Early Modern History: c 1450/1500 to c 1700

The Spanish conquest of the Americas in the 16th century was one of the most important and cataclysmic events in history. Spanish expeditions endur...

This history will endure; not only because Sir Winston has written it, but also because of its own inherent virtues its narrative power, its fine ...

'A gripping tale of royal feuds and divided kingdoms' - AMANDA FOREMANParis, 1572. Catherine de' Medici, the infamous queen mother of France, is a ...

Winner of the 2017 IFPDA Book Award, honouring excellence in research, scholarship, and the discussion of new ideas in the field of fine prints. Co...

The story of Anne Boleyn goes to the root of all history; what makes an individual or event memorable to later generations? Anne is an exceptional ...

'Nicola Tallis, one of our great popular historians.' Alison WeirThe first biography of Lettice Knollys, one of the most prominent women of the Eli...

The Life Within provides a social and cultural history of the indigenous people of a region of central Mexico in the later colonial periodas told t...

Ephemeral city explores the rapid rise of cheap print and how it permeated Venetian urban culture in the Renaissance. It offers the first view of o...

The Duchy of Savoy first claimed royal status in the seventeenth century, but only in 1713 was Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy (16661732), crowned...

Everything you never knew about the powerful Tudor dynasty - from Henry VII to the glorious Elizabeth I. From Battles at Bosworth to battles for su...

Winner of the Franco-British Society Book Prize 2019'The ultimate biography of the Sun King' Simon Sebag Montefiore Louis XIV dominated his age. H...

If the English people were to be set a test to justify their history and civilization by the example of one man, then it is Sir Thomas More whom th...

This book elucidates the Qing history from perspectives of Confucianism as well as modern sciences. It emphasises the Chinese spirits in explicatin...

Lorenzo de' Medici: The embodiment of Florence's most powerful family, a brutal man who ruled the city with an iron fist, whilst protecting it from...

This lively history charts the growth of Paris from a city of crowded alleyways and irregular buildings into a modern marvel. --New Yorker At th...

Part biography, part cultural history, The Creation of Anne Boleyn is a fascinating reconstruction of Annes life and an illuminating look at her af...

The Reformation which engulfed England and Europe in the sixteenth century was one of the most highly-charged, bloody and transformative periods ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY and THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY'A thrilling account' The Times'A...

The five Tudor monarchs Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I were some of the most influential rulers in British history. Thi...