Dynastic marriages mattered in early modern Europe: the creation of alliances and the outbreak of wars were tied to continental dynastic politics.

Reissued in a new paperback package to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the London Underground. 'I can think of few better ways to while away those elastic periods awaiting the arrival of the next eastbound Circle Line train than by reading [this book].' Tom Fort, Sunday Telegraph

An award-winning investigative reporter unearths the secrets of a now all too familiar mode of warfare, and explores the secretive history of the United States's use of armed drones. Sudden Justice outline how the use of drones may well damage long-term Western interests.

Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle's East End Factories. The Sugar Girls went straight to No.10 in the Sunday Times Bestseller List, spending five weeks in the top ten.

An epic and intimate story of the crop that created nations, enriched empires, enslaved peoples - and determined the destiny of one family over four centuries

A dazzling portrait of a community of intellectual exiles, during the extraordinary summer of 1936.

During his reign Louis XIV was the most powerful king in Europe. He presided over a golden age of military and artistic achievement in France, and deployed his charm and talents for spin and intrigue to hold his court and country within his absolute control.

How widespread belief in fortune-telling, prophecies, spirits, magic, and protective talismans gripped the battlefields and home fronts of Europe during the First World War.

The world relies on American leadership, and America has international interests - they must continue their role as an indispensable nation and remain actively involved abroad. This title outlines the three choices facing the new America: Be independent; Moneyball: America; and Be indispensable.

The extraordinary true story of one of the greatest mysteries of World War II

A study of the massacre at Wounded Knee in history and memory.

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Richard Wyndham's evocative and charmingly eccentric account of his tour of Sussex, Kent and Surrey, taken as Britain stood on the brink of the second world war. An eccentric, fun and informative read, following a self-confessed 'haphazard' journey along side roads.

Jennifer Allen details a German utopian movement that arose against capitalist triumphalism at the end of the Cold War. Describing public art and history projects, alongside novel community-centered political institutions, Allen shows how activists invited ordinary people to build a radically new society free from alienation and disenfranchisement.

Locates the immediate origins of the Anglo-American 'special relationship' in the diplomacy of Roosevelt's administration.

Produced in 1917 for US servicemen going off to war in Europe, this is a pocket-sized vocabulary book, containing everything a soldier would need to know in the trenches.

The peace agreement in Northern Ireland has been held up as a beacon for conflict resolution. This book offers an analytical history of the transition from war to peace in Northern Ireland, and compares the violent conflict in the Basque country over the same period, demonstrating how events there have developed very differently.

The glittering, poignant and sometimes shocking story of the love affair between two members of the Souls, the group of unconventional aristocrats at the heart of late Victorian society

Drawing on declassified documents, this book reveals missions as remarkable as a plot to assassinate Mussolini and plans to arm the Mafia, and brings home the risks that secret agencies run when trying to undermine well-entrenched regimes. It features a tale of desperate daring, tragic sacrifice and long-held wartime secrets.