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古代史のベールに包まれた青銅器時代のミノア文明と、迷宮の怪物ミノタウロス神話の境界線が交差するとき、地中海に沈んだ失われた世界の記憶が鮮やかに蘇ります。通勤の喧騒を離れて知的好奇心を刺激する探求へと...

徹底的な破壊から蘇った奇跡の都市の軌跡をたどり、絶望的な廃墟から不屈のレジリエンスで立ち上がった人々の息遣いを感じる、傑出の歴史ドキュメンタリーです。静かな夜に深い思索にふけりたい時や、日々の通勤時...

集団の狂気と冷徹な司法制度が交差する中世・近世ヨーロッパを舞台に、名もなき人々がなぜスケープゴートとして迫害されたのかを紐解く歴史ノンフィクション。満員電車に揺られる通勤時間や静かな夜のひとり時間に...

アメリカ史上最大の未解決事件とされる16世紀の集団失踪、その背後に隠された孤立した北米開拓地での過酷なサバイバルと史実のピースを紐解く知的な歴史ドキュメンタリー。夜の深い静寂の中で知的好奇心を満たした...

16世紀の引き裂かれたフランスを舞台に、血を洗う宗教対立と熾烈な権力闘争が渦巻く中、三人の息子を通して王冠を守り抜いた一人の女性の壮絶な統治史が幕を開けます。毎日の通勤時間や知的なインプットを求める静...

華やかなルネサンス宮廷の陰で渦巻く権力闘争と政略結婚の罠、そして孤児からフランス王妃へと上り詰めた一人の女性の過酷な運命に没入する壮大な歴史ドラマ。静かな夜のリラックスタイムや日々の通勤時間に、血塗...

The remarkable, moving story of Prince Philip's mother by eminent biographer Hugo Vickers, updated in this new edition - for fans of Kingmaker and The Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse Princess Alice, mother of Prince Phillip, was something of a mystery figure even within her own...

E' il primo audiolibro della collana dedicata da il Narratore alla storia e alla civiltà del Bel Paese. Prima dell'ascesa di Roma la penisola era abitata...

'Absorbing . . . an intelligent and clear-eyed account of much that goes on in our country' Sunday Times 'Wry and readable' Guardian Getting to grips with Great Britain is harder than ever. We are a nation that chose Brexit, rejects immigration but is dependent on it, is getting older but less...

“A monumental new volume. . . . Revelatory, even revolutionary. . . . Clark has done a masterful job explaining the inexplicable.” — The Boston Globe One of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of the Year Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History) Historian...

Essays on London provide an acute and perceptive insight into early twentieth century city life. Including profound meditations on the rhythm of life on Oxford Street and the consumerism that drives it, vivid descriptions of the epic cathedrals that pave the streets and the place of religion in contemporary society, and an intimate sketch of a charming woman who is a Londoner to her core, these eloquent snapshots of the city are told with Woolf’s trademark intimacy and self-awareness.

Step into the turbulent history of the uprising that violently shattered an ancient monarchy to birth modern democracy. Perfect for your daily commute, this immersive historical journey plunges you into a society crushed by extreme class inequality and royal debt. Listen as desperate crowds and...

Medieval queens were seen as mere dynastic trophies, yet many of the Plantagenet queens of the High Middle Ages dramatically broke away from the restrictions imposed on their sex, as Alison Weir shows in this gripping group biography of England's fourteenth-century consorts. Using personal...

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...

Beginning on the night in November 1963 when his mum took him to see the Beatles live at Manchester’s ABC Cinema, Mike Pickering takes the listener through sixty years of clubs, clothes, gigs, record labels, football matches and politics. Pickering has lived through decades of rapid change in popular music. As an influential DJ he introduced house music into the legendary Haçienda. He signed Happy Mondays and James to Factory Records before working with Kasabian, Gossip and Calvin Harris at Sony.

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.

Using historical documents and translated by Régine Pernoud, Joan of Arc seeks to answer the questions asked by Joan's contemporaries as well as us: Who was she? Whence came she? What had been her life and exploits? First published in the United States in 1966 by Stein and Day, this book...

大英帝国の絶対的な支配に対し、抑圧されたインドの人々がいかにして歴史的蜂起に至ったのかを描き出す歴史ノンフィクション。知的好奇心を刺激するこのドラマチックな物語は、毎日の通勤時間や一人静かに過ごす夜...

大国に翻弄されながらも、巧みな外交戦略と不屈のレジリエンスで独立を死守した小国の生存戦略を解き明かす歴史ノンフィクションです。知的好奇心を満たしたい通勤のひとときや、静かに教養を深めたい夜のリラック...

The brilliant and sometimes scandalous lives of twenty-one women who made French history. From Eleanor of Aquitaine to Edith Piaf, Colette to Coco Chanel, discover the lives of 21 women who made French history. French women have always had so much more to say than ‘let them eat cake’! Whether kicking the English out of Orléans, marching on Versailles or running messages for the French resistance, their stories of courage, creativity and genius have long defined French history.