Regional & nationell historia

On 17 July 1918, the whole of the Russian Imperial Family was murdered. There were no miraculous escapes. The former Tsar Nicholas, his wife Alexandra, and their children - Olga, …

In medieval society and culture, memory occupied a unique position. It was central to intellectual life and the medieval understanding of the human mind. Commemoration of the dead …

An internationally-renowned cartoonist and reluctant war vet details Japan's involvement in World War II. Showa 1939-1944: A History of Japan continues Eisner award-winning author …

A comprehensive survey of Syriac Christianity over three thousand years   Syriac is often referred to as the third main language of Christianity, along with Latin and Greek, and it …

Den grekiska världen ger en helhetsbild av en ganska lång epok av västerlandets historia, från stenåldern fram till den romerske kejsaren Konstantin den Stores dagar på 300-talet. …

The secrets of the Hopi road of life revealed for the first time in written form In this strange and wonderful book, thirty elders of the ancient Hopi tribe of Northern Arizona--a …

Fredsfurste eller hårdför diktator? Klok landsfader eller grym krigare? Augustus, Romarrikets förste kejsare, pendlade mellan ytterligheterna.Som adoptivson till den store Julius …

For centuries, Rome was one of the world's largest imperial powers, its influence spread across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle-East, its military force successfully fighting …

Old Norse literature abounds with descriptions of magic acts that allow ritual specialists of various kinds to manipulate the world around them, see into the future or the distant …

The diaries of the last British Governor of Hong Kong, published on the 25th anniversary of the handoverIn June 1992 Chris Patten went to Hong Kong as the last British governor, to …