What is the significance and relevance of the concept of 'genocide' today? In this wide-ranging collection of essays and interviews, Adam Jones, one of the world's leading genocide scholars, explores the uses and controversies surrounding the term coined by Raphael Lemkin to describe and prohibit mass atrocities against defined human groups.

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.

Based on the podcast with over 100 million downloads, Fall of Civilizations brilliantly explores how a range of ancient societies rose to power and sophistication, and how they tipped over into collapse.

This book investigates the consequences of maritime strategy for the developing nature, composition and functions of all the world's significant navies, and provides a guide for anyone interested in the changing and crucial role of seapower in the 21st century.

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Princess of Saxe-Coburg, Grand Duchess of Russia, aunt to Queen Victoria: this is the story of Julie - rebel princess, lost Romanov.

A groundbreaking exploration of 500,000 years of African history, cultures and identity

There is a history of humanity that has never been told - the story of how we are born.

A 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: Sunday Times * Irish Times * Spectator * Financial Times * Telegraph * Aspects of History

'The history book you need if you want to understand modern Russia' ANNE APPLEBAUM

'A magnificent, magisterial thousand year history of Russia . . . by one of the masters of Russian scholarship' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE

'A great historian at the peak of his powers' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE

'[An] excellent short study' MAX HASTINGS, SUNDAY TIMES

'If you really want to understand Putin'...