Historia & Arkeologi

The leading Wellington historian's fascinating reassessment of the Iron Duke's most famous victory and his role in the turbulent politics after Waterloo. For Arthur Wellesley, …

A social history that pulls back the covers on the most intimate piece of furniture in our lives: “Entertaining . . . will keep you awake long into the night.” —Paul Chrystal, …

The story of a nation in turmoil on its way to splitting in two: “Thoroughly absorbing” (The Wall Street Journal).In recent decades, the situation in Africa’s largest country, …

A "e;highly readable"e; account of the role Britain played in Einstein's life-by inspiring his teenage passion for physics and providing refuge from the Nazis (The Wall …

A new assessment of the battle for the English throne: “All readers interested in late medieval history will appreciate this” (Library Journal).   The Wars of the Roses (1455–85) …

“An enriching account of the expansion of the political and cultural frontiers of the Latin West in the central Middle Ages.”—History Today   When the armies of the First Crusade …

“Combines adventure, mystery, and tragedy . . . a ‘Who’s Who’ of explorers who opened the pathway for an ocean-to-ocean America.” —St. Joseph News-Press (Missouri)   The story of …

"e;A sweeping account of financial calamities . . . shows how often we've been wracked by crises, and how quickly we forget why, setting up the next one."e; -Mark Zandi, …

The noted historian’s decisive and devastating history of the WWI Battle of Gallipoli “sets a new standard for assessing the Allied Dardanelles campaign" (Mustafa Aksakal, American …

How the fur trade changed the North and created the modern Arctic: “The history is fascinating.” —Anchorage Daily News   In the early twentieth century, northerners lived and …