Sisters Jane and Cassandra Austen were inseparable and sought one anothers approval in all important decisions. Helen Amy asks would Jane have become a novelist without Cassandra?
The story of Kilsoo Haan’s brilliant espionage, first against Japan and then against the Soviet Union - a huge advantage spurned.
The use and abuse of religious belief in the age-old history of conflict. Gods at War examines the role played by religions.
The definitive account of Sir Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary's Trans-Antarctic Expedition, completed 60 years ago this year.
Eugene L. Wolfe looks at how instances of individual strife faced by Members of Parliament - be it arrest or imprisonment, brawls on the... Læs mere
A unique account of old London with all its energy, filth and splendour before the city's destruction by the Great Fire in 1666.
'North Korea faded to black in the early 1990s. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, her creakily inefficient economy collapsed. Power... Læs mere
Early Modern Britain's most dramatic story, the Gunpowder Plot, brought to life with unique original sources.
The complex interrelationship between terrorism and American history from the Declaration of Independence onward, placing 9/11 into historical context.
Napoleon III is brought out of the shadows of Napoleon Bonaparte by a prize-winning historian: ‘An excellent biography... In these pages, he emerges as the... Læs mere
'Catch Me If You Can' meets 'The Big Short' - the charming sociopath financier who ran away with millions.
The surprising story of one of the darkest episodes in espionage history: the ‘midnight war’ devised by America and Allied powers to depose Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin and invade Russia.