1066 The Hidden History in the Bayeux Tapestry (ebook)

Wonderfully evocative...a grand, sad story of racism and real estate, political hardball and seaside pleasure-seeking.-A.O. Scott, New York Times Book Review

An eye-opening tale of a modern maritime disaster and its tortuous aftermath.-Kirkus Reviews

Activist John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, and the Myth of Judicial Review (ebook)

Charles II returns from exile bringing with him unease to the Spanish Main. In this vivid description of seventeenth-century buccaneers, Ned Yorke, the leader and hero of the swashbuckling band are depended upon for the defence of Jamaica, fighting...

The Aftermath of Partition in South Asia draws upon new theoretical insights and fresh bodies of data to historically reappraise partition in the light of its long aftermath.

This book questions the value of the concept of agency, a term used in sociological and philosophical literature to refer to individual free will in archaeology, and discusses the balance between these two opposites, using a range of archaeological...

Barrett argues that Agrippina - mother of Nero, wife of Claudius and brother to Caligula - has been misunderstood and had much influence and power in her own right.