Based on the online blogs of acclaimed historian and author Ada Palmer, Inventing the Renaissance provides a fresh perspective on what makes this period one of the most captivating and unique parts of European history.

A panoramic history of the arrival of the Stuarts, and how the reign of King James I saw England reach new corners of the globe.

An ambitious, authoritative history of the Roman Catholic Church in the modern age.

A timely and controversial examination of thirty years of diplomatic misunderstandings, roads not taken and mutual suspicion that resulted in the terrible tragedy of Russia’s brutal war on Ukraine.

A spectacular, vivid, groundbreaking work of history which takes us into the mind and lives of medieval women.

An original and informative look at Russia's thousand-year past, tracing the forces and the myths that have shaped Putin's politics.

Sarah Rainsford, the BBC's former Moscow correspondent who was expelled from Russia, reveals how Putin so transformed the country she once called home, that he was able to order the horrific invasion of Ukraine

This groundbreaking study by Mike Livingston, as featured on History Hit's Agincourt, presents a new interpretation of Henry V's great victory.

A definitive and thrilling new account of the last great dynasty of ancient Egypt, from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra