John Julius Norwich expertly examines the history of the oldest continuing institution in the world, tracing the papal line down the centuries from St Peter to the presentOf the 280-odd holders of the supreme office, some have unquestionably been saints; others have wallowed in unspeakable immorality.
Nobleman, writer, adventurer and inspiration for the swashbuckling gun runner in the Adventures of Tintin, Henri de Monfried lived by his own account a rich, restless, magnificent life as one of the great travellers of his or any age.
The uprising of the slaves against the Romans in 73 BC, led by the gladiator Spartacus, has been an inspiration to generations of people who have stood up against oppression.
The definitive collection of Ohio's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, forOhio residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist.
On Easter Monday, between 1,000 and 1,500 Irish Volunteers and members of the Irish Citizen Army seized the General Post Office and other key locations in Dublin.
The Knights Templar, a mysterious fraternity of warrior monks, pledged their swords to defend pilgrims to the Holy Land from the bandits and marauders of the roads.
One of the most charismatic and enigmatic personalities of the High Middle Ages, Edward the 'Black Prince' commanded an English division at the battle of Crecy when just sixteen years old.
The incredible story of Marco Polo's journey to the ends of the earth has for the last seven hundred years been beset by doubts as to its authenticity.
To Victorian visitors, Ireland was a world of extremes - Luxurious country houses to one-room mud cabins (in 1841 40% of Irish housing was the latter).
While everyone knows the story of King Arthur, few will have heard of King Lucius, a figure who has been consigned to myth and largely forgotten in the annals of British history.
Kabul is a name that has had much resonance in current affairs over the last few years, however its place in military history can be charted much further back to the first British incursions into Afghanistan during the 19th century.
'The best biography I've read recently' - Colin Bateman, Sunday Independent'An excellent examination of Mayne Ross corrects many of the myths about him that have flourished over the years' - History of War magazine'This welcome reassessment, officially backed and well-researched, sets the record straight' Soldier magazine'Paddy' Mayne was one of the most outstanding special forces leaders of the Second World War.
Roman Britain is usually thought of as a land full of togas, towns and baths with Britons happily going about their Roman lives under the benign gaze of Rome.
It's common knowledge that the Enigma cipher was broken at Bletchley Park, but less is known of the background: an exhilarating spy story of secret documents smuggled across borders, hair-raising escapes, Gestapo interrogations and betrayals.
Cardinal Wolsey is a controversial figure: a butcher's son, a man of letters and the Church, a divisive political expert, a man of principle - yet, to some, an arrogant upstart.
A gripping new novel set in the universe of John le Carr 's most iconic spy, George Smiley, written by acclaimed novelist Nick HarkawaySet in the missing decade between two iconic instalments in the George Smiley saga, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Nick Harkaway's Karla's Choice is an extraordinary, thrilling return to the world of spy fiction's greatest writer, John le Carr .
Wie konnte ein unabhängiges afrikanisches Land im Zeitalter des aggressiven europäischen Imperialismus eine hochgerüstete, moderne Invasionsarmee vollständig und vernichtend schlagen?
This book traces how the Soviet Union-built as a utopian laboratory of ideology-foundered on its own internal contradictions, from an unbalanced economy to suppressed national identities, as the very promise of the system eroded the legitimacy it claimed to represent.
This book re reads Black American history through a mix of irony, critique, and unflinching honesty, treating the past not as a tidy redemptive arc but as a chain of contradictions that still shape the present.
This book investigates how feminist energy and women's liberation have flowed through societies that rarely appear in Euro American narratives, following the lives and struggles of women who organized, demonstrated, and wrote themselves into history outside the West.
Warum zwingen wir uns jedes Jahr im Frühling dazu, unsere inneren biologischen Uhren brutal um eine Stunde vorzustellen, obwohl fast die gesamte medizinische Welt vor den gesundheitlichen Schäden dieser Rhythmusstörung warnt?
The dramatic dissolution of the Balkan peninsula at the end of the twentieth century fundamentally reshaped the geopolitical landscape of modern Europe.
How can a towering, state-of-the-art offshore oil rig, designed to withstand the most brutal marine environments on earth, suddenly snap and capsize in a matter of twenty minutes?
This book investigates how a war remembered through one continental lens became a network of connected crises across Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the Balkans.
