The reign of Mary Tudor has been remembered as an era of sterile repression, when a reactionary monarch launched a doomed attempt to reimpose Catholicism on an unwilling nation. This title argues that Mary's regime was neither inept nor backward looking.
An engaging survey from the Middle Ages to the present, presenting fashion as a complex process that reflects economic, social, and political changes
"Each photograph is like a diary entry of my life." —Patti Smith
Young Jawad, born to a Shi'ite family of corpse washers and shrouders in Baghdad, decides to abandon the family tradition, choosing instead to become a sculptor, to celebrate life... Læs mere
An ambitious and revelatory investigation of the black female figure in modern art, tracing the legacy of Manet through to contemporary art
An enthralling account of the entwined histories of Britain, Spain, and their empires in the Americas
A life of Matilda—empress, skilled military leader, and one of the greatest figures of the English Middle Ages