Who was Arminius Vámbéry? A poverty-stricken, Jewish auto-didact; a linguist, traveller, and writ...

He was the scion of a dynasty that was reputed to descend from King Solomon, a pioneer of African...

When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979, the forces of resistance were disparate and divided...

Simone Veil was a French politician who became the fist President of the European Union. In her l...

Zwei junge Menschen verlieben sich, aber der Krieg bringt sie auseinander: Das ist die Geschichte...

When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, the poorly equipped and organised resistance g...

Otto von Bismarck (1815-98) has gone down in history as the Iron Chancellor, a reactionary and mi...

In the general mind, Finland is often swept up in the general group of Nordic countries, little k...

Tarbush was born in British Mandate Palestine. As an infant, he and his family were forced to eva...

Geoffrey Chaucer might be considered the quintessential English writer, but he drew much of his i...

The history of humanity is dominated by violence - it has oppressed and degraded us for centuries...

The history of the island of Cyprus is in many ways a world history. Its strategic position means...

Will someone pay for the spilled blood? No. Nobody'. Mikhail Bulgakov wrote these words in Kiev d...

A fluent Russian speaker with a knack for gaining the trust of those he meets, Muhling's cast of ...

As the seat of prince-bishops it found wealth and power, as the birthplace of Mozart it found fam...

More books have been written about Winston Churchill than any modern historical figure, but Peter...

The charismatic, near-mythological figure of Josip Broz Tito was many things: an inspirational pa...

Partition tells us how the idea of dividing Ireland came about, how it gained acceptance and popu...

More books have been written about Winston Churchill than any modern historical figure, but Peter...

The Austrian artist Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980) achieved global fame with his intense expressioni...

A memoir that combines political commentary with personal and national history.

Curie is the most significant woman in the history of science and one of the most consequential f...

More than fifty years after his death, Gamal Abd al-Nasser remains a towering figure in the Arab ...

James Joyce (1882-1941) is hailed as one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. Reject...

A short study that assesses aspects of the UK constitution that, with reform, could better protec...

The history of the transatlantic partnership has, overnight, become highly topical; in fact, sinc...

'Denk ich an Deutschland in der Nacht, so bin ich um den Schlaf gebracht' - dieses Diktum Heinric...

How did Syria's revolution reach this its current boiling point? And what's next? This updated ed...

Is there any such thing as a European identity? Amidst all the kaleidoscopic variety what - if an...

Prinz Asfa-Wossen Asserate, einer der besten Kenner des afrikanischen Kontinents, schildert die U...

Fronted by one of the world's most iconic doors, 10 Downing Street is the home and office of the ...

One of the greatest cities of the Himalaya, Kathmandu, Nepal, is a unique blend of thousand-year-...

Brings to life the world of Samuel Pepys with five walks through London.

As a young army officer in 1971, Aziz BineBine was imprisoned after being unwittingly involved in...

Until the First World War, the Ottoman Empire had dominated the Middle East for four centuries. B...

The long and fascinating history of Japan's modern capital spans from the first forest clearances...

Provides a unique perspective of a Western pilgrim of Islamic faith, as he travels to the holy si...

With almost 13 million residents, Tokyo is now as much an icon of modernity as it is a city, with...

Almost a century after Kafka’s death, his works continue to intrigue and haunt us. Even for those...

A travelogue of a 300-mile walk across Crete, tackling mountain ranges, high slopes and the numer...

The first detailed account of Speyer's prominence in London society and his subsequent fall. This...

In 1905, British Foreign Secretary Edward Grey agreed to speak secretly with his French counterpa...

On June 28, 1919, the Peace Treaty was signed in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, five years to...

The story of New Zealand both during the war and at the negotiations in Paris

In the American mind, Finland is often swept up in the general group of Nordic countries, little ...

The first major biography of the impresario Domenico Barbaja, accompanying a new Naxos album of B...

Exciting new portrait featuring the racy world of opera and dance in Paris of the 1920s.

A beautiful travelogue of a journey around the Princes Islands, Istanbul's archipelago in the sea...