This portrait of early-WWII British life 'nicely weaves together anecdotes and stories of actual ...
'Kolovou . . . rescues Anna from the talons of misogynist historians and places her where she bel...
The swashbuckling life of the Elizabethan explorer and colonial governor is vividly recounted in ...
A historian of the ancient world examines the epic rise and fall of the Celtic tribes who invaded...
The eminent historian and author of The Rise of King Cotton uncovers the centuries-old story of t...
An in-depth look at the lives of the women murdered by the infamous, 19th-century London serial k...
'Shed[s] some light on a rather remarkable man who was really behind the curtain during the reign...
'A brilliant collection of recipes, receipts, restoratives and remarkable cures from the Georgian...
The little-known lives of women who ruled, schemed, and made peace and war, between the seventh a...
A look at the 1918 influenza pandemic from its outbreak to its effects on the global population a...
'The story of the Code Breakers and Bletchley Park holds a fascination for many ... A very enjoya...
A fascinating account of the famous explorer's voyages through the southern Pacific and Antarctic...