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'Magisterial ... Immensely readable' Douglas Alexander, Financial Times'Insightful, productively provocative and downright brilliant' New York Times A

Shows that a nation's success largely depends on the way it manages its money. But where do money and politics meet? From 1700 to the present day, the

What if Britain had stayed out of the First World War? What if Germany had invaded Britain in 1940? What if Nazi Germany had defeated the Soviet Union

Deals with the history of the legendary Rothschild banking dynasty. This title also shows the portrait of one of the most powerful and fascinating fam

Niall Ferguson is one of Britain's most renowned historians. He is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, a

<p>Geen Amerikaans staatsman werd ooit zo bewonderd of gehaat als Henry Kissinger - ook wel bekend als 'de onmisbare man'. Iedere president, van

The decline of the West is something that has long been prophesied. Symptoms of decline are all around us today: slowing growth, crushing debts, agein

Is America the new world empire? Presidents from Lincoln to Bush may have denied it but, this book shows, the US is in many ways the greatest imperial

Most history is hierarchical: it's about popes, presidents, and prime ministers. But what if that's simply because they create the historical archives

Features the story of Siegmund Warburg: the refugee from Nazi Germany who restored the Blitz-shattered City of London as the world's pre-eminent inter

Niall Ferguson is one of Britain's most renowned historians. He is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, a

Niall Ferguson's acclaimed bestseller on the highs and lows of Britain's empireOnce vast swathes of the globe were coloured imperial red and Britannia

The First World War killed around eight million men and bled Europe dry. Was the sacrifice worth it? Was it all really an inevitable cataclysm and wer

The beginning of the twentieth century saw human civilization at its most enlightened, well-educated, globalized and wealthy. What turned it into a bl

Ferguson neemt de lezer mee op een reis door de geschiedenis van de mensheid en toont ons hoe dankzij de uitvinding van het geld en de daaruit gegroei