History

In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the 26-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited to attempt a history of the world for...

Eastern Figures is a literary history with a difference. It examines British writing about the East – centred on India but radiating as far as Egyp...

Prussia began as a medieval backwater, but transformed itself into a major European power and the force behind the creation of the German empire, u...

A significant contribution to the understanding of the medieval holy wars between Christians and Muslims, this volume brings together the best and ...

Island of Bali is now available with a foreword by Professor Adrian Vickers which puts the book into context for a modern audience. First published...

The era between empire and communism is routinely portrayed as a catastrophic interlude in China's modern history, but this engagingly written book...

Does America's pro-Israel lobby wield inappropriate control over US foreign policy? This book has created a storm of controversy by bringing out in...

What does the Rosetta Stone tell us about the past? What treasures of Egyptian literature can now be read, thanks to its decipherment? What does it...