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English Journeys takes a joyful look at all aspects of our landscape, from stargazy pie to country churches, from ghosts to love-struck soldiers.

This stunning book is a chronological tour of the history of exploration by a world traveller and one of the leading experts of our time.

In the 11th century, a vast Christian army rampaged through the Muslim world, seizing possession of Jerusalem, a city revered by both faiths.

Blood, Iron and Gold reveals the huge impact of the railways as they spread rapidly across the world.

Secrets of the Lost Symbol builds upon the expertise and wisdom of Nobel Prize-winning scientists, historians, technologists and conspiracy theorists to help readers fully understand the history and the mysteries behind the Lost Symbol.

In this fantastic collection that reminds us - once again - that the truth can be much stranger than fiction.

Brought up in France, Mary Queen of Scots returned to rule Scotland at the tender age of 19. Her struggles with the Scottish nobility were complicated by her fatal marriage to Darnley.

Bungled cover-ups, acts of blinding incompetence, miscarriages of justice, sexual escapades, and downright stupidity have all helped to make the world's armed forces the much-loved institutions they are today.