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How Kublai Khan made China the first Maritime Superpower
Jack Weatherford
China is a great and longstanding empire. Now acclaimed historian and author of Emperor of the Seas describes Kublai Khan and the part he played in its maritime mastery.
Mary, Queen of Letters
Jade Scott
A new book examines Mary Stuart’s encrypted documents and here the author writes about letters and their use by Mary during captivity.
Ghosts of the English Civil War
Charles J. Esdaile
The Wars of the Three Kingdoms have percolated into ghost stories, as the author of an innovative new book argues.
The Tunnel Under the Channel
Robin Laurance
Delays and cancellations are a common feature for rail travellers in Britain. But today’s delays are nothing compared with the delays in creating a railway under the Channel to connect Britain with the Continent of Europe - a process that took more than 200 years.
War, Empire and the Struggle for a New World
Bestselling author and award-winning film-maker Phil Craig explains why he felt compelled to tackle the historical forces at play in his new globe-crossing examination of the final year of World War Two.
Cicero: The Name of Eloquence
Josiah Osgood
It is in the law courts where we can find much of the great oratory of Cicero, as the author of a new biography shows.
Who Will Rescue Us?
Laura Hobson Faure
The story of the Jewish children who fled to France and America during the Holocaust
The Holy Lance of Antioch
Adam Staten reveals how the search for the Holy Lance shaped the siege of Antioch and divided the First Crusade’s leaders.
Epic tales: the surprising search for identity and origins in Virgil and Dante
Rhiannon Garth Jones
Epic tales reframe the past, revealing how communities forge identity through shared myth.
Last Train to Freedom
From Kaunas to Kobe: The Epic Journey of WW2 Refugees via the Trans-Siberian Railway
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