In 1966, American collector and philanthropist Paul Mellon presented to Yale University a collection of British paintings, drawings, sculpture, prints and rare books, thus founding the Yale Center for British Art. This is an expanded catalogue for an exhibition touring Australia in 1998.

An incisive account of the Arctic convoys, and the essential role Bletchley Park and Special Intelligence played in Allied success

A global account of pirates and their modus operandi, from the Middle Ages to the present day

The unlikely beginnings of the East India Company-from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior Dutch-to laying the groundwork for future British expansion