A walking tour of the border region where England and Scotland meet by the award-winning Scottish writer, meditating on the conflict and union of their relationship through history and in the future

Chronicling 200 years of glamour, hedonism and crime, this rich and vivid history of the French Riviera features a vast cast of famous characters.

A landmark journey along the full length of the old Iron Curtain - from the Arctic Circle to Turkey's eastern border - tracing the history of the Cold War and meeting the people who live with its legacy.

The author was struck one day by the thought that we devote a lot more time to studying the battles and wars of history than to considering what history really consists of. This inspired him to start a journey around his own house, considering how the ordinary things in life came to be. This book is about the history of the way we live.

The story of the rise and fall of Oliver Cromwell's Protectorate (1653-9), England's sole experiment in republican government - and one of the most extraordinary but neglected periods in British history.

A beautifully produced account of the signing, impact and legacy of Magna Carta, a document that became one the most influential statements in the history of democracy.

Take the trip of a lifetime through poetry, journalism, historical fact, and science fiction with this daily anthology of  travel writing.

Nieuw inzicht in de opstandige politieke partijen van het interbellum.

Het provocerende optreden van de verschillende Rapaille Partijen in het interbellum vormt een uniek verschijnsel in de Nederlandse politieke geschiedenis. De verkiezing in april 1921 van de alcoholistische zwerver Had-je-me-maar tot Amsterdams gemeenteraadslid veroorzaakte nationale ophef. Een monsterverbond van opstandige anarchisten, non-conformistische kunstenaars en extreemrechtse antidemocraten – verenigd onder de...