Regional & nationell historia

A fascinating history of the great summer offensive launched by the Red Army in 1944 which turned the tide of the war.Throughout the war on the Eastern Front, there were two …

"Do we really need yet another book about the financial crisis? Yes, we do--because this one is different....A must-read for anyone who wants to understand the mess we're …

John Julius Norwich--called a "true master of narrative history" by Simon Sebag Montefiore--returns with the book he has spent his distinguished career wanting to write, A History …

The dramatic story of Scotland - by charismatic television historian, Neil Oliver.Scotland is one of the oldest countries in the world with a vivid and diverse past. Yet the …

Vid förra sekelskiftet flyttade en man vid namn Ebrahim Umerkajeff till Stockholm och länge levde han där som landets enda muslim. Han kom till Sverige som ung fattig äventyrare …

After twenty-five years of independence, there is little doubt that the five Central Asian states will persist as sovereign, independent states. They increasingly differ from each …

När borgarna i Marstrand äntligen fick sin chans 1775 och staden blev frihamn, skedde det på regeringens initiativ och villkor. Det är väl känt, att den nya regering som knappt …

The early twentieth century was a time when steamships, international postal services and the telephone were setting the pace of an early wave of globalisation in Europe. In this …

The optimistic vision of a “Europe whole and free” after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 has given way to disillusionment, bitterness, and renewed hostility between Russia and …