Written for the 2009 Religious Studies GCSE specification.

Though more than half a century has passed since the Spanish Civil War began in 1936, it is still the subject of controversy. This title presents an objective analysis of a conflict - where fascism and democracy, communism and Christianity, centralism and regionalism were at stake - and which was a much an international civil war as a Spanish one.

The rise and fall of the business of slave trading - by a bestselling historian

Few RAF pilots flew operationally from the beginning to the end of the Second World War. Fewer still can claim to have experienced action from Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain, El Alamein and the D-Day landings, to bomber escort duty in the closing days of the war in Europe. Peter Ayerst is one such man and his tale is, as yet, untold.

Born in Galicia, possessed of little education and less money, Eduardo Barreiros (1919-1992) rose to become a successful entrepreneur and one of Spain's prominent industrialists. This biography recounts Barreiros' origins as a car mechanic, his success in the motor industry, and his little-known role as a motor industry founder in 1980s Cuba.

A uniquely comprehensive and detailed reference work on the Spanish Conquistadors who conquered New Spain (Mexico) in the early 16th century; an invaluable source for scholars and students by the leading authority on the period.

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.

The Spanish Empire of Charles V. Combining narrative, acute descriptions of individuals and astounding tales of adventure, Hugh Thomas brings alive one of the most extraordinary and influential moments in High Renaissance and world history.

250 years after Columbus launched the most important expedition of conquest in history, Magellan, sailing with a Spanish fleet, followed in his wake. The Spanish adventurers convinced themselves an Earthly Paradise existed in the Caribbean and that the rivers flowed with gold. This title explores the early years of Spain's imperial achievement.

Hugh Thomas' account of the collapse of Montezuma's great Aztec empire under the onslaughts of Cortes' conquistadors is one of the great historical works of our times. A thrilling and sweeping narrative, it also bristles with moral and political issues.

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Explores the Cuban history, from the British capture of Havana in 1762 through the years of Spanish and American domination up to the 20th century and the extraordinary revolution of Fidel Castro. In 200-year period of its scope, this book analyses the political, economic and social events that have shaped Cuban history with insight and panache.

In 1764-65, the irrepressible playwright Beaumarchais travelled to Madrid, where he immersed himself in the life and society of the day. This book is an account of Beaumarchais's visit to Madrid (he never went to Seville) and a re-creation of the society that fired his imagination.

Following the paths of Herodotus, Raleigh and H.G. Wells, this updated edition surveys the story of humankind, from the dawn of man to the hopes that will carry the world through the last years of the 20th century. The book won the National Book Award for History in 1980.