Guy, John

This book presents information on Roman law, society, warfare, engineering and art, including sketches of the Caesars, senators, generals, and merchants.

Color illustrations and brief descriptions present British life for the rich and poor in the age of Queen Victoria, covering town and country life, food and drink, pastimes, fashion, art and architecture, health and medicine, love and marriage, women and children, war and weaponry, crime and punishment, transportation and science, and religion.

Color photographs and illustrations introduce readers to the world of the Vikings.

Presents color illustrations and topical text on a wide variety of aspects of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in England, during the Tudor and Stuart monarchies. Covers daily life, subjects such as medicine and art, and key events in history.

Photographs and text provide information about everyday life in the middle ages, discussing food and drink, entertainment, fashion, art and architecture, health and medicine, love and marriage, war and weaponry, and crime and punishment, transport and science, and religion.

A brief, color-illustrated biography of England's King Henry VIII that describes his six marriages, his break with the Church of Rome, his patronage of the arts, his palaces, his relations with the rest of Europe, the dissolution of the monasteries, and other related topics.

With hundreds of facts about Drake and the world during the Age of Discovery and Exploration this book will stimulate imaginative and thrilling reading and re-reading.

Color photographs and text provide information about ghosts, haunted houses, and other reported visitations from the undead.

Presents a short study of ghosts and other paranormal occurrences, and describes visions and ghost ships, parallel worlds, and more.