Europe

Europe’s relationship with culture, even at the most basic level, dates back to at ...

A contemporary account taken from the memoirs of Sir Thomas Herbers and Hohn Rushworth.Ta...

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Carolingian Empire, then pay atten...

Even in the wake of Napoleon’s departure from the scene, the continental powers ha...

More often than not, the Romani are branded by even those who fancy themselves liberals ...

On New Year’s Day 1993, Czechoslovakia broke into two separate countries, the Czec...

Modern day Lithuania is a small country bordering the Baltic Sea with a population of le...

Some historians have called the Seven Years’ War the first true world war, and the...

Samoa is a group of about 20 islands in the South Pacific Ocean, totaling slightly over 1...

A history of Burgundy could more accurately be described as the "history of the Burgundi...

It has been famously pointed out that the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman,...

During the period after the collapse of the Roman Empire and the establishment of mediev...

Inside the Nazi Ring: A Naval Attache in Sweden, 1940-1945 provides a unique viewpoint of...

“The Dodo never had a chance. He seems to have been invented for the sole purpose o...

Portuguese maritime explorers had been gradually probing southwards along the west coast...

The Order of Santiago appeared shortly after the First Crusade and rose to prominence in...

The Holy Roman Empire was a fascinating institution as well as one of the most perplexin...

Artillery and handgonnes had been known since the early 14th century but only became effe...

After two world wars that had decimated the continent of Europe in little more than thir...

Know Your Dane—Unlocking the Secrets to the Danish Mentality is a comprehensive gui...

A unique collection of eyewitness accounts from some of the greatest diarists and journal...

Writing in the 19th century, John Timbs recounts the tales of some of the most idiosyncra...

The much-loved chronicler and observer of all that is unusual, John Timbs describes a sel...

Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet, GCVO, CH, CB (1853 – 1923) was a prominent Briti...

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was an English writer of 957 short stories and ...

Edgar Alfred Jepson (1863-1938) was an English author best known for his adventure and de...

William Le Queux (1864 - 1927) was an Anglo-French journalist and writer, diplomat, trave...

William Le Queux (1864 - 1927) was an Anglo-French journalist and writer, diplomat, trave...

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was an English writer of 957 short stories and ...

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874 – 1922) was a polar explorer who led three Britis...

In the century before the Black Death swept across the world, economic relations flourish...

In The Age of Revolution, renowned British Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm focuses on the...

London-born, Cambridge-trained historian Tony Judt explains how postwar European history ...

Travel hundreds of thousands of years back to when cavemen roamed Earth!Discover what lif...

Journey through modern European history in Captivating History’s second volume of E...

For over three and a half years, from 1779 to 1783, the tiny territory of Gibraltar was ...

The Atlantic has borne witness to major historic events that have drastically shaped hum...

It has been famously pointed out that the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, ...