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History of Empire

1. Elizabeth I and Her Age

   Susan M. Felch, Donald V. Stump

   Four centuries after her death, Elizabeth I remains a powerful and fascinating figure.More

2. The End of the European Era: 1890 to the Present

   Felix Gilbert, David Clay Large

   Sixth Edition

   The new sixth edition of the leading text in contemporary European history is now thoroughly revised with up-to-date scholarship.More

3. Pirates in the Age of Sail

   Robert J. Antony

   Pirates in the Age of Sail takes a global perspective to explore the world of pirates between the early sixteenth and middle nineteenth centuries.More

4. The Last Expedition: Stanley's Mad Journey through the Congo

   Daniel Liebowitz, Charles Pearson

   A noble rescue mission descends into a nightmare of cruelty, starvation, and cannibalism, bringing to a close the European exploration of Africa. "Liebowitz and Pearson have written an illuminating saga of the dark days of colonialism."—National Geographic AdventureMore

5. A Secret History of the IRA

   Ed Moloney

   An epic portrayal of one of the twentieth century's longest wars—based on unprecedented access to all the players.More

6. Redcoats and Rebels: The American Revolution Through British Eyes

   Christopher Hibbert

   "Outstanding....Hibbert has an eye for character and a gift for bringing to life the impact of small-minded incompetents on the wide sweep of history."— Associated PressMore

7. Michael Collins and the Troubles

   Ulick O'Connor

   When Asquith introduced his bill for Home Rule for Ireland in 1912, he sparked a decade of turbulence and violence for Ireland and her people.More

8. Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence

   Erik H. Erikson

   In this study of Mahatma Gandhi, psychoanalyst Erik H. Erikson explores how Gandhi succeeded in mobilizing the Indian people both spiritually and politically as he became the revolutionary innovator of militant non-violence and India became the motherland of large-scale civil disobedience.More

9. Armies of the Raj: From the Great Indian Mutiny to Independence, 1858-1947

   Byron Farwell

   "The stories are glorious and told with zest and verve."—Washington TimesMore

10. The Gurkhas

    Byron Farwell

    "Filled with interesting and often highly entertaining historical anecdotes, and there are some rare photographs and illustrations. . . . Lucid, well written. . . . A very sound contribution to our understanding of British Empire and South Asian history."—ChoiceMore

11. The Great War in Africa: 1914-1918

    Byron Farwell

    "A lively, fast-moving narrative."—Publishers WeeklyMore

12. The Spanish American Revolutions 1808-1826

    John Lynch

    Second Edition

    Spanish America was engulfed for nearly two decades in revolutions for independence that were sudden, violent, and universal.More

13. The Spanish War: An American Epic 1898

    G. J. A. O'Toole

    "O'Toole is . . . astonishingly good. . . . [He] is a master of the knack of weaving significant detail into his recapitulation of the war." —Alden Whitman, Chicago Sun-TimesMore

14. Queen Victoria's Little Wars

    Byron Farwell

    "Tells all the old stories of imperial heroism con brio." —Noel Annan, New York Review of BooksMore

15. The Battle for the Falklands

    Max Hastings, Simon Jenkins

    "Must be read by all our military people and anyone who wants to find out what really happened on the Falkland Islands." —James M. GavinMore