A pivotal battle of the American Revolution receives an incisive historian’s focus.

The legendary -- and infamous -- dynasty may have unwittingly sown the seeds of monarchy's end.

A look at history through the lens of three "castes" who have competed and collaborated to shape human societies.

The journal of a sixteenth-century headsman gives a view of early modern life from its terminus.

Tales of the High Bench's history, from the first female justice to take her place on the Court.

An all-inclusive blueprint of charming Lotharios through the ages.

A historian's inquiry into her Caribbean roots becomes a journey into a plantation's cruelties.

A century of ambition and bloodshed in Colonial America.

When the menace of Stalinism knew no borders.

The beginning of a complex relationship.

How the powers that had lined up against the Axis shifted positions to begin a chilly new conflict.

The fight over free speech on one campus and a secret campaign against academic activists.

How the wide-open spaces of the American frontier became a playground for English bluebloods.

In surviving eight assassination attempts, the queen cemented the British monarchy's popularity.

A quarter century before the Civil War, tensions over slavery erupted in the nation's capital.