Vanished Kingdoms
Subtitled, "The Lives & Afterlives Of Europe's Lost Realms". From the author of "The Isles", which sold 100,000 hardbacks and 180,000 paperbacks, this is a magical history of the lost parts of Europe which were the major states of their time, but are now largely forgotten. 24 pages of colour illustr

Europe: A History
From the Ice Age to the Cold War, from Reykjavik to the Volga, from Minos to Margaret Thatcher, this is the story of Europe in a single volume.

The Isles. A History
"Davies is among the few living professional historians who write English with vitality, sparkle, economy and humour. The pages fly by, not only because the pace is well judged but also because the surprises keep coming" - Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Sunday Times. "A book which really will change the