An innovative illustrated history of the Second World War, told with the help of personal stories from across the globe.

The Hitler Years: Holocaust 1933 to 1945 provides a year-by-year narrative, fully illustrated, of the road Adolf Hitler mapped out to achieve his dream - the destruction of the European Jewish population.

Presenting the grand sweep of Indian history from antiquity to the present, A History of India is a detailed and authoritative account of the major political, economic, social and cultural forces that have shaped the history of the Indian subcontinent. Hermann Kulke and Dietmar Rothermund provide a comprehensive overview of the structural pattern of Indian history, covering each historical period in equal depth. Fully revised throughout, the sixth edition of this highly accessible book has be...

The history of medieval Britain through twelve remarkable illuminated manuscripts.

An eye-opening account of parasitism, fundamental to life and human history.

This new study examines the history of the relations between the British and Japanese monarchies over the past 150 years. Complemented by a significant plate section, with many rarely seen historical photographs and illustrations, together with supporting chronologies, this volume will become a benchmark reference on the subject.

New Diplomatic History has turned into one of the most dynamic and innovative areas of research – especially with regard to early modern history. It has shown that diplomacy was not as homogenous as previously thought. On the contrary, it was shaped by a multitude of actors, practices and places.

The handbook aims to characterise these different manifestations of diplomacy and to contextualise them within ongoing scientific debates. It brings together scholars from different disciplines and...

Nu het wereldtoneel verandert, komt Europa in een nieuwe fase. Gezamenlijkheid lijkt urgenter dan ooit tevoren. Maar wat is dat eigenlijk, Europa? Hoe onderscheidt het continent zich van de andere? Hoe leefden Europeanen? Wat maakten ze? En, niet in de laatste plaats: wat verdeelde en wat verbond de Europeaan? In een serie van vier rijkgeïllustreerde boeken worden tachtig verhalen verteld die samen een caleidoscopische geschiedenis van Europa tussen 1500 en 1900 vormen. De Europese samen...

In 1818 zitten veel mensen zonder werk en zinken weg in ellende. Hét moment voor generaal Johannes van den Bosch om een ambitieus plan te presenteren: laat de armen de barre heide in Drenthe ontginnen. Mest zal de woeste grond vruchtbaar maken, discipline en onderwijs zullen de nutteloze armen beschaven tot werklustige mensen. Zijn idee wordt enthousiast ontvangen en hij richt de ‘Maatschappij van Weldadigheid’ op. Een half jaar later arriveren de eerste kolonisten op de plek die wij ken...