Ben Egginton

The final dynasty of pharaonic Egypt was born with the death of one of the most famous men in the ancient world – Alexander the Great – and died with the dramatic suicide of one of antiquity’s most famous women – Cleopatra.

According to the popular myth, Cleopatra was a woman of extraordinary beauty. Less flatteringly, she has been demonized as a depraved power-mad seductress who tried and failed to conquer the Roman world by getting its leading generals into bed....

Archaeology for Beginners offers a crash course in the fundamentals of archaeological work. It is the go-to place for student and volunteer archaeologists attending their first dig, or for anyone with a passion for human history who wants to find out more about archaeology....

For over three centuries the Romanovs ruled over the world’s largest country. Throughout this time Imperial Russia faced many challenges, but none greater than those that brought about its demise in 1917: World war, the rise of the urban proletariat....

What happened to the princes in the Tower? This is a question that has baffled academics for hundreds of years. For there is a good reason why the mystery of the disappearance of the princes in the Tower is the greatest enigma in English history....

In the year of our Lord 1483, England is plunged into crisis when King Edward IV abruptly dies, leaving the crown to his 12-year-old son and heir: Edward, Prince of Wales....

King at 9 and dead at 15, Edward VI oversaw a brief but dramatic chapter in English history. Described by his father as his "most precious jewel", Edward’s birth in 1537 marked the end of Henry VIII’s quest to procure a son and heir to continue the Tudor dynasty....

This guidebook provides a broad summary of Western historiography’s leading figures, theories and methods, from its origins in Classical Greek poetry to the "post-modern" present....

King Richard II succeeded to the throne as a boy king at a particularly turbulent time in English history. A French invasion was imminent, the Scottish Marches were in chaos, and the fallout from the Black Death threatened to steamroll the entire socio-political system....