European history

A bold reinterpretation of French colonialism from its medieval roots to the early nineteenth centuryBetween 1400 and 1800, the people of Europe, Africa, and the Americas grew ever more connected by overseas trade and colonization.

A bestseller in France, this is the first English translation of Albert Camus and Maria Casar s fascinating, impassioned letters - a record of one of the great love affairs of the twentieth centuryYou and I met and fell in love passionately, impatiently, dangerously.

This book explores the political and literary culture of sixteenth-century Savoy through the lens of Emmanuel-Philibert de Pingon, a court poet, diplomat and historiographer embedded in the political life of the duchy.

Jacopo Passavanti: The Mirror of True Penitence presents a complete English translation of Jacopo Passavanti's unfinished summa on penitence - an essential yet often overlooked work of 14th-century religious thought.

The All-Ireland Championship is more than a competition.

Jacopo Passavanti: The Mirror of True Penitence presents a complete English translation of Jacopo Passavanti's unfinished summa on penitence - an essential yet often overlooked work of 14th-century religious thought.

When William Hearst succeeded James Whitney as leader of Ontario's Conservative party and Premier in 1914, he was relatively unknown and represented northern Ontario, a region that was emerging as the province's richest source of resources and government revenues.

When William Hearst succeeded James Whitney as leader of Ontario's Conservative party and Premier in 1914, he was relatively unknown and represented northern Ontario, a region that was emerging as the province's richest source of resources and government revenues.

Durante doce siglos y en tres continentes, Bizancio conectó el mundo antiguo con el moderno, dando forma y transmitiendo tradiciones griegas, romanas y cristianas que perduran hasta nuestros días.

Croke Park is more than a stadium.

Gaelic football is more than a game.

From global icons like the British Museum and the Ashmolean to the many hundreds of small collections to be found across the country, museums are at the very centre of our heritage.

This is the first comprehensive biography of Cecil Rhodes in a generation.

A thrilling memoir from one of the last living WW2 pilots, published to mark his 105th birthday'Colin Bell DFC is one of the most remarkable people I've ever met' JAMES HOLLAND'A terrific read, combining laugh-out-loud reminiscences with jaw-dropping accounts of aerial warfare' JOHN NICHOL'Stirring' The Times'Brimming with quiet courage and patriotism' Daily Mail'They don't make them like Flt Lt Bell anymore' Daily Express'An inspiring portrait of bravery in action' The iFlight-Lieutenant Colin Bell's Bloody Dangerous is a powerful and inspiring portrait of bravery in action, full of touching admiration for his RAF comrades - one in three of whom were killed.

This unique collection of essays and images explores a series of objects in the Royal Collection as a means of assessing the interrelated histories of the British royal family and the Shakespearean afterlife across four centuries.

In Nazi-occupied France in 1941, four-year-old Ruth Kapp learns that it is dangerous to use her own name.

The Sports Palace speech was the climax of a campaign for 'total war'; the prime example of Nazi 'mass suggestion', a barrage of propaganda, seduction, and manipulation.

Thinking with Dogs in Roman Britain: Lived Experience, Inequality, and Ritual in a Roman Province argues that in Roman Britain, where little written evidence survives, some aspects of the past are more visible when we look not at people but instead focus on the dogs nipping at their heels.

Thinking with Dogs in Roman Britain: Lived Experience, Inequality, and Ritual in a Roman Province argues that in Roman Britain, where little written evidence survives, some aspects of the past are more visible when we look not at people but instead focus on the dogs nipping at their heels.

The last fifty years of French history have seen immense challenges for the French: constructing a new European order, building a modern economy, searching for a stable political system.

The last fifty years of French history have seen immense challenges for the French: constructing a new European order, building a modern economy, searching for a stable political system.

By the end of the 1920s, fundamentalism in America was intellectually bankrupt and publicly disgraced.

Birkbeck traces the 200-year history of Birkbeck, University of London from its founding at a time when social elites deplored the notion of educated working people to the present day.

The shocking true story of the German monarchy's collaboration with the Nazis an award-winning bestseller in Germany**AWARDED THE GERMAN NON-FICTION PRIZE 2022**'Malinowksi s work is a near-masterpiece, relating a story not synthesised in this way before, and about which any number of self-serving myths exist' Simon Heffer, Daily TelegraphThe disappearance of the Hohenzollern family from the history of Germany in November 1918 as the Kaiser fled into Dutch exile is one of the most startling, rapid instances of a once all-powerful royal family becoming almost overnight irrelevant and marginal.

How did the 'quintessentially English' game of cricket come to be so important across Britain's Caribbean empire?

The Invasion Before Normandy is a chronicle of one of World War IIs most dramatic and secret operations.

The Invasion Before Normandy is a chronicle of one of World War IIs most dramatic and secret operations.

The Vikings continue to fascinate us because their compelling stories connect with universal human desires for exploration and adventure.

Wreckers sinks the old narratives of imperialism, revealing the violent, chaotic and improvised reality of empire-building from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries.

Art looting is commonly recognized as a central feature of Nazi expropriation, in both the Third Reich and occupied territories.

A groundbreaking history of Russia, from empire to the Soviet era, viewed through the lens of its money.

A groundbreaking history of Russia, from empire to the Soviet era, viewed through the lens of its money.

How did the 'quintessentially English' game of cricket come to be so important across Britain's Caribbean empire?

The scope and scale of Operation Barbarossathe German invasion of the Soviet Unionmake it one of the pivotal events of the Second World War.

A thrilling and in-depth look at the battle for Manila, the third-bloodiest battle of World War II and the culmination point of the war in the Pacific theater.

A bold reinterpretation of French colonialism from its medieval roots to the early nineteenth centuryBetween 1400 and 1800, the people of Europe, Africa, and the Americas grew ever more connected by overseas trade and colonization.

The Silver Empire is the first comprehensive account of how the Holy Roman Empire created a common currency in the sixteenth century.

The Silver Empire is the first comprehensive account of how the Holy Roman Empire created a common currency in the sixteenth century.

The leading statesman of nineteenth-century Britain, a figure who bestrode the political world like a Colossus, is 'Gladstone' to modern biographers.

How did beer become one of the central commodities associated with the German nation?