Featuring nearly one hundred full-color illustrations, a portrait of the immortal--and politically savvy--Queen of the Nile sorts through the history and myth surrounding her love affairs with Julius
A new addition to a highly praised series offers an authoritative and easy-to-read look at the origins of human beings, surveying more than two thousand years of scientific study and exploring the deb
An illustrated look at the life and work of Claude Monet presents reproductions of his work and discusses his unique techniques and his experiments with light and color, his personal life, his corresp
Examines the historical and mythological figure of King Arthur and explores the legends and literary tradition surrounding Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
A narrative history of the great Inca Empire of Peru describes the daily life, innovative agricultural techniques, architectural wonders, metalworking skills, and religious practices of the Incas, as
Henri Cartier-Bresson's photography came to define the 20th century. This book tells his life story through his images: all the major events from this youth to his death in 2004 are described, context
Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) learned about suffering at an early age. She contracted polio when she was six and was seriously maimed in a bus accident at the age of eighteen, which led to i
The last of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Pyramids of Giza remain among the world's most mysterious architectural and archaeological achievements. The Great Pyramid and the two smaller pyramids
Retells how amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann located and excavated the legendary sites of Ithaca, Troy, and Mycenae, uncovering their long hidden treasures despite hostile critics and academi
Following the life and artistic career of one of the greatest of the Postimpressionist painters, an illustrated biography of Gauguin includes information culled from his letters and writings, and repr
A detailed, up-to-date account of the known facts of Shakespeare's life discusses sixteenth- and seventeenth-century attitudes toward medicine, folk beliefs, scholarship, religion, and royalty in the
