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The Mayas: Culture and Civilization
The ancient Mayan civilisation has been brought to life in this fascinating book. With over 450 pages, and many colour photographs, this book will captivate those who are curious about...
Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages
The instant Sunday Times bestseller A Times , New Statesman and Spectator Book of the Year 'Simply the best popular history of the Middle Ages there is' Sunday Times 'A...
Prostitution in the Eastern Mediterranean World: The Economics of Sex
This groundbreaking book challenges many stereotypical views about the historical practice of prostitution. Based on twenty years' research, and organized by region, it charts the history of sex for sale...
God's City: Byzantine Constantinople
Byzantium. Was it Greek or Roman, familiar or hybrid, barbaric or civilised, Oriental or Western? In the late eleventh century Constantinople was the largest and wealthiest city in Christendom, the...
King Arthur: The Mystery Unravelled
This book is the culmination of over thirty years of work and research by the author, who is a King Arthur specialist and bestseller. The book brings new information to...
The Awakening: A History of the Western Mind AD 500 - 1700
A monumental and exhilarating history of European thought, from the fall of Rome in the fifth century AD to the Scientific Revolution thirteen centuries later. The Awakening traces the recovery...
The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra
' A truly splendid read, richly detailed and powered by an unfailing gift for storytelling' John Guy 'Superb and gripping' Simon Sebag Montefiore A definitive and thrilling new account of...
The Unorthodox Imagination in Late Medieval Britain
The unorthodox imagination in late medieval Britain explores how medieval people responded to images, stories, beliefs and practices which were at odds with the normative world view, from the heretical...
Athelstan (Penguin Monarchs): The Making of England
The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperback The formation of England happened against the odds - the division of the country...
Literati Storytelling in Late Medieval China
Scholar-officials of late medieval China were not only enthusiastic in amateur storytelling, but also showed unprecedented interest in recording stories on different aspects of literati life. These stories appeared in...
The Sword in the Stone (HarperCollins Children's Classics)
The extraordinary story of a boy called Wart - ignored by everyone except his tutor, Merlyn - who goes on to become King Arthur. "Come, sword," said the Wart. He...
Book of Forbidden Words: A Novel
"Devotees of rich historical fiction and contemporary social discourse alike will be enthralled." - Booklist , starred review From bestselling author Louise Fein comes a new historical novel set in...
Exploring the World of the Vikings
Drawing on the very latest discoveries and augmenting textual evidence with fine archaeological detail, this sweeping narrative, written by a leading authority, creates a vivid picture of the Vikings at...
The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome: A History of the Ptolemies
A compelling history of the Ptolemies, the decline of Egypt, and the rising power of the Roman Empire The Ptolemaic era, Egypt's last and one of its longest dynasties, was...
The Cross and the Crescent: Christianity and Islam from the Prophet
A short account of the relations between Islam and Christianity from Muhammad to the Reformation. The author argues that though there were trading and cultural interactions between the two during...
Lotharingia: A Personal History of France, Germany and the Countries
From the bestselling author of Germania, Lotharinigia is the third installment in Simon Winder's personal history of Europe. In 843 AD, the three surviving grandsons of the great emperor Charlemagne...
Henry I: King of England and Duke of Normandy
This first comprehensive biography of Henry I, the youngest son of William the Conqueror and an elusive figure for historians, offers a rich and compelling account of his tumultuous life...
The Sword in the Stone (HarperCollins Children's Classics)
The extraordinary story of a boy called Wart - ignored by everyone except his tutor, Merlyn - who goes on to become King Arthur. "Come, sword," said the Wart. He...
Grave of the Lawgiver: Sister Fidelma Mysteries Book 36
The thirty-sixth mystery in Peter Tremayne's long-standing and much-loved series, featuring 7th-century Irish super-sleuth Sister Fidelma. The year is AD 673. Fidelma accompanies Eadulf to his hometown, Seaxmund's Ham in...
Medieval Europe
A spirited and thought-provoking history of the vast changes that transformed Europe during the 1,000-year span of the Middle Ages The millennium between the breakup of the western Roman Empire...
The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine
In her earlier work, The History of the Ancient World , Susan Wise Bauer wrote of the rise of kingship based on might. But in the years between the fourth...
Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline
Based on the podcast with over 100 million downloads,Fall of Civilizationsbrilliantly explores how a range of ancient societies rose to power and sophistication, and how they tipped over into collapse....
The Crusader States
The only full account of life and culture in the twelfth-century crusader states, where religious battles raged and civilizations collided When the armies of the First Crusade wrested Jerusalem from...
