History

Paperback 608 pages Ancient Rome matters. Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves.

Frank DikötterPaperback A New Statesman, Financial Times and Economist Book of the Year 'Brilliant' NEW STATESMAN, BOOKS OF THE YEAR'Enlightening an

Kai Bird & Martin J. Sherwin Paperback 736 pages Physicist and polymath, as familiar with Hindu scriptures as he was with quantum mechanics, J.

Antony Beevor Paperback 592 pages, Integrated illustrations throughout and several maps Between 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place

Kate Lister Paperback 464 pages, Color illustrations throughout An eye-opening exploration of the weird and wonderful things human beings have do

Jacob Mikanowski Hardback 400 pages Eastern Europe is more than the sum total of its annexations, invasions and independence declarations. From

James Vincent Paperback 432 pages A revelatory and vibrant story of measurement which will make you look at the world around you anew. We me

Levi Roach Paperback 301 pages How did descendants of Viking marauders came to dominate Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East? It is

David van Reybrouck Paperback 656 pages Hailed as "a monumental history . . . more exciting than any novel" (NRC Handelsblad),David van Reybrouck

Anthony Bale Hardback 448 pages A delightfully captivating journey across the medieval world, seen through the eyes of those who travelled acr

Cat Bohannon Paperback How did wet nurses drive civilization? Are women always the weaker sex? Is sexism useful for evolution? And are our bodies

Kirsty Loehr Paperback 208 pages No, they weren't 'just friends'!Queer women have been written out of history since, well, forever. 'But histor

Stein Ringen Paperback 480 pages In The Story of Scandinavia, political scholar Stein Ringen chronicles more than 1,200 years of drama, economic

Otto English Paperback From the author of Fake History, Otto English, comes a shocking yet hilarious look at ten of the greatest liars from our

Paperback 464 pages Whatever happened to British protest? For a nation that brought the world Chartism, the Suffragettes, the Tolpuddle Martyrs, a

Francesca Stavrakopoulou Paperback 608 pages Three thousand years ago, in the Southwest Asian lands we now call Israel and Palestine, a group of

Michael Windross Paperback 266 pages

Peter Stothard Paperback 314 pages 14 CE: The first Roman emperor is dead. A second is about to succeed. The Forum of Rome, once fought over

Peter Watson Paperback 848 pages We are endlessly fascinated by the French. We are fascinated by their way of life, their creativity and sophisti

Caroline Moorehead Paperback Edda Mussolini was Benito's favourite daughter: spoilt, venal, uneducated but clever, faithless but flamboyant, a bri

Desmond Shum Paperback 336 pages In the headline-making and bestselling tradition of Bill Browder's Red Notice comes a unique and incendiary mem

Paperback 288 pages This rich history of Antwerp was a Times Book of the Year and Radio 4 Book of the WeekEven before Amsterdam there was a dazzli

Henry Kissinger Hardback 528 pages Henry Kissinger analyses how six extraordinary leaders he has known have shaped their countries and the worl

Hannah Rose Woods Hardback 400 pages Britain is an island ruled by nostalgia, but nostalgia today isn't what it used to be... Longing to go back