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When the Vikings invaded and conquered England, France, and Ireland, they opened a new and fascinating chapter in their history. The nature of the beset lands, the traditions and character of their peoples, and the strengths and weaknesses of the various Viking leaders made each of these three invasions...

The Vikings sailed to Iceland not as raiders but as settlers. They sought farmland and goods with which to trade. For the land-hungry Norwegians, the call of the new country, where vast stretches of real estate were open for the taking, must have seemed every bit as alluring as any treasure. As added...

Virginia's Monticello was President Thomas Jefferson's home for the last fifty-six years of his life. The author of the Constitution of the United States spent forty of those years building it, transforming it, tearing it apart, and putting it together again. He knew and loved every inch of the house...

Here is the surprising story of Swiss hero William Tell. With one shot of his bow, writes New York Times bestselling author Robert Wernick in this essay, Tell started the centuries-long series of events that turned a few, isolated settlements of poor, backward, medieval mountaineers into the proud and prosperous modern nation of Switzerland.

It took all human knowledge as its province and required a quarter century to complete. It sold enough copies to justify being called the first commercial bestseller of modern times - and it changed the world. Here, in this short-form book by New York Times bestselling author Robert Wernick, is the remarkable history of the Encyclopédie.

On April 19, 1775, thirty-eight Americans formed two uneven lines on the wet grass of the two-acre common in Lexington, Massachusetts. They were summoned by the rolling beat of sixteen-year-old William Diamond's brightly painted drum. The order to sound the call to arms had been given by Lexington's...

The Knights Templar - "the army of the Lord" - were toughened and drilled like commando troops for hand-to-hand combat. They gained a reputation for ferocity in battle; indeed, brutality toward an infidel was regarded as meritorious. Here, in this essay from New York Times bestselling historian Morris Bishop is their story.

The fateful clash of arms at Hastings was one of the most decisive and significant battles in history. Here, in this essay from New York Times bestselling historian Morris Bishop is the story of the Norman Conquest, a military and cultural invasion that not only altered the language into the English we speak today but also helped create the United Kingdom as we know it.

In this New York Times bestseller, historian Thomas Fleming examines all the dimensions of the memorable year of 1776 - particularly the common, fallible humanity of the men and women of the American Revolution. The year 1776 ended with both the Americans and the British stripped of their illusions....

When Sir William Howe, commander-in-chief of the British Army in America, and his brother, Admiral Richard Howe, cornered General George Washington’s army on Manhattan Island, they politely asked the Americans if they wanted to surrender. The British gave the Americans two weeks to think it over,...

It is a curious historical anomaly that the United States, for generations the greatest steel producer on the planet, the nation that invented the airplane and a staggering array of other technological marvels, never managed to design and build a good tank before the MIA1 Abrams of the 1991 Gulf War....

On February 15, 1898, the Maine, an American battleship in Havana Harbor, blew up. It was no accident. The event led to the Spanish-American War, but the Spanish were not to blame. Here, in this essay, New York Times bestselling historian Thomas Fleming investigates who really sank the ship.

During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln often learned the results and tolls of battles from reporters, not generals. The newsmen of the time were courageous and dedicated, but the best of them was Henry Wing - at least that was Lincoln's opinion. Wing never used his position as the president's favorite...

With the War for Independence not long past, the United States found itself battling Native Americans in the West. With the encouragement of the British, the Indians were brutally massacring settlers and soldiers by the thousands. Enter "Mad" Anthony Wayne, a highly disciplined leader who...