The Secret Museum
The Secret Museum is a unique treasure trove of the most intriguing artifacts hidden away in museum archives from all over the world - curated, brought to light, and brought...
The Story Spinner
A Welsh princess. A Roman general. Their love story lost to time... The land of the Silures, 382 AD A marriage of power. It's 382 AD and Elen, a princess...
The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome: A History of the Ptolemies
A compelling history of the Ptolemies, the decline of Egypt, and the rising power of the Roman Empire The Ptolemaic era, Egypt's last and one of its longest dynasties, was...
Henry V: The Conscience of a King
More than just a single-minded warrior-king, Henry V comes to life in this fresh account as a gifted ruler acutely conscious of spiritual matters and his subjects' welfare Shakespeare's centuries-old...
The Maze of Ingenuity: Ideas and Idealism in the Development of
From cathedrals to star wars, Arnold Pacey looks at the interaction of technologies and society over the last thousand years and uses that survey to argue for a more humane...
Monastic Women and Religious Orders in Late Medieval Bologna
Sherri Franks Johnson explores the roles of religious women in the changing ecclesiastical and civic structure of late medieval Bologna, demonstrating how convents negotiated a place in their urban context...
Those Who Are About To Die: Gladiators and the Roman Mind
Bestselling author Harry Sidebottom takes readers on a thrilling journey through a day in the life of the best-known figure of the ancient world- the Roman gladiator Bestselling author Harry...
The End of Antiquity: Archaeology, Society and Religion AD 235-700
Presents a study of the transition from the Classical world to Medieval Europe.
Blood of the Vikings
THE BLOOD OF THE VIKINGS is a five part series, each programme 50 minutes long, fronted by Julian (Meet The Ancestors) Richards, which was shown on BBC 2, last November....
Excommunication for Debt in Late Medieval France: The Business of
Late medieval church courts frequently excommunicated debtors at the request of their creditors. Tyler Lange analyzes over 11,000 excommunications between 1380 and 1530 in order to explore the forms, rhythms,...
Monkey King: Journey to the West
One of the greatest classics of Chinese literature One of China's Four Great Classical Novels, Monkey King was written anonymously during the Ming dynasty and is most commonly attributed to...
The Cambridge Illustrated History of British Theatre
Written with style, imagination and insight, and packed with interesting illustrations, this authoritative book traces the development through the ages of plays and playwriting, forms of staging, the acting profession...
Shadows in the Spring: A brand-new, gripping, time-slip romance,
Two souls bound together for eternity but lost in time. Until now. Brimming with romance, adventure and vivid historical detail, Christina Courtenay's gripping dual-time novel travels from the present day...
Islamic Metalwork (Eastern Art)
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Whether destined for a sultan's palace or provincial household, a vast array of functional and often luxurious metal vessels and utensils have been produced throughout the Islamic world. Although not...
Timeless: A Drizzt Novel
New York Times and USA Today Bestseller! R. A. Salvatore returns with one of fantasy's most beloved and enduring icons, the dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden, in an all-new trilogy full...
Haven
'Beautiful and timely' - Sarah Moss, author of Summerwater 'Everything a novel should be: compassionate, unpredictable, and questioning. Haven is Donoghue at her strange, unsettling best.' - Maggie O'Farrell, author...
Books One to Three of the Heroes of Legend; Expanded Edition: The
In this series opener, Hammer's prose evokes the romantic diction and mythological complexity of the high fantasy genre, sometimes to an eye-rolling extent: - Kirkus Reviews...the author gets things started...
The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of History
The story of the ancient world's most spectacular library, and the civilization that created it When a team of Victorian archaeologists dug into a grassy hill in Iraq, they chanced...
How the West Became Antisemitic: Jews and the Formation of Europe,
An examination of how the Jews real and imagined so challenged the Christian majority in medieval Europe that it became a society that was religiously and culturally antisemitic in new...
The Imperial Cruise: A True Story of Empire and War
In 1905 President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Taft, his gun-toting daughter Alice and a gaggle of congressmen on a mission to Japan, the Philippines, China, and Korea....
The Bone Chests: Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons
A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A diligent historian and a superb writer' THE TIMES A gripping new history of the making of England as a nation. In December...
Timeless: A Drizzt Novel
New York Times and USA Today Bestseller! R. A. Salvatore returns with one of fantasy's most beloved and enduring icons, the dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden, in an all-new trilogy full...
Monkey King Makes Havoc in Heaven
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Wu Cheng'en's 16th-century novel Journey to the West is widely regarded as one of the most important Chinese novels ever written....
The Bone Chests: Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons
A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A diligent historian and a superb writer' THE TIMES A gripping new history of the making of England as a nation. In December...
