It transformed the relationship between England, Scotland and Ireland, reset the compact between the monarch and the people, and re-fashioned the story the British told - and continue to tell - about themselves. REPUBLIC is a richly engrossing year-by-year account of this exhilarating and daring period.

This book explores how diverse digital technologies have allowed for new types of heritage-related mobilities, and thereby established a novel set of practices, interventions, and politics in heritage collections, archives, exhibitions, entertainment, preservation, management, commerce, education, restitution, activism, and regulation.

40 Maps That Will Change How You See the World is a collection of historic and contemporary maps and the insights they reveal about geography, geopolitics, art, history, science and society.

Bestselling historian and social media sensation Alice Loxton embarks on an epic walk, retracing the funeral route of England’s most forgotten queen and uncovering historical secrets along the way.

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The gripping life, times, thought and legacy of Stoic emperor Marcus Aurelius.

Adrien de Gerlache organiseerde en leidde eind negentiende eeuw de eerste Belgische Zuidpoolexpeditie. Later ondernam hij nog verschillende pogingen om Antarctica te bezoeken, maar zonder resultaat. Hij hoopte er het toerisme op te starten, aan walvisvaart te doen en een wetenschappelijke basis te bouwen.

Toch was De Gerlache veel meer dan zeeman en poolreiziger. Hij was een promotor van de wetenschappen, een getalenteerd schrijver, commissaris en bestuurder bij verschillende rederijen, diplo...