History
From the lavishly illustrated, popular 'Seventy' series to award-winning scholarship, from such engrossing reads as The Story of Writing to Gay Life and Culture, our books on history are broad in reach, ambitious in scale and second to none.
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- Ancient History & Archaeology
- Aboriginal Australians
- The Ancient World at War
- Ancient Bodies, Ancient Lives
- The Ancient Metallurgy of Copper
- Ancient Mexico & Central America
- Angkor
- Angkor and the Khmer Civilization
- Antiquity & Photography
- Archaeology
- Art & Archaeology of the Greek World
- The Aztecs
- The Aztecs
- Babylon
- Before Scotland
- The Blood of Kings
- Breaking the Maya Code
- The Bronze Age in Europe
- Çatalhöyük: The Leopard's Tale
- The Celts
- China
- Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens
- Civilizations of the Ancient World
- The Complete World of Human Evolution
- The Complete World of the Dead Sea Scrolls
- The Complete Ice Age
- Conceiving God
- Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya
- Deciphering Ancient Minds
- Discovery!
- The Druids
- Exploring the World of the Druids
- Exploring the World of the Celts
- Exploring the World of the Vikings
- Figuring It Out
- Final Report
- The First Humans
- The First North Americans
- The Great Empires of the Ancient World
- Hidden Afghanistan
- The Hittites
- The Human Past
- The Incas
- The Incas and their Ancestors
- The Incas
- Inside the Neolithic Mind
- Khmer
- Kition
- The Man Who Deciphered Linear B
- The Maya
- The Megalithic Monuments of Britain and Ireland
- A Metallurgical Gemara
- Mexico
- The Middle East
- The Mind in the Cave
- Monuments of the Incas
- The Moundbuilders
- Newgrange
- The Olmecs
- Palenque
- People and the Sky
- Persia and the West
- Reading Maya Art
- Reading the Maya Glyphs
- The Search for Ancient China
- The Seventy Wonders of the Ancient World
- The Seventy Great Mysteries of the Ancient World
- Solving Stonehenge
- The Splendour of Lascaux
- Splendours of the Ancient Andes
- Standing Stones
- Standing with Stones
- The Story of Decipherment
- Stonehenge Complete
- Stonehenge Complete
- Studies in Ancient Mining and Metallurgy in South-West Spain
- The Tarim Mummies
- Treasures of the National Museum of Anthropology Mexico
- Underwater Archaeology
- The Vikings and America
- Egypt & Egyptology
- Abydos
- Akhenaten
- Ancient Egypt on Five Deben a Day
- Chronicle of the Pharaohs
- Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt
- Cleopatra
- The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt
- The Complete Pyramids
- The Complete Tutankhamun
- The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt
- The Complete Valley of the Kings
- The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt
- Coptic Egypt
- Discovering Egyptian Hieroglyphs
- The Egyptians
- Egyptian Art
- The Egyptian Mining Temple at Timna
- The Eternal Light of Egypt
- The Hidden Tombs of Memphis
- House of Eternity: The Tomb of Nefertari
- An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Egypt
- King Tutankhamun
- King Tutankhamun
- Lives of the Ancient Egyptians
- The Lost Tombs of Thebes
- Mummies
- The Pharaohs
- Pharaohs of the Sun
- The Pyramids of Giza
- Ramesses the Great
- Reading Egyptian Art
- The Royal Tombs of Egypt
- The Search for Ancient Egypt
- The Seventy Great Mysteries of Ancient Egypt
- The Temples of Karnak
- The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Ancient Egypt
- The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Ancient Egypt
- The Tomb in Ancient Egypt
- Greek & Roman History
- Alexander the Great
- Ancient Rome on Five Denarii a Day
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient Athens on Five Drachmas a Day
