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Captivating History

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Captivating History is a popular-history publishing project created to make major historical subjects accessible to general readers. Rather than presenting the work of a single conventional author, it publishes concise introductions under a shared name, covering civilisations, rulers, wars, revolutions, mythology and the development of nations across a wide chronological and geographical range. Its books are written for readers seeking a clear starting point before moving on to more specialised histories.

The project’s catalogue includes studies of the ancient world, medieval Europe, the Vikings, the Crusades, royal dynasties, the American Civil War, the world wars and many other subjects. These are nonfiction overviews rather than historical novels, and they generally emphasise straightforward narrative, important figures and the main sequence of events. On Historical Book Shelf, Captivating History should therefore be treated as a collective author or publishing brand, with its titles placed in the nonfiction section.

Periods and events

Age of Explorationc. 1400–1600 CE Alexander the Great336–323 BCE Alfred the Great and Wessex871–899 CE American Civil War1861–1865 CE American Revolutionary War1775–1783 CE Ancient Egyptc. 3100–30 BCE Ancient Worldc. 3.3 million BCE–550 CE Anglo-Zulu War1879 Asian Historyc. 221 BCE–present Augustan Age27 BCE–14 CE Battle of Britain1940 CE Black Death1347–1351 CE British Raj1858–1947 CE Cold War and Post-war Era1945–present Construction of Stonehenge3000–1600 BCE Cultural Revolution1966–1976 CE Dutch East India Company1602–1799 Early Medievalc. 476–1000 CE East India Company Rule1757–1858 CE Eighty Years’ War1568–1648 CE Elizabethan Age1558–1603 CE English Civil War1642–1651 CE Feudal Japan and Samurai Era1185–1868 CE First Battle of Bull Run21 July 1861 French Revolution1789–1799 CE Gallic Wars58–50 BCE Greco-Persian Wars499–449 BCE Hellenistic Greece323–146 BCE Hundred Years’ War1337–1453 CE Hyksos Rule in Egyptc. 1650–1550 BCE Joan of Arc1412–1431 CE Korean War1950–1953 CE Long Nineteenth Century1789–1914 CE Magna Carta1215 CE Medieval Heresy and Inquisitionc. 1100–1500 CE Medieval Periodc. 476–1500 CE Mercian Expansion under Pendac. 626–655 CE Middle Kingdom Egyptc. 2055–1650 BCE Mongol Invasions1206–1368 CE Mycenaean Greecec. 1600–1100 BCE Napoleonic Era1792–1815 CE New Kingdom Egyptc. 1550–1070 BCE Norman Conquest of England1066–1071 CE Old Kingdom Egyptc. 2686–2181 BCE Opium Wars1839–1860 CE Peloponnesian War431–404 BCE Plantagenet England1154–1485 CE Prehistoryc. 3.3 million BCE–43 CE; ending varies by region Reign of Constantine I306–337 CE Reign of Edward I1272–1307 CE Reign of Henry VIII1509–1547 CE Reign of Justinian I527–565 CE Reign of Nero54–68 CE Reign of Tiberius14–37 CE Roman Britain43–410 CE Scramble for Africa1881–1914 Second Sino-Japanese War1937–1945 CE Siege of Vicksburg1863 CE Spanish Armada1588 CE Spartac. 700–371 BCE Third Servile War73–71 BCE Tudor Period1485–1603 CE Victorian & Edwardian Britain1837–1914 CE Victorian Era1837–1901 CE Vietnam War1955–1975 CE War of 18121812–1815 CE Wars of Alexander the Great334–323 BCE Wars of the Roses1455–1487 CE World War I & Interwar Era1914–1939 CE

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Non-fiction by Captivating History (132 books)

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