World History

1976. D.M. Low, who until recently was Lecturer in Classics at King's College, London, is well known as the editor of Gibbon's Journal and for his distinguished biography of the historian.

1968. 1st edition. An original publication by the Folio Society, this work looks at what people were eating in different areas at different times.

2005. One of Britain's leading authorities on historic architecture takes readers on a tour of mankind's greatest monuments.

1982. General introduction to ancient history outlining five main civilizations of early times.

1962. The second in a series of history books written for secondary schools.

2020. 1st edition. Abandoned Industrial Places captures the imposing, often eerie but abandoned structures round the world.

1999. Kenneth Clark's groundbreaking history of western art, architecture and philosophy since the dark ages to modern times.

1907 (113yo). 1st edition.

2005. Commemorative edition of The Nelson Dispatch with articles in celebration of 200 years since victory at the Battle of Trafalgar.

1958. Follows the chain of history in a way that will particularly commend it to all those readers, have nevertheless a serious interest in the subject.

2003. 1st edition. Some of the world's most important historians speculate about some of America's most intriguing crossroads.

1999. 1st edition. This magnificent book portrays a representative selection of archaeological treasures from around the world.

1924. 1st edition. VOL 1 of a 2 volume set.

1964. Describe everyday life in each of the ancient civilizations, presented as a visit to each country illustrated with photographs of art and architecture.

1964. A Handbook of western history, covers history from 600 BC through to the 19th century.

2011. How governments became convinced that they must encourage citizens to be healthier and more active, and how these efforts reinforced the cultural ties of the Empire.

1956. Scarce

1982. 1st edition. A vivid account of the upper-class men and women who journeyed the world in medieval days.

1981. Illustrated throughout with monochrome photos.

1979. 1st edition. Reconstructs the momentous campaign that would forever link Henry V's name with courage, valour, and a seemingly impossible victory.

1976. An irrefutable conclusion by the author, that Atlantis was a real place.

1977. A discussion of Atlantis, Stonehenge, Bigfoot, UFOs, and other enigmas and their possible explanations.

2007. Filled with provocative forecasts about how the world might change in the next half century.

2008. Mohandas Gandhi and Winston Churchill: India's moral leader and Great Britain's greatest Prime Minister.

1969. 1st edition. Takes us from the beginnings of trade between nomadic tribes in the east to the present day.

1994. Inside story by the leader of the scientific investigation of the 5000 year old body trapped in a glacier in the Alps.

2012. Highlights all of the major events that helped shape the 20th century.

2005. Remembering 180 extraordinary events that have shaped our world.

2004. A cultural and political history of that world-changing year of social upheaval, when television's impact on global events first became apparent.