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This book makes a selection of writings by the great medieval historian, Sir Richard Southern, available to the wider audience they deserve. A collect…

There is an extraordinary range of material in this anthology, from Lincoln’s Gettysburg address to a contemporary account of a visit from the Ku Klux…

The Vandals is the first book available in the English Language dedicated to exploring the sudden rise and dramatic fall of this complex North African…

Alexander the Great is one of the most celebrated figures of antiquity. In this book, Carol G. Thomas places this powerful figure within the context o…

The heartrending story of a British boy’s four year ordeal in a Japanese prison camp during the Second World War.Based on J. G. Ballard’s own childhoo…

The Idea of Latin America is a geo-political manifesto which insists on the need to leave behind an idea which belonged to the nation-building mentali…

This volume of original essays by leading scholars is an innovative, thorough introduction to the history and culture of California. Includes 30 essay…

Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, migration has become a major cause for concern in many European countries, but migrations to, from and within Euro…

A Companion to the Ancient Near East offers students and general readers a comprehensive overview of Near Eastern civilization from the Bronze Age to …

The extraordinary diaries of Thomas Cairns Livingstone represent twenty years of gorgeously idiosyncratic daily records of a middle-class Glasgow hous…

A Companion to American Technology is a groundbreaking collection of original essays that analyze the hard-to-define phenomenon of “technology” in Ame…

A Companion to American Immigration is an authoritative collection of original essays by leading scholars on the major topics and themes underlying Am…

This book explores the development of law in Europe from its medieval origins to the present day, charting the transformation from law rooted in the C…

This book is an introduction to the war machine of New Kingdom Egypt from c. 1575 bc–1100 bc. Focuses on the period in which the Egyptians created a p…

Abducted from Africa, sold in America.“A deeply affecting record of an extraordinary life”– Daily TelegraphA major literary event: a newly published w…

A Companion to the Vietnam War contains twenty-four definitive essays on America's longest and most divisive foreign conflict. It represents the best …

A Companion to Colonial America consists of twenty-three original essays by expert historians on the key issues and topics in American colonial histor…

This innovative book explores of the grandest and longest lasting empire in Indian history. Examines the history of the Mughal presence in India from …

This major survey of the history and culture of Roman Britain spans the period from the first century BC to the fifth century AD. Major survey of the …

The electrifying story of India’s struggle for independence, told in this classic account (first published in 1975) by two fine journalists who conduc…

This fascinating volume brings together leading specialists, who have analyzed the thoughts and records documenting the worldviews of a wide range of …

This reader brings together original and influential recent work in the field of early modern European history. Provides a thought-provoking overview …

This book illuminates Warwick's character and motivation, showing that he was an emotional, charming, and popular man with a strong sense of family lo…

Bojana Mojsov tells the story of the cult of Osiris from beginning to end, sketching its development throughout 3,000 years of Egyptian history. Draws…

Published to coincide the with 50th anniversary of the Israel occupation of the West Bank, an anthology that explores the human cost of the conflict t…

This companion provides an extensive account of the Roman army, exploring its role in Roman politics and society as well as the reasons for its effect…

The Soviet / Russian space program was in the hands of three industrial empires: those of Serguei Korolev, the Soviet von Braun who launched Sputnik-1…

This volume brings together a distinguished group of international scholars to discuss the major debates in the study of early twentieth-century Europ…

Robin Seager has updated his classic biography of Tiberius, which focuses on the Emperor’s complex character as the key to understanding his reign. Th…

‘Fascinating … so enlightening that suddenly maths doesn’t seem so fearsome as it once did’ SIMON WINCHESTERFrom Aristotle to Ada Lovelace: a brief hi…

In this ground-breaking new study,Jacques Le Goff, arguably the leading medievalist of his generation, presents his view of the primacy of the Middle …

This major new work by Professor Anthony D. Smith challenges the notion of nationalism as a product of modernity. Major new work by a leading historic…

A Companion to Japanese History provides an authoritative overview of current debates and approaches within the study of Japan’s history. Composed of …

A Companion to the American South surveys and evaluates the most important and innovative writing on the entire sweep of the history of the southern U…

A Companion to Mediterranean History presents a wide-ranging overview of this vibrant field of historical research, drawing together scholars from a r…

This Companion provides scholarly yet accessible new interpretations of Greek history of the Classical period, from the aftermath of the Persian Wars …

A Brief History of Ancient Astrology explores the theory and practice of astrology from Babylon to Ancient Greece and Rome and its cultural and politi…

A Companion to Roman Rhetoric introduces the reader to the wide-ranging importance of rhetoric in Roman culture. A guide to Roman rhetoric from its or…

Modern Greece: A History since 1821 is a chronological account of the political, economic, social, and cultural history of Greece, from the birth of t…

The most comprehensive and up-to-date work available on ancient Macedonian history and material culture, A Companion to Ancient Macedonia is an invalu…

In Food in the Ancient World, a respected classicist and a practising world-class chef explore a millennium of eating and drinking. Explores a millenn…

Covering the period from the accession of James I to the death of Queen Anne, this companion provides a magisterial overview of the ‘long' seventeenth…

Lives of the Caesars tells the stories of 12 of Rome’s most fascinating and influential rulers, uncovering the unique features of their reigns which a…

‘I wish I had written it’ Erin KellyImagine you could erase your grief.Imagine you could forget your pain.Imagine you could hide a secret.Forever.Emme…

Ohio: A History of the Buckeye State explores the breadth of Ohio’s past, tracing the course of history from its earliest geological periods to the pr…