The military histories of Ancient Greece and Rome, the extraordinary lives of Medieval Kings to the politics of the World Wars, the Folio Society publishes an extensive collection of history titles. Each book includes carefully researched photographs and comes in a unique hardback cover. See below for the full list of Folio History books.
George Washington, commander-in-chief of the army and America's first president, remains the most celebrated figure in the pantheon of the American Revolution. Ellis’s aim was to create ‘not another epic, but rather a fresh portrait’. The result is a landmark work.
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Peter Hopkirk's immensely readable account of the epic stand-off between the two superpowers of the nineteenth century--Victorian Britain and Czarist Russia -- reveals the history at the core of today's geopolitics.
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G.E.R. Lloyd traces the birth of science from Thales to Galen. A new foreword by Lewis Wolpert, Emeritus Professor at University College London, pays tribute to the Ancient Greeks and to Lloyd’s exploration of their fundamental role.
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Discover the truth behind the past’s most intractable mysteries in this book of historical whodunits… For anyone who has been captivated by the legend of Atlantis or dreamt about unearthing Captain Kidd’s pirate treasure, this book will prove impossible to put down.
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Edward Gibbon’s masterpiece has never been surpassed for scholarship or elegant prose, remaining an everlasting historical classic. The first four volumes.
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Edward Gibbon’s masterpiece has never been surpassed for scholarship or elegant prose, remaining an everlasting historical classic. Volumes 5-8.
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One of the greatest and most influential works of history, Macaulay's History of England covers the period from 1685 to 1702. Beginning with James II's troubled reign, Macaulay unravelled the complex web of 17th-century politics setting a new standard for future historians, both in terms of scholarship and style.
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Herbert Fisher’s A History of Europe charts the turbulent and colourful story of Europe from the dawn of Greek civilisation to the 20th century. It is a history of seemingly endless conflict – tribal, religious and ideological.
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From prehistory to the 20th century, this innovative history focuses on Japan’s unique environment and how it has helped shape the nation. With over 60 illustrations including superb colour photographs.
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As the only surviving record of the Church during its pivotal first three centuries, this is the founding text of Christian history. Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, introduces this Folio edition.
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Sir Steven Runciman's gripping and groundbreaking history of the crusades enthrals the general reader as completely as it satisfies the historian.
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Edward Gibbon’s masterpiece has never been surpassed for scholarship or elegant prose, remaining an everlasting historical classic.
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Bede, the father of English history, created a dramatic narrative which remains the most valuable chronicle of Anglo-Saxon England in existence and an unrivalled account of the early days of Christianity.
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Angie Debo's comprehensive and compassionate account provides an unrivalled history of American Indians from the dawn of their first contact with Europeans to the late twentieth century.
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In his seminal chronicle, Geoffrey of Monmouth traces the history of Britain, ‘best of islands’, from its legendary foundation by the Trojan king Brutus, through the Roman occupation, to the heroic age of Arthur and the coming of the Saxons. Presented and read at the time as a historical account, it is in fact a beguiling mixture of fact, myth and legend.
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