History

Michael Palin Paperback From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, Harry, who died in tra

Dan Jones Paperback 288 pages Revolt and upheaval in medieval Britain by a brilliant new narrative historian, 'Summer of Blood' breaks new groun

Michael Sheridan Paperback 480 pages A superb new history of the rise of China and the fall of Hong Kong to authoritarian rule. The rise of China

Timothy Phillips Paperback 480 pages An epic journey across 5,000 kilometres and through eight decades, to tell a new story about the old Cold W

Sarah Ogilvie Paperback 368 pages What do three murderers, Karl Marx's daughter and a vegetarian vicar have in common? They all helped create t

Because when you asked your boyfriend how often he thinks about the Roman Empire, it turned out to be never.

Calder Walton Paperback 625 pages Espionage, election meddling, disinformation, assassinations, subversion, and sabotage - all attract headlines

Patrick Radden Keefe Paperback 368 pages From the prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, twelve ent

Orlando Figes Paperback 368 pages From the great storyteller of Russia, a spellbinding account of the stories that have shaped the country's past

Jonathan Freedland Paperback 416 pages April 1944. Nineteen-year-old Rudolf Vrba and fellow inmate Fred Wetzler became two of the very first Jew

Astrid Madimba & Chinny Ukata Paperback 352 pages Why is Africa often perceived as a single country? What role did African soldiers play in the

Jim Leary Hardback 288 pages On paths, roads, seas, in the air, and in space - there has never been so much human movement. In contrast we think

Nicholas Guyatt Paperback 432 pages Buried in the history of our most famous jail, a unique story of captivity, violence and race. It's 1812 - B

Stephen Bates Paperback 336 pages A brilliant narrative investigation into the 1920s case that inspired Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers and Marge

Simon Schama Paperback 480 pages Cities and countries engulfed by panic and death, desperate for vaccines but fearful of what inoculation may br

Jonathan Miles Paperback 455 pages In 1835, Lord Brougham founded Cannes, introducing bathing and the manicured lawn to the wilds of the Medit

Jonathan Eig Paperback 688 pages The compelling story of Martin Luther King's life and achievements has become simplified and domesticated in a

Jonathan Kennedy Paperback 375 pages Humans did not make history - we played host. According to the accepted narrative of progress, a few gre

Patrick Radden Keefe Paperback 528 pages One night in December 1972, Jean McConville, a mother of ten, was abducted from her home in Belfast and

Emma Smith Paperback 352 pages Most of what we say about books is really about the words inside them: the rosy nostalgic glow for childhood read

Alex Rowson Paperback 512 pages This is an astonishing new account of Alexander the Great - one of the most important figures of the ancient wo

Janina Ramirez Paperback 464 pages An instant bestseller and one of the most celebrated history books of the year, Femina reveals the power and

Michael Ashcroft Hardback 464 pages With a Foreword by Lord Hague of Richmond The Intelligence Corps is one of the smallest and most secreti

Simon Jenkins Paperback 304 pages Who were the Celts? Were they a people, a civilisation, an empire, or a fiction of historical imagination? Th