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The dramatic, absolutely outrageous story of Caroline of Brunswick, a beloved icon of the Regency era, who uplifted the voice of the public and unabashedly defied society’s expectations, yet was shockingly robbed of her crown, from the host of the Vulgar History podcast. Caroline Amelia...

Tatsächlich hatte Adolf Hitler jedoch eine Geliebte, deren Existenz bis zur letzten Stunde des «Dritten Reiches» geheim gehalten wurde: Eva Braun. Mit detektivischem Spürsinn wird in diesem Buch die Lebensgeschichte der Frau an Hitlers Seite rekonstruiert, die aus einem kleinbürgerlichen Haushalt bis in den inneren Zirkel des NS-Machthabers führte und einen Tag nach der Hochzeit im Berliner «Führerbunker» mit dem gemeinsamen Selbstmord am 30. April 1945 endete. Welche Rolle spielte die Geliebte in Hitlers privatem Kreis? Über wie viel Einfluss verfügte sie?

Paris is one of the most recognisable cities on the planet. Its skyline is etched into our minds with the Eiffel Tower rising above the rooftops, the Arc de Triomphe commanding the Champs-Élysées, and the Louvre guarding masterpieces beneath its glass pyramid. Yet for all its fame, Paris holds secrets—curious, quirky, and quietly astonishing facts that even many Parisians don’t know.

Behind every great novel lies a city of unseen lives. Quiet History Behind Les Misérables invites listeners into the everyday world of ordinary people living in 19th-century Paris—the workers, vendors, mothers, children, and laborers who formed the living backdrop of Victor Hugo’s masterpiece. This book does not retell the story of Les Misérables. Instead, it explores the real social fabric that made such a story possible.

Das Stück über ihn erinnert nicht nur an die Aufbruchstimmung in Zeiten der Weimarer Republik, es zeichnet auch den Zusammenbruch eines Deutschlands nach, das sein Heil im Faschismus suchte. Vom gefeierten Autor des expressionistischen Dramas Der Sohn über den entschiedenen Gegner des Ersten wie Zweiten Weltkriegs und Komödienschreiber hin zum durch Europa Flüchtenden auf der Suche nach einem Ort, der ihm vor den Schergen des Dritten Reichs Schutz bieten sollte, ist das Drama Hasenclever das Porträt einer Zeit, die unter Krieg und Diktatur litt.

رحلةٌ تجوب البحر الأبيض المتوسط من «الإسكندرية» حتى «إسبانيا»، تصفُ أحداثًا تاريخيةً واجتماعيةً هامةً على لسان الراوي؛ وهو رحالةٌ مصريٌّ من صُنع خيال المُؤلف.

National Trust houses and landscapes might seem to embody conventional family values, but for generations some very different stories were hidden away. These belong to owners now considered queer for defying the norms of sexual orientation or gender identity – sometimes blatantly, occasionally as open secrets, but most often very discreetly.

أكثر من خمسة قرون مضت منذ ضاع الفردوس، وانتهى الوجودُ العربيُّ في تلك البقاع الإسبانيَّة التي شهدت فتراتٍ من الإشراقِ والتألُّقِ الآخذِ بالألباب، شاغلِ الناس قديمًا وحديثًا.

على الرغم من صغر حجم هذا الكتاب إلا أنه يحتوي على فوائد جمَّة؛ وذلك لأنه جمع بين التاريخ والرحلة، حيث يسرد تاريخ الأندلس منذ أقدم العصور؛ متتبِّعًا تاريخها قبل وصول العرب لها، وفتحها على يد «طارق بن زياد»، ثم دخول «عبد الرحمن الداخل» وتأسيسه مملكة عربية، ويُظهر «محمد كرد» مواطن القوة التي مكَّنت العرب من تأسيس دولة وحضارة، حينما كانت أوروبا تغوص في الظلمات.

La Armada española encarna una gran historia de éxito, a pesar de las numerosas mentiras que persiguen sus principales victorias y sus supuestas derrotas. En estas páginas se analiza la rivalidad con Inglaterra que ha dado lugar a tanta desinformación. Ni España perdió el tridente de los mares en el siglo XVI ni la Armada Invencible fue la gran derrota militar que la propaganda anglosajona dejó escrita. Lejos de ser una fuerza anticuada o en decadencia, el poderío español se mantuvo en vanguardia desde los albores de la Edad Moderna hasta comienzos del siglo XX.

