Author: Jeremy Black

Through its focus on the relationship between foreign and domestic politics, this book provides a new perspective on the often fractious and tangle...

The years between 1744 and 1757 were a testing time for the British government as political unrest at home exploded into armed rebellion, whilst on...

Covering the period from the end of the Anglo-French alliance in 1731 to the declaration of war between the two powers in 1744, this book charts a ...

Covering the period from the end of the Anglo-French alliance in 1731 to the declaration of war between the two powers in 1744, this book charts a ...

Culture. What is it? Paintings or television? The National Gallery or Harry Styles? There is of course no one answer, no agreement. But what is cle...

Continuing the thematic strand of the successful and proven British Library 100 Maps series, this new volume traces the fully international history...

Now in its fourth edition, Introduction to Global Military History is an accessible, up-to-date account of modern warfare from the eighteenth centu...

Now in its fourth edition, Introduction to Global Military History is an accessible, up-to-date account of modern warfare from the eighteenth centu...

Tracing the development of the University of Exeter over the six decades since it was granted its royal charter in 1955, this book tells the histor...

The next in this series of admirably concise yet nevertheless comprehensive titles looks at the history of all Americans as well as America; its en...

In 2016, Britain stunned itself and the world by voting to pull out of the European Union, leaving financial markets reeling and global politicians...

Written by the renowned British historian who has been described as both utterly thorough and humanely delicate, Jeremy Black offers a guided tour ...

Written by the renowned British historian who has been described as both utterly thorough and humanely delicate, Jeremy Black offers a guided tour ...

This best-selling guide will help you get to grips with the larger themes and issues behind historical study, while also showing you how to formula...

Whilst the First World War had seen an exceptional growth in the use and production of military cartography, the global conflict that followed empl...

Amid the bloody Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2021 and the escalating tensions across the Taiwan Strait, the geopolitical balance of power has cha...

A global account of histories of war, from Antiquity to the present day, this thoughtful book shows how the varied modes of representation record p...

How did it feel to hear Macbeth's witches chant of double, double toil and trouble at a time when magic and witchcraft were as real as anything sci...

In The Holocaust: History and Memory, New Edition, Jeremy Black revisits his brilliant and wrenching account of the brutal mass slaughter of Jews d...

In The Holocaust: History and Memory, New Edition, Jeremy Black revisits his brilliant and wrenching account of the brutal mass slaughter of Jews d...

Prize winning author Jeremy Black traces the competition for control of North America from the landing of Spanish troops under Hernán Cortés in mod...

Through its focus on the relationship between foreign and domestic politics, this book provides a new perspective on the often fractious and tangle...

Acclaimed British historian examines the layers of craft and insight in Tobias Smollett, and discusses the particular nature of his genius and infl...

Whilst the First World War had seen an exceptional growth in the use and production of military cartography, the global conflict that followed empl...

King of Britain for sixty years and the last king of what would become the United States, George III inspired both hatred and loyalty and is now be...

In 2016, Britain stunned itself and the world by voting to pull out of the European Union, leaving financial markets reeling and global politicians...

Acclaimed British historian examines the layers of craft and insight in Tobias Smollett, and discusses the particular nature of his genius and infl...

The Weight of Words Series continues with Daniel Defoe, as historian Jeremy Black uses this writer to interpret Britain in the late 1600s, and like...

A thought-provoking and important book that raises essential issues crucial not only for understanding our past but also the present day.In this pa...

Brilliant and wrenching, The Holocaust: History and Memory tells the story of the brutal mass slaughter of Jews during World War II and how that ge...

A concise history of Paris and the great events and personalities, from prehistory to the present, that have shaped its unique cultural legacy. On...

In the second volume of The Weight of Words Series, Jeremy Black continues his efforts to present and preserve Britain's literary genius. Its intel...

In the second volume of The Weight of Words Series, Jeremy Black continues his efforts to present and preserve Britain's literary genius. Its intel...

There were 20,000 miles of railways in 1865 and about a million by 2020. Scale has always been a key theme in railway history. In the First World W...

King of Britain for sixty years and the last king of what would become the United States, George III inspired both hatred and loyalty and is now be...