Jonathan Booth

The once banned and burned treatise on the nature of education from the eighteenth-century philosopher and author of The Social Contract. Considered by Jean-Jacques Rousseau himself to be the "best and most important" of all his writings, Émile set off a firestorm when it was first published in 1762. It was banned in Paris and burned in Geneva, but later served as the inspiration for a new national system of education during the French Revolution. In...

The Jewish War is an extraordinary historical document in that it details a calamitous period of four years during which the Jews pitted themselves against the might of the Roman empire. It is partly a remarkable account in that its author, Flavius Josephus (c.37–c.100 CE) was himself a Jew and yet, during the course of the conflict, found himself playing a prominent role for both sides. It is further underpinned by the fact that Josephus himself...

The main part of Polybius's history covers the years 264-146 BC. It describes the rise of Rome to the destruction of Carthage and the domination of Greece by Rome--Publisher's description.

The Battle of the Mediterranean refers to the naval campaign between the Italian Royal Navy and the British Royal Navy. The Mediterranean was traditionally a focus of British maritime power, yet during WWII, British ships were out-numbered by the Italians. The British meant to retain the strategic points of Gibraltar, Malta, and the Suez Canal, thus holding open vital supply routes. Malta was especially important, as a needed stop for Allied convoys...