Napoleon: Cutting a swathe through Europe
How Napoleon bestrode Europe, playing a deadly serious ‘game of thrones’.
How Napoleon bestrode Europe, playing a deadly serious ‘game of thrones’.
An exploration of early modern memory complicates the idea that the period relied on traditions and repetition to understand the past.
In contrast to today’s youth-obsessed media, in Ancient Egypt, eye bags and wrinkles were seen as signs of a long life, well lived.
An enthralling study of the power of aerial women and their challenge to patriarchy.
An introduction to Sufism, the mystical-ascetical movement within Islam, whose followers have often been the target of ISIS jihadis.
How did Germany’s postwar politicians deal with the legacy of Nazism and defeat?
An eclectic account of the complex history of south India, where centuries move back and forth.
An idiosyncratic introduction to the Classical world will delight the Oscar-winning scriptwriter’s many admirers, but perhaps not newcomers.
A fascinating, multi-authored study seeks to make sense of a momentous, tragic year.
Henry VIII’s granddaughter survived numerous scandals, family tragedy and seven monarchs.