It aims to present serious and authoritative history to as wide a public as possible.

His work is was considered one of the most authoritative histories of the period.

The revised book was described as an authoritative history of the war.

It claims to be the "first authoritative history of the hedge fund industry."

The classic, authoritative history of the company, thickly detailed and profusely illustrated.

The general has been a leader in counterinsurgency operations there, according to several authoritative military histories.

The monks from the monastery produced an early authoritative history on Portugal in a series of books.

In 1960, he published an authoritative general history of sport.

In the 1960's he published an authoritative history of the church's opposition to contraception, a book widely used to support the case for changing that position.

Thousands of readers may think "Diplomacy" an authoritative history of statecraft since the 17th century.