Asia

Bestselling historian William Dalrymple reinstates India as the great superpower of Ancient Asia.

How could a barely literate peasant from Siberia determine the fate of the world? Undoubtedly, the so-called 'mad monk' Rasputin bewitched Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, Alexandra. …

An authoritative account of Xi Jinping's worldview and how it drives Chinese behaviour both domestically and on the world stage. In his new book, On Xi Jinping, former Australian …

The Sunday Times BestsellerShortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-FictionShortlisted for the Nero Book AwardLonglisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionThe Times, …

In this well-documented account [that] will become indispensable reading for students of the modern Middle East' (Choice), Abrahamian uncovers little-known documents that challenge …

A masterfully researched history of Iran from 1501 to 2009“The defiant spirit of [Iran] is brought to life in this monumental history of the past 500 years.”—Richard Spencer, Times …

The next raid overseen by the Hunters Association brings together thesurvivors of thedouble dungeon incident for the first time since thetragedy. Fortunately, this next raidshould …

When MAO'S CHINA first appeared in 1977, it was hailed as the single most useful general volume on recent Chinese history, covering every important question of the time with …

De japanske vandrepoetene eide ikke stort mer enn en tiggerbolle, en kappe og en vandringsstav. De levde på almisser, henga seg til naturen, årstidene og det skiftende landskapet. …

This monumental history asks the simple question: How did we end up in a war in Vietnam? To answer that question Fredrik Logevall traces the forty-year path that led us from World …