A new perspective on the innovative Renaissance anatomist and physician Andreas Vesalius.
A captivating, richly illustrated history of Korean ceramics
Explores the life, ideas and music of visionary composer Olivier Messiaen.
William Adams’s extraordinary journey from helmsman to influential adviser in feudal Japan
A chronicle of Geoffrey Chaucer’s life, accomplishments and roles outside poetry.
A unique perspective on Chinese food history through seven iconic meals.
Unearths the British national obsession with the suburban garden.
The forgotten history of climatic botany, showing how forests create and recycle rainfall.
Presents new and thematic interpretations of contemporary Korean art.
An illumination of the glittering history of fireworks.
Explores English national identity and the environment, spanning agriculture, nature and culture.
From royalty to minstrels, troubadours sang of medieval love, war and society.