New history richly illustrated in colour and aimed at the general reader.

Up to World War II and beyond, the British ruled over a vast empire. Modern western attitudes towards the imperial past tend either towards nostalgia for Britis

In this highly-illustrated book, Mary T. Boatwright examines five of the peoples incorporated into the Roman world from the Republican through the Imperial peri

Combining superb illustration with authoritative text, this is a major political and social history of France from earliest times to the eve of the new millenni

This authoritative and richly illustrated book covers the whole sweep of German history.