In 44BC, Julius Caesar was fatally stabbed in the Roman Senate. His brutal murder led to the downfall of the 450-year-old Roman Republic, and the start of the Roman Empire. But who was he and where did he come from? You can follow Caesar's spectacular rise, from successful lawyer and outstanding military commander, to become the most powerful man in Rome.
William dreams of acting and writing plays. This ambition takes him from the quiet country town of Stratford, where he grows up, to the great playhouses of London. His talent takes the city by storm. But how will he cope with jealous rivals strict censorship, plague and plotting earls?
Samurai were warriors who lived in old Japan. Armed with bows and shining swords, they were respected and feared wherever they went. Find out how these mighty warriors trained, how they fought... and how they died.
Throughout the 16th to 19th centuries, the world saw the expansion and collapse of the last great empires. Dynamic leaders, struggles for independence and the introduction of firearms led to borders around the globe being redrawn.
This book tells the story of the last 100 years - the most exciting, innovative, invigorating century of modern times. The momentous events described in these pages were unimaginable in 1890 when Queen Victoria reigned as the doyen of European Royal Families, Britain was the foremost world power, the whole of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom, women had no vote, Sundays were only for worsh…
1. Phidias (490 SM?-430 SM); 2. Praxiteles (390 SM?-330 SM); 3. Cimabue (1240?-1302); 4. Donatello (1386?-1466); 5. Jan van Eyck (1390?-1441); 6. Giovanni Bellini (1430?-1516); 7. Hugo van der Goes (1440?-1482); 8. Botticelli (1445-1510); 9. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519); 10. Albrecht Durer (1471-1528); 11. Michelangelo (1475-1564); 12. Matthias Grunewald (1475?-1528); 13. Raphael (1483-1520); …
The dramatic story of five key turning points in a thousand years of Western music - discoveries that changed the course of history.rnWho first invented 'Doh Re Mi...'?rnWhat do we mean by 'In Tune'?rnLooking back down the corridor of a thousand years, Howard Goodall guides us through the stories of five seismic developments in the history of Western music, His 'big bangs' may not be the ones w…