The city: a place of hopes and dreams, destruction and conflict, vision and order. The first city atlas, the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, was published by Braun and Hogenburg in 1572 for the armchair traveller interested in a world that was...

A concise history of France from prehistory to the present, recounting the great events and personalities and exploring France's cultural and political influence today. von Black, Jeremy

The most current and insightful look at the politics and culture of the Bond world as the last Daniel Craig movie hits theaters. This book presents an insightful and thoroughly entertaining exploration of the political context of the...

A Brief History of Britain 1851-2021 von Black, Jeremy

The Great War and the Making of the Modern World von Black, Jeremy

The Importance of Being Poirot von Black, Jeremy

A compelling and original interpretation of the rise of military aviation. von Black, Jeremy

England in the Age of Dickens: 1812-70 von Black, Jeremy

This book presents an insightful and thoroughly entertaining exploration of the political context of the Bond books and films. Jeremy Black offers a historian's interpretation from the perspective of the late 2010s, assessing James Bond...

Ein Atlas der Superlative, der in punkto Wissensvermittlung Maßstäbe setzt: Die ideale Verbindung aus Karten- und Bildmaterial sowie fundierten Texten lässt die Entwicklung der Menschheit von ihren Anfängen bis heute lebendig werden. Der...

Städte sind Orte der Hoffnungen und Träume. Hier begegnen sich Fortschritt und Zerstörung, Chaos und Ordnung. Da wundert es nicht, dass Stadtkarten nicht nur zu den beliebtesten, sondern auch zu den ältesten Formen der Kartographie...

Dedicated fans of Jane Austen's novels will delight in accompanying historian Jeremy Black through the drawing rooms, chapels, and battlefields of the time in which Austen lived and wrote. In this exceedingly readable and sweeping scan...