- The Archaeology of Nostalgia
- Art and Myth in Ancient Greece
- Art & Archaeology of the Greek World
- Chronicle of the Roman Republic
- Chronicle of the Roman Emperors
- The Complete Greek Temples
- The Complete World of Greek Mythology
- The Complete Roman Army
- The Complete Pompeii
- The Complete Roman Emperor
- The Complete Roman Army
- The Diffusion of Classical Art in Antiquity
- The Enemies of Rome
- The Etruscans
- Exploring the World of the Ancient Greeks
- Gladiator
- The Gods of the Greeks
- The Golden Treasures of Troy
- The Greeks Overseas
- Greece
- The Greek and Roman Myths
- Greek Sculpture
- The Heroes of the Greeks
- The History of Greek Vases
- Legionary
- Lives of the Romans
- Philip Matyszak's Classical Compendium
- Mystery Cults in the Ancient World
- Panorama of the Classical World
- Periplous
- Petra
- Pompeii
- Pompeii and the Roman Villa
- The Romans Who Shaped Britain
- Rome & the Sword
- Rome in the Ancient World
- Roman Britain
- The Search for Ancient Greece
- Some Talk of Alexander
- The Sons of Caesar
- The Traveller's Guide to Classical Philosophy
- The World of Late Antiquity
- General History
- The Age of Empires
- The Arms of Greece and her Balkan Neighbours in the Ottoman Period
- Assassination
- At Home in Australia
- Berlin in the Twenties
- Books on Fire
- Books: A Living History
- Cabinets of Curiosities
- The Calendar
- Chronicle of the Chinese Emperors
- The Christian World
- Chronicle of the Russian Tsars
- Chronicle of the Old Testament Kings
- The Cold War
- Creation
- The Crusades and the Holy Land
- The Department Store
- The Doctors of Revolution
- Elite Fighting Forces
- Elizabeth I and Her World
- The Empire of Death
- England's Forgotten Past
- England: A Concise History
- The Forbidden City
- Freemasonry
- Gay Life and Culture
- Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire
- George IV
- George III
- The Great Explorers
- Great Discoveries in Medicine
- The Great Cities in History
- The Great Empires of Asia
- Great Military Leaders and their Campaigns
- Heraldry
- The Highland Clans
- High Society
- The Historical Atlas of the Celtic World
- How to Win on the Battlefield
- India: A Concise History
- The Irish World
- The Irish Famine
- Ireland: A Concise History
- The Ismailis
- King Arthur
- Knight
- The Long History of Old Age
- London in the Sixties
- Lost Languages
- Maharaja
- Mary Queen of Scots
- The Medieval World Complete
- The Medieval World at War
- Mine Eyes Have Seen
- Modern Times, Modern Places
- Mughal India
- The Mughal Emperors
- Munich
- The New Atlas of World History
- The Nomadic Peoples of Iran
- The Northern World
- Numbers
- 1000 Languages
- On the Estate
- Outnumbered Outgunned Undeterred
- Panorama of the Enlightenment
- Paris Between the Wars
- Power and Profit
- Queen Elizabeth II
- Renaissance Florence on Five Florins a Day
- Renaissance People
- The Renaissance Complete
- The Renaissance Complete
- Revolution in Hungary
- The Roman Catholic Church
- The Roman Catholic Church
- Russia of the Tsars
- Russia: A Concise History
- Samurai
- Scotland: A Concise History
- The Scots
- Searching for Utopia
- Seeds, Sex and Civilization
- The Seventy Wonders of China
- The Seventy Great Battles of All Time
- The Seventy Great Journeys in History
- Shakespeare's London on Five Groats a Day
- Singapore
- The Slave Trade
- Southeast Asia: A Concise History
- The Story of Measurement
- The Story of Writing
- Tibet
- Tibet and Her Neighbours
- The True History of Chocolate
- Turkey
- The Victorian Railway
- The Vikings and their Origins
- The Vikings
- Voyages of Discovery
- War Since 1900
- The Wild West on Five Bits a Day
- The World of Islam
- The World of Buddhism
- The Worldwide History of Warfare
- Writing
