"Im Schatten des Schwertes: Mohammed und die Entstehung des arabischen Weltreichs" von Susanne Held ist ein historisches Sachbuch, das sich auf die Entstehung des Islam und das arabischen Weltreichs konzentriert. Das Buch beginnt mit der...

'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...

Dominion von Holland, Tom

A brilliant new account of the world's very first clash of civilisations between the Persians and the Greeks in 480BC. It was 2,500 years ago that East and West first went to war. In the early 5th century BC, a global superpower was...

Dynasty von Holland, Tom

The formation of England occurred against the odds: an island divided into rival kingdoms, under savage assault from Viking hordes. But, after King Alfred ensured the survival of Wessex and his son Edward expanded it, his grandson...

THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD'Definitely my book of the year' Bernard Cornwell'A rich and compelling history of Christendom . . . A masterpiece of scholarship and storytelling, Dominion surpasses Holland's earlier books in its sweeping...

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...