The first comprehensive account of the rise and fall of what historians consider to be the world's very first empire: Assyria

'A work of remarkable synthesis. The range of its sources is truly extraordinary . . . Frahm punctures a fair share of myths too' Pratinav Anil, The Times

At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. It was the first empire the world had ever seen.

Here, historian Eckart Frahm tells the epic story of Assyria...

A fresh perspective on the celebrated Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn.

A history of European thought, from the fall of Rome in the fifth century AD to the Scientific Revolution thirteen centuries later.

A powerful, surprising exploration of Scotland's landscape and its hidden history

This original and deeply provocative book, first published in 1978, was the first to make Palestine the subject of a serious debate – one that remains as critical as ever.

A luminous and original account of the Bathysphere expeditions: the first ever deep-sea voyage to the otherworldly terrain more than 3,000ft below sea level

This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self-imposed seclusion.

De relatie tussen het parlement en de politieke partij is traditiegetrouw ingewikkeld. De Grondwet benadrukt het ideaal van het onafhankelijke mandaat (‘zonder last’) van elk individueel Kamerlid; in het Reglement van Orde van de Tweede Kamer komt de politieke partij niet voor. Toch is, zeker sinds de invoering van het evenredigheidsstelsel in 1917, de impact van politieke partijen op het functioneren van de parlementaire democratie enorm: het parlement is in belangrijke mate een partijpo...