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✦ The History universe

History comes alive

Meet the people who shaped the world… by talking to them. Read the great history books and understand the events that changed it, through living conversations with those who made history.

AntiquityRenaissanceEmpiresModern era
GALLERY OF FIGURES
ANTIQUITYJulius CaesarRoman statesman · 100–44 BC
Napoleon Bonaparte
Abraham Lincoln
YOU
“Why did you cross the Rubicon?”
30+ figures · accounts & witnesses
The History library

Choose a great book of history

The Histories
ANTIQUITY

The Histories

Herodotus

The first great account of the known world, from Persians to Greeks.

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The Gallic Wars
ANTIQUITY

The Gallic Wars

Julius Caesar

The conquest of Gaul told by the strategist himself.

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Peloponnesian War
ANTIQUITY

History of the Peloponnesian War

Thucydides

The founding analysis of power, war and the city-state.

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The Prince
RENAISSANCE

The Prince

Niccolò Machiavelli

The treatise that redefined the art of governing — and lasting.

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The Twelve Caesars
ANTIQUITY

The Twelve Caesars

Suetonius

Intimate portraits of the emperors who made Rome.

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Democracy in America
MODERN ERA

Democracy in America

Alexis de Tocqueville

A Frenchman's visionary look at a democracy being born.

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The voices of history

Talk with the people who made history

ANTIQUITY
Julius Caesar
100–44 BC

General, dictator, writer — the man who tipped over the Republic.

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MODERN ERA
Napoleon
1769–1821

From Revolution to Empire — ambition, reform and downfall.

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AMERICAN HISTORY
Abraham Lincoln
1809–1865

The president who preserved the Union and abolished slavery.

Start a conversation
ANTIQUITY
Marcus Aurelius
121–180

The philosopher emperor, at Rome's height and facing its wars.

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ANTIQUITYSoon
Cleopatra
69–30 BC

The last queen of Egypt, an outstanding strategist and diplomat.

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✦ Learning through dialogue

Chat with the history books

The same conversation experience you already know, applied to the great events and the people who lived them.

Understand events and how they follow one another
Grasp motives and decisions
Explore different perspectives and consequences
THEGALLICWARS
Julius Caesar
The Gallic Wars · ● online
Why did you cross the Rubicon? Wasn't that a declaration of war on Rome?
You · 21:04
JC
“Alea jacta est.”

The Senate ordered me to disband my army and return defenceless. Crossing the river meant refusing to be handed to my enemies. The die was cast.
Julius Caesar · 21:04
Vercingetorix?Power in RomeYour greatest battle
Ask Julius Caesar your question…
Reading companion

Read a few pages, then talk about them

The same reading companion that follows you everywhere on the platform — now serving history.

1Read a few pages of a history book
2Come back to talk about what you read
3Ask the figures themselves to explain
4Deepen your understanding through dialogue
The Gallic Wars · p. 42

“All Gaul is divided into three parts, one of which the Belgae inhabit, the Aquitani another, and the third those who…”

JC
Ask Caesar to explain this passage…
Why this way?

Learning history differently

100+ works

The great history books

Classical sources, from Herodotus to Tocqueville, within conversational reach.

30+ figures

Meet the figures

Talk with Caesar, Napoleon or Lincoln, in their own words.

Text · Audio · Video

Interactive conversations

Text, audio or video — ask your questions as you would a contemporary.

Causes & consequences

Understand better

Connect causes and consequences, far beyond dates to memorise.

Multiple lenses

Several perspectives

Compare viewpoints and add nuance to how you read events.

Reading companion

A reading habit

The reading companion brings you back to the books, page after page.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Who can I talk to?

Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Cleopatra, Abraham Lincoln and other witnesses of their time.

Where do the answers come from?

From historical sources and period writings. Where historians disagree, the companion says so.

Do I need any background to start?

No. Each figure tells it from their own side: ask two of them the same question and compare.