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The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the closing years of the 10th century. Written by a lady of the court at the height of Heian culture, this book enthrals with its lively gossip, witty observations and subtle impressions. Lady Shonagon...

Between 1500 and 1800, the North Sea region overtook the Mediterranean as the most dynamic part of the world. At its core, the Anglo-Dutch relationship intertwined close alliance and fierce antagonism to intense creative effect. But a precondition for the Industrial Revolution was also the establishment in British North America of a unique type of colony - for the settlement of people and culture, rather than the extraction of things.

In The Dutch Moment, Wim Klooster shows how the Dutch built and eventually lost an Atlantic empire that stretched from the homeland in the United Provinces to the Hudson River and from Brazil and the Caribbean to the African Gold Coast. The fleets and armies that fought for the Dutch in the decades-long war against Spain included numerous foreigners, largely drawn from countries in northwestern Europe. Likewise, many settlers of Dutch colonies were born in other parts of Europe or the New World.

In this intimate history of the extraordinary Black Plague pandemic that swept through the British Isles in 1665, Evelyn Lord focuses on the plague's effects on smaller towns, where every death was a singular blow affecting the entire community. Lord's fascinating reconstruction of life during plague times presents the personal experiences of a wide range of individuals, from historical notables to common folk. The Great Plague brings this dark era to vivid life through stories of loss and survival from those who grieved, those who fled, and those who hid to await their fate.

The definitive history of a powerful family dynasty who dominated Europe for centuries—from their rise to power to their eventual downfall. "A feat of both scholarship and storytelling." —Wall Street Journal In The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it...

絶対王政の冷酷な情報統制と、顔を奪われた孤独な囚人の謎が交差する歴史ミステリーは、静かな夜の知的探求にふさわしい深い没入感をもたらします。強大な国家権力はなぜ、ひとりの人間の存在をこれほどまでに徹底...

宗教対立という小さな火種が、いかにしてヨーロッパ全体を巻き込む巨大な国際戦争へと拡大していったのか、その混沌とした歴史のうねりを一本の物語として鮮やかに描き出します。静かな夜のひとときや毎日の通勤の...

An ideal introduction to the history of Buddhism. Andrew Skilton - Senior Research Fellow in Buddhist Studies, Kings College, London - explains the development of the basic concepts of Buddhism and its spread across the continents during its 2,500 years of history. He begins with a close look at...

A vivid, dramatic, and eye-opening historical narrative, The Man in the Iron Mask reveals the story behind the most enduring mystery of Louis XIV’s reign. The Man in the Iron Mask has all the hallmarks of a thrilling adventure story: a glamorous and all-powerful king, ambitious ministers, a...

Accounts of seemingly impossible phenomena abounded in the early modern era—tales of levitation, bilocation, and witchcraft—even as skepticism, atheism, and empirical science were starting to supplant religious belief in the paranormal. In this book, Carlos Eire explores how a culture increasingly devoted to scientific thinking grappled with events deemed impossible by its leading intellectuals.

The Thirty Years War devastated seventeenth-century Europe, killing nearly a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to towns and countryside alike. Peter Wilson offers the first new history in a generation of a horrifying conflict that transformed the map of the modern world.

In 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch-controlled city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York, had dreams of empire, and their archrivals, the Dutch, were in the way. But Richard Nicolls, the military officer who led the English flotilla bent on destruction, changed his strategy once he encountered Peter Stuyvesant, New Netherland’s canny director general.

تتبع قصة الإمبراطورية المغولية والحب الخالد الذي أثمر بناء أعظم ضريح معماري في التاريخ، بعيدًا عن الأساطير الشائعة. تغوص هذه الرحلة التاريخية المهيبة في أعماق...

أزمة سياسية عاصفة وتمرد تاريخي قادا أمة عريقة إلى لحظة درامية غيرت مسار التاريخ الأوروبي: محاكمة وإعدام ملك متوج. وسط أجواء مشحونة بالتوتر الديني والصراع على...

تتبع السرد التاريخي المظلم لجنون الارتياب الجماعي الذي حوّل الشكوك اليومية إلى آلة إعدام لا ترحم في أوروبا. يضعك هذا العمل المفعم بالتوتر في قلب المحاكمات...

Acompanhe a ascensão épica e a queda inevitável de uma potência militar que dominou as águas e os reinos da Europa. Perfeito para transformar seu trajeto diário em uma jornada imersiva, este relato transporta você diretamente para os campos de batalha e cortes reais do Mar Báltico...

Il brutale scontro tra Parlamento e Corona innesca una guerra civile spietata, culminando nel primo regicidio d'Europa. Un saggio storico teso e avvincente che ti trasporta nell'Inghilterra del Seicento, ideale per trasformare il tuo tragitto quotidiano in un'immersione totale negli intrighi di...

Mergulhe na história onde o luto de um imperador e a ambição política ergueram o mausoléu mais icônico do mundo. Esta narrativa épica é a companhia perfeita para enriquecer seu trajeto diário ou sua rotina de foco com uma verdadeira viagem no tempo até a Índia do século XVII. Sinta a...

王と民衆、そして国家と教会の複雑な権力闘争が、絶対君主の公開処刑という血塗られた結末へと転がり落ちていく、スリリングなヨーロッパ史の転換点。静かな夜のひとときや毎日の通勤電車の中でイヤホンを耳にすれ...

Adéntrate en la devastadora guerra religiosa y política que fracturó Europa Central y forjó la diplomacia moderna. Ideal para acompañar tus trayectos diarios o enriquecer tus horas de enfoque, este inmersivo relato cronológico te sumerge de lleno en las tensiones de la Edad Moderna...