A comprehensive book on London. It comprises some 6,000 entries, organised alphabetically, cross-referenced and supported by two large indexes - one for the 10,000 people mentioned in the text and one general - and is illustrated with over 500 drawings, prints and photographs.

The name Borgia is synonymous with the corruption, nepotism, and greed that were rife in Renaissance Italy. This book removes the layers of myth around the Borgia family.

For more than 60 years Queen Victoria presided over 20 governments, and a country undergoing profound economic, social and political change. This biography brings Victoria and her ministers vividly to life, as well as all those whom the Queen came to know, to love, dislike, revere or denigrate.

Draws on contemporary source to look at the fascinating writer Samuel Johnson.

A Life of Religion, War and Treason. There is no biography of Charles I currently in print. This reissue is the only work on Charles I available to readers and is internationally recognized as the definitive work on the subject. Foreword from esteemed historian David Starkey.

Details the crucial years that formed Dickens the writer and Dickens the man. This title looks at a complex and baffling person, and delivers the fascinating tale of Dickens' development.

With his signature insight and compelling style, Christopher Hibbert explains the extraordinary complexities and contradictions that characterized Benito Mussolini. Hibbert traces his unstoppable rise to power, examines his legacy and reveals why he continues to be both revered and reviled by the Italian people.

Giuseppe Garibaldi was praised for his military genius, his courage, and his charisma. In this landmark biography, Christopher Hibbert reveals how this iconic figure and architect of Italian unification earned the adulation of not only his fellow Italians, but people across the globe.

This general introduction to popular history attempts to relate the events of each period of English history to the heritage that can still be seen and appreciated. Designed to make fact-finding easy, the volume is supported by numerous tables, maps and illustrations.

At its height Renaissance Florence was a centre of wealth, power and influence. A republican city-state funded by trade and banking, its bloody political scene was dominated by mercantile families, the most famous of which were the Medici. This book charts the family's huge influence on the political, economic and cultural history of Florence.

This beautifully written, informative study is a portrait, a history and a superb guide book, capturing fully the seductive beauty and the many layered past of the Eternal City. It covers 3,000 years of history from the citys quasi-mythical origins, through the Etruscan kings, the opulent glory of classical Rome, the decadence and decay of the Middle Ages and the beauty and corruption of the Renai

Weaves political, social and art history of Florence into a lively whole. This book features photographs and illustrations and line drawings that describe various buildings and treasures of the city.

Charts the French Revolution from its beginnings at an impromptu meeting on an indoor tennis court at Versailles in 1789, right through to the 'coup d'etat' that brought Napoleon to power ten years later. This book explains the drama and complexities of this era.

This is the vivid account of how a brilliant plan turned into an epic tragedy.

A guide to the use of the avian embryo in studies of vertebrate development. It includes approaches to analysis of the chick genome, gene knock-out studies using RNA interference, morpholinos, and other techniques. It focuses on providing practical guidance, highlighting potentials and pitfalls of key cell biological and embryological techniques.

A social history tracing the development of English society over a period of 900 years. This evocation of the past covers life in castles, palaces and monasteries, in the homes of rich merchants and in the hovels of peasants, describing in detail every aspect of medieval and modern life.

Suitable for Boswell and Johnson studies.

The Last Victorian King. To his mother Queen Victoria, he was 'poor Bertie', to his wife he was 'my dear little man', while the President of France called him 'a great English king', and the German Kaiser condemned him as 'an old peacock'. King Edward VII was all these things and more, as Hibbert reveals in this captivating biography.

Modern history has produced a single myth on a heroic scale to rival those of Alexander and Caesar - that of Napoleon. This biography examines all aspects of his career, life and death, attempting to reveal the man behind the soldier, statesman and legend.