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An epic new history of Ancient China told through the prism of a dozen extraordinary tombs.
The three millennia up to the establishment of the ...
A comprehensive guide to understanding Vietnam's long and tumultuous history
A Brief History of Vietnam explores the turbulent history of a land that has ...
The ultimate visual guide to Samurai history and culture!
The Samurai are continuously celebrated as the greatest warriors the world has ever seen. They ruled ...
'What Japan was she owed to the samurai. They were not only the flower of the nation, but its root as well.'
Inazo Nitobe's ...
In December 1937, the Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking. Within weeks, more than 300,000 Chinese civilians and soldiers were systematically ...
Few gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965. How is it, then, that today the former British colonial ...
WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE
A SPECTATOR, WATERSTONES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, PROSPECT AND HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR
A profound and ground-breaking ...
Japanese civilisation and its unique culture has often represented an enigma to the rest of the world. In this anthology a large number of experts ...
An immersive, magisterial portrait of Myanmar, told through the story of its hidden railways
In 2016, while working as a journalist in Yangon, Clare Hammond ...
The declaration of the Republic of China in 1912 signalled an entirely new era. Not only did the revolution of 1911-12 bring about the fall ...
'Magisterial' - The Financial Times
An updated edition of Ramachandra Guha's India After Gandhi with new material that explains the major events, policy shifts and ...
Originally published in Japanese as a call to preserve disappearing facets of Japan's rich and ancient culture, this book takes its inspiration from the ...
In late-eighteenth-century India, the glory of the Mughal emperors was fading, and ambitious newcomers seized power, changing the political map forever. Enter the legendary Maharajah ...
In 1949 Mao Zedong hoisted the red flag over Beijing's Forbidden City. Instead of liberating the country, the communists destroyed the old order and ...
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
"A startling work -- awesomely ambitious, faultlessly researched, daring in its thesis, and profound in its implications." - Business Week
"Magnificent. . . . everything ...