History

The long-forgotten Pilgrims' Roads to Santiago (The Ways of St. James) have been experiencing a renaissance for several decades, beginning in the  20th century. Its history of more than a thousand years is the source of many stories, legends and myths. Hanna Stefaniak, the author of...

The 1291 siege of Acre was the Alamo of the Christian Crusades -- the final bloody battle for the Holy Land. After a desperate six weeks, the beleaguered citadel surrendered to the Mamluks, bringing an end to Christendom's two-hundred year adventure in the Middle...

In this dazzling portrait of Rome’s first imperial dynasty, Tom Holland traces the astonishing century-long story of the rise and fall of the Julio-Claudians—Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero. Capturing both the brilliant allure of their rule and the blood-steeped shadows cast by their...

Who invented the American hamburgers that have colonized most of the world? Did you know the extravagant fake news about Benjamin Franklin? John R. S. Bell delights us in this book with exciting and largely unknown aspects of the history of USA in a...

After the war, the Nazis escaped from Germany had the explicit and direct support of the Francoist authorities to escape from the Allied courts of justice. The Costa del Sol became a refuge and residence for famous Nazis who escaped from justice, such as...

The history of the Camino de Santiago extends over centuries leaving behind many legends, mysteries, traditions and heritage. It is one of the most traveled pilgrimage routes, with roads covering the entire peninsula that extend across the European continent. Carlos Taranilla reveals its secrets...

Vikings are in vogue thanks to television and cinema. However, our history books about this great European culture have told us little about it. In these pages, readers will find a quite different, exhaustive and complex image of the Viking people through literature, archeology,...

In 1982, after the war between Argentina and Great Britain over the Falkland Islands, the English army ordered Officer Cardozo to identify the Argentine soldiers who died in that territory and to design a cemetery to bury them. The results of his work reached...

Madrid of legend is a historical journey through some of the most unusual and legendary events and characters of the capital. Thus we can discover a city that is the fruit of the prodigy because Madrid has become the thriving capital of today against...

The work of Spain in the New World is still very unknown, despite the fact that the surprising encounter of a world revolutionized the geographical reality and the order of the medieval world. The most relevant result of this work is the birth of...

There were two Norman Conquests. John Julius Norwich is writing about the 'other' one, the conquest of Sicily… When on Christmas Day 1130, Roger de Hauteville had himself crowned first King of Sicily, the island entered a golden age. Norman and Italian, Greek and...

This book provides an introduction to ancient Egypt. Beginning with a geographical overview that explains the development of Egyptian belief systems and its political development, it examines methodology, the history of Egyptology, religion, social organization, urban and rural life, and death.

Marxism offered the most powerful and comprehensive thought of the Christian era, it is an explanation of human nature, society, the development of history and the way forward to build an ideal world. However, this was misunderstood and, when embodied in communist regimes, many...

Vikings are in fashion. However, our history books have told us little about this great European culture. They have long been conceived of as a warrior society, dominated by tough men of a violent nature who worshiped mysterious and equally violent gods. Whoever opens...

Greek nannies told children stories they called mythoi, stories starring gods, men and extraordinary creatures. In this book we find a selection of Greek myths based on topics such as love, death, justice and destiny. Topics that appear in our lives to cause suffering...

A vision of the main empires that have occurred in history, from Egypt to the United States of America. A multitude of maps and illustrations that will help us understand Byzantium, the Chinese and Mongolian empires, the different caliphates, the pre-Columbian empires of America,...

An intergenerational book, fully illustrated, that will delight both the little ones and adults. With an informative language, but with great rigor, we will take a tour of those aspects of the history of Spain that are most unknown, bringing closer and facilitating their...

The appearance of modern mercenaries came at the end of World War II including the French, British, and Belgians that acted during the decolonization process in the 60s and 70s. Currently, the classic mercenary has been replaced by private military companies like Blackwater. This...

War: myths, heroism, barbarism, the dead. A deep anti-war consideration... the author reads the news in the newspaper, French planes have attacked military targets in which chemical weapons were allegedly stored. The fact impacts him because he is currently living in France, specifically in...

Communism has influenced the history of people in the twentieth century and continues to do so in the twenty-first. It has monopolized numerous books on history, politics, and philosophy, but none like this, that is full of curiosities, anecdotes, secrets and keys to understanding...