This illuminating guide provides a much-needed introduction to the genetic history of the people of the British Isles and their descendants throughout the world.

In this book, David Howarth attempts to bring alive the struggle for the succession to the English crown from the death of Edward the Confessor in January 1066 to the Christmas coronation of Duke William of Normandy.

This now-classic novel, first published in 1975, introduces Janwillem van de Wetering’s lovable Amsterdam cop duo of portly, wise Gripstra and handsome, contemplative de Gier.

An introduction to English history that highlights key events, developments, movements, and figures in English history from Neolithic times to the 1990s. This is the ideal introduction to English history for all readers.

The book gives readers a glimpse of the exploration of Africa, which was still not completely known to Europeans of the time, with explorers traveling all over the continent in search of its secrets.

Atlas of Emotion is a highly original endeavour to map a cultural history of spatio-visual arts.

From a background rich in literature and the history of arts and architecture—as well as psychoanalysis, spiritism and magic—Ulla von Brandenburg explores the shaping of our social constructs with borrowings from theatrical codes and ...