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A Brief Guide to Greek Myths by Stephen Kershaw
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Category: History | Series: Brief History of
This work is a uniquely authoritative yet lightly handled examination of the key tales in the corpus of Greek mythology. Making extensive reference to the original source material the book explores the resonance and relevance of these fascinating and influential tales, both to the Ancient Greeks and to ...Show more
A Brief History of How the Industrial Revolution Changed the World by Thomas Crump
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Category: History | Series: Brief History of
From the beginning of the eighteenth century to the high water mark of the Victorian era, the world was transformed by a technological revolution the like of which had never been seen before. Inventors, businessmen, scientists, explorers all had their part to play in the story of the Industrial Revoluti ...Show more
A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun by Jonathan Clements
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Category: No Category | Series: Brief History of Asia Ser.
This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self-imposed seclusion. Stretching for nearly 2000 miles and encompassing almost ...Show more
A Brief History of Khublai Khan by Jonathan Clements
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Category: History | Series: A Brief History of
His grandfather was the bloodthirsty Mongol leader Genghis Khan, his mother a Christian princess. Groomed from childhood for a position of authority, Khubilai snatched the position of Great Khan, becoming the overlord of a Mongol federation that stretched from the Balkans to the Korean coastline. His ar ...Show more
A Brief History of Science as seen through the Devellopment of Scientific Instruments by Thomas Crump
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Category: Reference | Series: Brief History of
An exploration of scientific advances throughout time. From earliest pre-history, with the dawning understanding of fire and its many uses, up to the astonishing advances of the 21st century, Thomas Crump traces the increasingly sophisticated means employed in our attempts to understand the universe. Th ...Show more
A Brief History of the Crusades: Islam and Christianity in the struggle for world supremacy by Geoffrey Hindley
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Category: History | Series: Brief History of
Why did the medieval Church bless William of Normandy's invasion of Christian England in 1066 and authorise cultural genocide in Provence? How could a Christian army sack Christian Constantinople in 1204? Why did thousands of ordinary men and women, led by knights and ladies, kings and queens, embark on ...Show more
A Brief History of the English Civil Wars by MILLER JOHN
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Category: Reference | Series: Brief History of
'The English Civil War' is one of the most hotly contested areas of English History and John Miller is one of the experts on the period. Amid dramatic accounts of the key battles and confrontations, Miller explores what triggered the initial conflict between crown and parliament and how this was played ...Show more
A Brief History of the Knights Templar by Helen Nicholson
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Category: History | Series: Brief History of
Much has been written about the Knights Templar in recent years. A leading specialist in the history of this legendary medieval order now writes a full account of the Knights of the Order of the Temple of Solomon, to give them their full title, bringing the latest findings to a general audience. Putting ...Show more
A Brief History of the Samurai by Jonathan Clements
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Category: Reference | Series: Brief History of
From a leading expert in Japanese history, this is one of the first full histories of the art and culture of the Samurai warrior. The Samurai emerged as a warrior caste in Medieval Japan and would have a powerful influence on the history and culture of the country from the next 500 years. Clements also ...Show more
A Brief History of the Vikings by Jonathan Clements
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Category: Reference | Series: A Brief History of
JOE SKYRNSKI , CO-FOUNDER CHAMP EQUITY: "A fascinating account of the Vikings’ ferocious raiding history -- the besieging of Paris, which was rewarded with Normandy; the attack on Constantinople after rolling their boats overland from the Baltic to the Black Sea. Displays of incredible seamanship acros ...Show more
Life in Victorian Britain (A Brief History series) by Michael Paterson
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Category: History | Series: Brief History of
The Victorian era has dominated the popular imagination like no other period, but these myths and stories also give a very distorted view of the 19th century. The early Victorians were much stranger that we usually imagine, and their world would have felt very different from our own and it was only dur ...Show more
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