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Synopsis Subtitled : How the Classical World Came Back to Us. So much about the society that is now emerging in the twenty-first century bears an a...

Synopsis Subtitled : The Untold History of the Peopling of the Americas. Greatly expanding on his blockbuster 1421, distinguished historian Gavin M...

Synopsis Subtitled : The Life of a Roman Town. Winner of The Wolfson History Prize 2008. The ruins of Pompeii, buried by an explosion of Vesuvius i...

Synopsis Who were the first Britons, and what sort of world did they occupy? In A History of Ancient Britain Neil Oliver turns a spotlight on the...

Synopsis Subtitled : How a Scientific Revolution is Rewriting History. Startling new fossil finds are the lifeblood of modern palaeobiology. Gian...

Synopsis A Pelican Introduction. What makes us human? The past 12,000 years represent the only time in the sweep of human history when there has be...

Synopsis For two and half thousand years the ancient Celts have continued to fascinate all who have come into contact with them. The archetypal `ba...

Synopsis It all started with a long distance cycle ride. Inspired by a chance discovery, Robb became fascinated with the world of the Celts: their ...

Synopsis Shortlisted for The Samuel Johnson Prize. In 49 B.C . . . the seven hundred and fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar cross...

Synopsis The No' 1 Sunday Times Bestseller. From the rise and fall of empires in China, Persia, and Rome itself to the spread of Buddhism and adven...