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A look into the tantalising secrets of Florence's Palazzo Rucellai.When Italian Renaissance professor Allison Levy takes up residency in the palazzo of her dreams the Palazzo …
In November 1922 a momentous discovery - unlike any other before or since - was to change our understanding of the ancient world.Until now, however, the marvellous story of …
In 1911 Roald Amundsen beat Robert Falcon Scott to the South Pole, and Scott and his colleagues all died on the return journey. Ernest Shackleton, who had served with Scott on a …
The truly extraordinary life story of Giovanni Belzoni, one of the giants of 19th century Egyptian archaeology.Sometimes maligned as a tomb robber, Giovanni Battista Belzoni - …
Since the days of conquistador Hernan Cortes, rumours have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden deep in the Honduran interior. Indigenous tribes speak of ancestors …
Longlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel AwardA GUARDIAN SUMMER READING PICK'Sumptuous If you're feeling bereft after finishing The Mirror and the Light, let Jago …
The ancient Greek poet Pindar once wrote, 'Unsung, the noblest deed will die.' Brave Men of War- from the heights of Kargil to the plains of Punjab-sets out to record acts of …
The biography of Arthur Weigall, the British Egyptologist who was involved in the exploration and conservation of the monuments and antiquities of a region stretching from Luxor to …