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A Brief History of The Middle East from Abraham to Arafat by Christopher Catherwood
Category: History | Series: Brief History of
Western civilization began in the Middle East: Judaism and Christianity, as well as Islam, were born there. For over a millennium, the Islamic empires were ahead of the West in learning, technology and medicine, and were militarily far more powerful. It took another three hundred centuries for the West ...Show more
A Brief History of Venice by Elizabeth Horodowich
Category: History | Series: Brief History of
In this colorful new history of Venice, Elizabeth Horodowich, one of the leading experts on Venice, tells the story of the place from its ancient origins, and its early days as a multicultural trading city where Christians, Jews and Muslims lived together at the crossroads between East and West. She exp ...Show more
A Brief History of the Crimean War by Alexis S. Troubetzkoy
Category: History | Series: Brief History of
In September 1854, the armies of Britain, France and Turkey invaded Russia. In the months that followed over half a million soldiers fell. They died from bullet wounds and shrapnel, cholera and disease, starvation and freezing. The Crimean War was a medieval conflict fought in a modern age. But what is ...Show more
A Brief History of the English Civil Wars by MILLER JOHN
Category: European History | Series: Brief History of
'The English Civil War' is one of the most hotly contested areas of English History and John Miller is one of the experts on the period. Amid dramatic accounts of the key battles and confrontations, Miller explores what triggered the initial conflict between crown and parliament and how this was played ...Show more
A Brief History of the Holy Grail: The Legendary Quest by Giles Morgan
Category: World History | Series: Brief History of
"A Brief History of the Holy Grail" charts the origins of the grail story from early Christian gospels through to eastern mysticism and the rise of medieval romances and Arthurian legends. The grail reappears once more in the story of the Crusades and in particular the rise and dramatic fall of the Knig ...Show more
A Brief History of the Knights Templar by Helen Nicholson
Category: European History | Series: Brief History of
Much has been written about the Knights Templar in recent years. A leading specialist in the history of this legendary medieval order now writes a full account of the Knights of the Order of the Temple of Solomon, to give them their full title, bringing the latest findings to a general audience. Putting ...Show more
A Brief History of the Samurai by Jonathan Clements
Category: Popular History | Series: Brief History of
From a leading expert in Japanese history, this is one of the first full histories of the art and culture of the Samurai warrior. The Samurai emerged as a warrior caste in Medieval Japan and would have a powerful influence on the history and culture of the country from the next 500 years. Clements also ...Show more
Life in Victorian Britain (A Brief History series) by Michael Paterson
Category: History | Series: Brief History of
The Victorian era has dominated the popular imagination like no other period, but these myths and stories also give a very distorted view of the 19th century. The early Victorians were much stranger that we usually imagine, and their world would have felt very different from our own and it was only dur ...Show more