This is the story of Palestine told from the inside.

A new and original history of the Viking Age, told through the objects that defined the lives of the people who lived through it

WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2008'The world's most controversial classicist debunks our movie-style myths about the Roman town with meticulous scholarship and propulsive energy' Laura Silverman, Daily MailThe ruins of Pompeii, buried by an explosion of Vesuvius in 79 CE, offer the best evidence we have of everyday life in the Roman empire. This remarkable book rises to the challenge of making sense of those remains, as well as exploding many myths: the very date of the eruption, probab...

If we are to understand the politics that we now take for granted, we need to understand its origins. This book examines the paths that different societies have taken to reach their current forms of political order. It starts with the very beginning of mankind and comes right up to the eve of the French and American revolutions.

A trailblazing history of how the marks left on maps tell the story of the world

Offers an understanding of Vermeer's paintings and of the era they portray.

From ancient Mesopotamia to today, the epic story of how humans have used laws to forge civilizations.

The riveting history of the strange science of the 'Normal', and the origins of an anxiety-ridden modern obsession

An entertaining collection of strange, delightful and unexpectedly apt words from the origins of English.

A major new history of the Cold War: exploring the conflict through the minds of the people who lived it.