The award-winning author of Rubicon and a historian of antiquity shows how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination and transformed the world, from Babylon to the Beatles, Saint Michael to #MeToo. von Holland, Tom

The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackThe formation of England happened against the odds - the division of the country into rival kingdoms, the assaults of the Vikings,...

In the individualistic West, it is commonly assumed the Bible is about me and my relationship with God when, as many now agree, it is addressed primarily to the believing community. Written for the non-academic reader, in this updated...

Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World von Holland, Tom

In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small border river called the Rubicon and plunged Rome into cataclysmic civil war. Tom Holland's enthralling account tells the story of Caesar's...

"In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire" von Tom Holland ist eine umfassende Analyse der Ursprünge des Islam und der Expansion des arabischen Reiches. Holland untersucht die politischen,...

"In The Shadow Of The Sword: The Battle for Global Empire and the End of the Ancient World" von Tom Holland untersucht die transformative Periode der Spätantike, in der das Römische und das Persische Reich zusammenbrachen und den Weg für...

Im Schatten des Schwertes: Mohammed und die Entstehung des arabischen Weltreichs

"The Rest is History Returns: An A–Z of Historical Curiosities" von Tom Holland bietet eine unterhaltsame und lehrreiche Reise durch die weniger bekannten, aber faszinierenden Aspekte der Weltgeschichte. Das Buch ist in einem leicht...

'A compelling detective story of the highest order, In the Shadow of the Sword is also a dazzlingly colourful journey into the world of late antiquity . . . A profoundly important book' Christopher Hart, Sunday Times 'Beating a path from...

Accessible and exciting narrative history of the final 100 years of the Roman Republic. Over 17,000 copies of the hardback sold to date, with strong reviews across the media. von Holland, Tom

Tom Holland, author of RUBICON and PERSIAN FIRE, gives a thrilling panoramic account of the birth of the new Western Europe in the year 1000. Of all the civilisations existing in the year 1000, that of Western Europe seemed the...