Europe

This major new history of the Ottoman dynasty reveals a diverse empire that straddled East and West....

On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell....

The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....

A "marvelous" (Economist) account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination....

In this magisterial and acclaimed history, Anne Applebaum offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag....

A lively and engaging narrative history showing the common threads in the cultures that gave birth to our own....

The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history. What began as a small community of peasants camped among marshes and hills ended up ruling the known world.

Istanbul has long been a place where stories and histories collide, where perception is as potent as fact....

The incredible untold story of WWII's greatest secret fighting force, as told by our great modern master of wartime intrigue....

Thomas Cahill tells the story of how Europe evolved from the classical age of Rome to the medieval era. Without Ireland, the transition could not have taken place. When the seeds of culture were replanted on the European continent, it was from Ireland that they were germinated....