To Thomas Carlyle he was 'not worth his weight in cold bacon,' but, to Queen Victoria, Benjamin D...

invites you to judge a book by its cover - or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims...

Christopher Hibbert draws on every known contemporary source to provide a minutely detailed look ...

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This colorful history of a powerful family brings the world they lived in--the glittering Rome of...

When Charles Stuart was a young child, it seemed unlikely that he would survive, let alone becom...

Giuseppe Garibaldi was praised for his military genius, his courage, and his charisma. Known as t...

The last year in the life of Bristish general James Wolfe.

With his signature insight and compelling style, Christopher Hibbert explains the extraordinary c...

With passion and wit, Christopher Hibbert details the crucial years that formed Dickens the write...

Africa Explored collects the amazing tales of Europeans in Africa before the wave of colonialism.

To his mother, Queen Victoria, he was 'poor Bertie,' to his wife he was 'my dear little man,' whi...