Henry Carter Hull

In the three centuries after the explorer Vasco de Gama first landed in India in 1492, meetings, trade and exchanges of all kinds flourished between the peoples of Europe and Asia. These encounters and the hybrid cultures that developed have left an extraordinary legacy of exquisite works of art and compelling human stories. Produced alongside the V&A's landmark 2004 exhibition, Encounters explores both the western fascination for the exotic materials...

A river cruise is undoubtedly the most civilized way to see the best of Europe. You can relax in the comfort of a small vessel as you glide through beautiful towns and spectacular scenery. This book cuts through the brochures' hype and gives you unbiased advice on the different kinds of river vessels and the facilities they offer.

It has taken seventy years for the accounts of ordinary German soldiers during the Second World War to be made widely available to an English-speaking audience. This is hardly surprising given that interest in these important documents has only recently surfaced in Germany, where a long process of coming to terms with the past, or Vergangenheitsbewältigung, has taken place. Unlike other historical depictions of the fall of the Third Reich, Dying...

Examines the power of trading companies between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries, describing the lives and legacies of men such as Peter Stuyvesant of the Dutch West India Company, Cecil Rhodes of the De Beers company, and George Simpson of the Hudson's Bay Company, and discussing how each man impacted politics, society, and culture.

An authoritative account of how Islam came to twentieth-century Europe and altered the continent's cultural, political, and security landscape is revealed in a study that looks at the emerging threat of radical Islam in Europe.

Love, murder, and an international conspiracy are revealed in three interlocking tales involving an American surgeon in Paris, a Los Angeles detective in London, a medical resident in Geneva, and a group of industrialists in Germany.

The Rape of Europa tells the epic story of the systematic theft, deliberate destruction and miraculous survival of Europe's art treasures during the Third Reich and the Second World War. On a journey through seven countries, the film takes the audience into the violent whirlwind of fanaticism, greed, and warfare that threatened to wipe out the artistic heritage of Europe. For twelve long years, the Nazis looted and destroyed art on a scale unprecedented...