Looks at some of the inventions and innovations bought to us by the Vikings.

Offers readers a chance to understand more about Ukraine's remarkable past, examining the crucial moments of Ukrainian and global history of the past 1000 years. In this compelling history, learn how the emergence of medieval states, the discovery of America, the industrial and French revolutions, two world wars, the emergence and collapse of totalitarian regimes, recent middle-class revolutions and the 2022 Russian invasion - are all closely affiliated....

The history of the Celts is the history of a misnomer. There has never been a distinct people, race or tribe claiming the name of Celtic, though remnants of different languages and cultures remain throughout Wales, Ireland, Scotland, and Cornwall. The word keltoi first appears in Greek as applied generally to aliens or 'barbarians' - and theories of Celticism continue to fuel many of the prejudices and misconceptions that divide the peoples of the...

Looks at how Vikings prepared themselves for battle.

Dan Jones's epic history tells nothing less than the story of how the world we know today came to be built. It is a thousand-year adventure that moves from the ruins of the once-mighty city of Rome, sacked by barbarians in AD 410, to the first contacts between the old and new worlds in the 16th century. It shows how, from a state of crisis and collapse, the West was rebuilt and came to dominate the entire globe. The book identifies three key themes...

Looks at what life was like in the British Isles during the period encompassing the Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Stone Age.

How do the myths that shaped modern Russia, and their reinvention by those in power, rule the country today? Here, Orlando Figes breathes life into the narratives that make sense of the uncertain world we now find ourselves in. 'The Story of Russia' begins in the first millennium, when Russia's lands were initially settled by the Slavs, and ends with Putin in the present day. From Boris and Gleb, the first saints of the Russian Church, to the crowning...

Explores the history and culture of the Vikings with a range of 'would you rather' scenarios.

Looks at what it was like to live in the British Isles at the time of the Vikings.

This is an anthology of women's letters written during times of conflict in Britain from the Wars of the Roses in the 15th century to the end of World War II.;These letter-writers range from such prominent figures as Lady Frances Nelson writing to her husband and Florence Nightingale reporting to her family from the Crimean front, to ordinary, unknown women, most of whose letters have never before been published.