When World War I began in August 1914, the British confidently predicted that it would be "over by Christmas." In Berlin, Kaiser Wilhelm II told his soldiers that they would be "home before the leaves fall." But by late December, it was clear not only that the war was far from over, but also that this would be a more destructive and deadly conflict than any that had come before. On the Western Front, British troops faced the Germans across two opposing lines of trenches.

Before Don Quixote rode toward the windmills, Spain itself was already changing. This book is not a retelling of Cervantes’ novel. It is a quiet journey into the world that made such a story possible. In the late 16th and early 17th centuries, Spain stood at the edge of transformation. The age of knights and unquestioned honor was fading. Printing presses were spreading stories into ordinary homes. Villages still woke before dawn, horses still carried dust along long roads, and faith shaped daily life—but beneath the surface, something irreversible was happening.

In 1529, Michelangelo was in Venice when he first met Titian, Venice's famed painter of princes, gods, and goddesses. Coming face-to-face with Titian's drama-infused, richly colored works, the creator of David and the Sistine Chapel ceiling realized he had met a worthy opponent. Twenty-five years later, Titian came to Rome to paint the pope, and the two met again. Painting in the Vatican, Titian experienced the full power of Michelangelo's work and vowed to surpass the achievements of his older contemporary.

Growing up at Farmleigh, a country house outside Dublin, Arthur Edward Guinness – Ned for short – was fascinated by the secrets and legends that surrounded the early generations of his famous family of brewers. Against a backdrop of epic and convulsive times in Ireland and Britain, he outlines the struggles and passions of his ancestors, who went from obscurity in Kildare to the pinnacle of Irish and British society.

Walter Besant was a novelist and historian, and his topographical and historical writings, ranging from prehistoric times to the nineteenth century, were probably best known through the detailed 10-volume Survey of London published after his death. This earlier single volume covers, in less depth, the whole period from prehistory until the 19th century. The book appears originally to have been written for boys, and, indeed, the chapters are called "Lessons".

The Druids, the enigmatic high-ranking priestly class of the ancient Celts, continue to capture the human imagination. Their history, however, is largely a study of external perspectives; a mosaic pieced together from the writings of their Greco-Roman contemporaries and later medieval Irish literature. This lack of first-hand accounts is not due to a lack of literacy, but rather a doctrinal prohibition against writing down their sacred knowledge, opting instead for a rigorous oral tradition that could take up to twenty years to master.

Este nuevo libro de Pío Moa expone con rigor historiográfico y agilidad periodística la apasionante evolución de un partido, cambiante como también lo ha sido, a veces traumáticamente, la historia del país en los ciento cuarenta años largos de existencia del PSOE. Salvo en la etapa franquista, el PSOE es el partido que más ha influido en la historia de España desde 1917 hasta la actualidad, y de modo determinante en dos periodos cruciales: la II República y la democracia actual desde su triunfal acceso al poder en 1982.

Éxodo y poder es la jugosa crónica de la historia de medio siglo de vida del Partido Popular y, por tanto, de muchos momentos decisivos de la política española en las últimas décadas. En sus páginas, nos acerca de primera mano a la personalidad de quienes han pilotado el devenir del centroderecha en España, con sus convicciones y sus complejos, en medio de pugnas internas o frente a sus rivales de los otros partidos.

Henry VIII is one of the most famous monarchs to have ruled England. Yet, what was life like for those that he ruled? How were they impacted by the wars with France, his marital disasters and the religious Reformation that his chief ministers implemented? The Age of Plunder does not dwell upon the lives of political and religious leaders such as Wolsey, Cromwell and Cranmer, but instead provides a vivid depiction of Tudor England from the perspective of those who tended the crops, sat at the looms and worked in the mines.

En el Madrid de 1936 surge la conmovedora historia del doctor Georges Henny, delegado de Cruz Roja Internacional, uno de los héroes humanitarios que tuvo el valor de enfrentarse a los horrores de una guerra sin cuartel, despiadada y brutal. Alrededor del joven pediatra suizo confluyeron las iniciativas a favor de todas las víctimas de la contienda en una ciudad golpeada por el asedio de las tropas franquistas y por la represión republicana, que tuvo en Paracuellos del Jarama uno de sus capítulos más siniestros.