero...