Modern History to 20th Century: c 1700 to c 1900

Napoleon promoted and honored great men throughout his reign. In addition to comparing himself to various great men, he famously established a Legi...

Between 1856 and 1876, five explorers, all British, took on the seemingly impossible task of discovering the source of the White Nile. Showing e...

Christian Wolmar expertly tells the story of the Trans-Siberian railway from its conception and construction under Tsar Alexander III, to the north...

Published for the first time in one volume, Sven Lindqvist's uncategorizable, beautiful and angry books about the African continent and the legacy ...

In this companion volume of Thomas Keneally's widely acclaimed history of the Australian people, the vast range of characters who have formed thei...

The quest for responsible government took place in turbulent times. The very strange personality driving this quest, Robert Baldwin, comprises the ...

In 1757, a sailing ship owned by an affluent Connecticut merchant sailed from New London to the tiny island of Bence in Sierra Leone, West Africa, ...

Think more deeply and work more independently at A level History through a carefully thought-out enquiry approach from SHP.Enquiring History: It ma...

On July 9, 1755, British and colonial troops under the command of General Edward Braddock suffered a crushing defeat to French and Native American ...

An intimate glimpse into the public and private world of one of history's most famous- and infamous-queens Marie-Antoinette (1755-1793) continues t...

The Victorians risked more than just delays when boarding a steam train . . .Victorian inventors certainly didn't lack steam, but while they squabb...

In this richly textured and wide-ranging survey of Victorian attitudes to the past, Andrew Sanders builds on Roy Strongs groundbreaking book And wh...

An evocative and enthralling account of a defining event in American history This thrilling book tells the full story of the an iconic episode in A...