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

Focusing on the legions as the core of the Roman army, and chronicling their individual histories in detail, this volume builds on the thematic account of the Roman military force given by its companion The Complete Roman Army. It is suitable for anyone who has enjoyed that book.

A vivid, day-by-day perspective on 2,500 years of human history through the medium of 366 quotations.

The first ever guide to understanding Aztec hieroglyphs: a groundbreaking publication built on a lifetime of research by a world expert.

Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has reshaped history. In the decades after the collapse of Soviet communism, the West convinced itself that liberal democracy would henceforth be the dominant, ultimately unique, system of governance. An outburst of Western triumphalism proclaimed a US-led unipolar world entitled to 'impose democracy' on countries that failed to recognise the new order. Politicians foretold the universalisation of Western values as the final, enduring form of human society...

100 fascinating and brilliantly written stories about history's bravest, baddest but little known 'nasty' women from across the world.

An epic account tracing the rise of the Mongol Empire.