History

From colonial-era rifles carried on the "Owlhoot Trail", to John Dillinger's Colt pistols, the history of the American outlaw is told in guns--weapons that became each man's personal signature. Guns of Outlaws peer into these criminals' choices of derringers, revolvers, shotguns, rifles, machine guns, ...

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'The way Robert Peal describes Georgian England, you'd be mad not to want to live there yourself' GUARDIAN

Lincoln's life, leadership qualities and achievements have made him a figurehead of American values, ranked as one of the greatest US presidents. The author examines how the US was transformed - politically, economically, geographically and socially - during Lincoln's life, and how he adapted to these changes and gave them a new direction.

This text analyzes the evolving relationship between the French monarchy and the French nobility in the early modern period. The provinces of Provence, Dauphine and Brittany illustrate the ways in which elites organized were co-opted or subverted by the crown.

One of the distinguished scholars of his time, Ahmad b Ibrahim al-Naysaburi lived during the height of Fatimid rule in Egypt. He came from Nishapur, the centre of the Ismaili da'wa in Khurasan, a thriving centre of learning particularly noted for its use of rationalistic philosophy. This work studies this scholar of the early 5th/11th century.

World War I was the first truly global conflict and its effects were felt across the British Empire. When war broke out in 1914, Great Britain had the largest empire, encompassing one quarter of the population of the world. Many colonial citizens were to be enlisted into the war effort and shipped from ...

Histories of the Irish Future is an intellectual history of Ireland and a history of Irish crises viewed through the eyes of twelve key writers: William Petty, William Molyneux, Edmund Burke, Thomas Malthus, Richard Whately, Friedrich Engels, John Mitchel, James Connolly, Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, Jeremiah ...

From the first flights using balloons and gliders, to the successful launch of spacecraft by the United States and the former USSR, man has been fascinated by the challenge of air travel. This illustrated book features the history of flight.

On January 22, 1901, Queen Victoria, Britain's longest-reigning monarch died at the age of 82; she had been on the throne for 62 years. Just 19 when she acceeded, she had lived through a period of remarkable change, in which industrialization took hold and Britain consolidated her vast empire. It was ...

A visual history of tanks with commentary by military experts.

Including topics such as Wikipedia's importance as a global phenomenon, this is a timely consideration of the roles of the guardians and editors of information throughout history Encyclopedias have traditionally claimed to provide absolute knowledge, yet with information now among the world's most valuable ...

Without a doubt, there is one event in the history of Native Americans that overshadows all others in its impact on their cultures—the discovery of the Western Hemisphere by European explorers. This pivotal motif is at the center of The Native American Experience, which tells the story of America’s ...

"Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, a division of the Orion Publishing Group, Ltd., a Hachette Company UK, London, in 2018"--Title page verso.

Rising from nomadic origins as Turkish tribesmen, the powerful and culturally prolific Seljuqs and their successor states dominated vast lands extending from Central Asia to the eastern Mediterranean from the eleventh to the fourteenth century. Supported by colour images, charts, and maps, this volume ...

The follow-up to the incredible Sunday Times bestseller, The Peaky Blinders: The Real Story.

A slip-cased collectible volume containing removable facsimiles of memorabilia that records the birth of the United States includes a selection of maps, diaries, letters, military orders, newspapers, and posters, along with an audio CD containing readings of firsthand accounts based on period journals, ...

The Native American Experience contains a 62-page book with over 200 illustrations and 12 rare and newly researched removable facsimile documents ofhistoric importance.
The story tells the migration during the Ice Age to the influence of Native American culture today.

From the Great Exhibition's showcasing of British national achievement in 1851 to the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in Stratford in 2012 and on to Brexit, an insightful exploration of the transformation of modern Britain.