Europe

A superb work of intellectual history, this slim volume by one of today's foremost theologians takes you through the mind and times of Europe...

Here is an intriguing exploration of the ways in which the history of the Spanish Conquest has been misread and passed down to become popular...

At 01:23:40 on April 26th 1986, Alexander Akimov pressed the emergency shutdown button at Chernobyl's fourth nuclear reactor. It was an act t...

On a summer's day in 1858, in a garden behind Christ Church College in Oxford, Charles Dodgson, a lecturer in mathematics, photographed six-...

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Celts, then pay attention...Today, the word Celtic means so many things. To most of us...

The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift, and a book in the best tradition of popular history -- the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining ...

The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray | Book Summary | Readtrepreneur(Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book., but an unofficial s...

Obscure and addictive true tales from history told by one of our most entertaining historians, Giles MiltonThis program is read by the author...

Explore the History of Great Britain From Start to End...*** 4 Manuscripts in 1 Book - English History, Irish History, Welsh History, Scottis...

Martin Luther (1483-1546) contributed so much to the development of Western civilization that it is not overstatement to declare that he chan...

“Had I just 10,000 Cossacks, I would have conquered the whole world.” – Napoleon BonaparteThe history of Ukraine is a fasci...

Explore how Churchill went from schoolboy failure to wartime hero.As a British politician who was well known for serving twice as prime minis...

"A book that belongs on the shelf alongside The Gulag Archipelago. -- Kirkus Reviews"A short, haunting and beautifully written book." -- The ...

Elizabeth I became queen in 1558. In 1559, a worried Parliament petitioned her to marry so she may produce an heir, and she responded by cour...

The Alhambra in Granada, the Mosque in Cordova—these are some of the magnificent physical remnants of Moorish rule in Spain. Their infl...

Explore the History of Wales From Start to End...Do you have an interest in the fascinating history of Wales?Are there gaps in your knowledge...

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Goths, then pay attention...When J. R. R. Tolkien was writing his best-known work, The...

Nearly 50 years after Napoleon met his Waterloo, generals across the West continued to study his tactics and engage their armies the same way...

A contemporary account taken from the memoirs of Sir Thomas Herbers and Hohn Rushworth.Taken from two main sources, John Rushworth's Historic...

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The fifth in the new Naxos AudioBooks series ‘In a Nutshell’, The French Revolution is a short and accessible introduction to one...

After a devastating run of German victories, Allied troops are beginning to halt Hitler’s advance. But far from the battlefields, Allie...

Discover the surprising literary and poetic history of the RMS Titanic! Imagine getting the inside, behind the scenes story of the Titanic tr...

From the Plantation of Ulster in the seventeenth century to the entry into peace talks in the late twentieth century the Northern Irish peopl...

In this vividly descriptive short study, Peter Ackroyd tunnels down through the geological layers of London, meeting the creatures that dwell...

Today, Chechnya is a republic with some degree of autonomy in the contemporary Russian Federation. Its population is just over a million peop...

After D-Day had all but sealed the Allied victory, Stalin’s Red Army became more aggressive in retaking land formerly held by Germany....

 The history of Naples is long and tortured, or at least for centuries that was how its history has been told. Inhabited almost continu...

The War of the Spanish Succession, fought at the beginning of the 18th century, was the last major war engaged in by French King Louis XIV, ...

In the 18th century, Italy was still divided into smaller states, but differently than during medieval times when the political entities were...

The Cold War moved into one of its most dangerous phases after Brezhnev’s death as both sides deployed nuclear weapons within alarming...

“The Dodo never had a chance. He seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of becoming extinct and that was all he was good for....

Even after the British took control of Egypt, knowledge about the Nile remained sparse, most importantly the source of the river, and explora...

The modern history of Africa was, until very recently, written on behalf of the indigenous races by the white man, who had forcefully entered...

The modern history of Africa was, until very recently, written on behalf of the indigenous races by the white man, who had forcefully entered...

In 1937, George Orwell spent six months witnessing the rise and fall of a popular revolution on the streets of Barcelona and Catalonia. Alone...

British statesman Benjamin Disraeli delivered this commanding speech in 1872. His imperialistic ideals informed his Conservative political pl...

Queen Elizabeth delivered this speech to the soldiers at Tilbury as they prepared to face the Spanish Armada. Leaving her body guard behind, ...

Queen Victoria’s throne speech opened the 1876 parliamentary session. Delivered for her by the Lord Chancellor, it addressed the Crown&...

As per tradition, Queen Victoria’s throne speech marked the start of the annual legislative session. 1880 held a general election in wh...

Queen Victoria’s 1890 throne speech reads like a state of the union address. In it, she discusses the foreign affairs with Portugal, th...

Queen Victoria’s 1892 throne speech marks the second time in British history when the monarch’s wishes led to a vote of no confid...

In 1875, Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli purchased 44% of the Suez Canal’s stock from the bankrupt Egyptian Khedive. He did not consul...

Russia has been depicted by the media as a cyberspace boogeyman, a nation of hackers that can and will exploit any and all vulnerabilities of...

“During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have ...

“Goa is sadly famous for its inquisition, equally contrary to humanity and commerce. The Portuguese monks made us believe that the peo...

In the early 18th century, eighty years prior to revolution, France went wild for stocks and bonds. Mechanics dropped their tools, tradesmen ...

The Norman Conquest of England was that series of events during the latter part of the eleventh century by which a Norman Duke was set on the...

By the mid-15th century the Byzantine Empire had collapsed and the various Crusades that had taken place in the region had largely disrupted ...

Political Liberalism in Britain: the history of the Liberal Democrats and their predecessor parties, the Liberal Party and the SDP, from the ...