A brilliant new account of the world's very first clash of civilisations between the Persians and the Greeks in 480BC.

The story of the most fascinating period of Indian history, the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when the country was ruled by the extraordinarily talented dynasty of emperors known to European travellers as 'the Great Moghuls'.

* Tom Holland, author of RUBICON and PERSIAN FIRE, gives a thrilling panoramic account of the birth of the new Western Europe in the year 1000

From the bestselling author of Rubicon and Persian Fire comes this thrilling panoramic account of the rise of Islam

'The Book that really held me, in fact, obsessed me, was Rubicon . . . This is narrative history at its best. Bloody and labyrinthine political intrigue and struggle, brilliant oratory, amazing feats of conquest and cruelty' Ian McEwan, Books of the Year, Guardian

A reassessment of the 20th century exploring topics such as the breakdown of the Old World, the lack of international accord, the failure of the Arts in recent years and the influence of the Third World.

Hobsbawm's brilliant history, beautifully repackaged as an Abacus History Great

The story of how Augustus rose from an obscure teenager to become Rome's first and greatest emperor.