Introductions with an edge, our newly launched Short Histories series and website brings you informed interpretation from the world’s experts.

I.B.Tauris Short Histories is an authoritatively written and elegantly presented new series which puts a fresh perspective on the way history is understood in the twenty-first century.

Bringing informed interpretation, as well as factual reportage, to historical debate, the series addresses key subjects and topics in the fields of history, the history of ideas, religion, classical studies, politics, philosophy and the Middle East.

Intentionally moving beyond the bland, neutral ‘introduction’, these concise and compact books are introductions with an edge.

Launching the series are introductions to English Renaissance Drama by Helen Hackett; the Spanish Civil War by Julián Casanova; and the Wars of the Roses by David Grummitt.

For information about all forthcoming Short Histories, extracts and interviews with the series’ authors, visit short-histories.com. ■