History

Sam Miller Hardback 448 pages Humans are, in fundamental ways, a migratory species, more so than any other land mammal. For most of our existence , we were all nomads, and some of us still are...

John Goodlad Hardback 272 pages This is the extraordinary story of how salt fish from Shetland became one of the staple foods of Europe, powered an economic boom and inspired artists, writers ...

Tom Morton Paperback 272 pages Waters of life. Distilled spirits of all kinds have borne that name, in various tongues, since time immemorial. Aqua vita. Eau de vie. Uisge Beatha. Tom Morton ...

Amy Stanley Paperback 352 pages Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2020, a vivid work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman in Edo - now known as Tokyo - and a port...

Mariella Frostrup Softback 544 pages A collection of the greatest women's travel writing selected by journalist and presenter Mariella Frostrup. From Constantinople to Crimea; from Antarctica to ...

Mark Galeotti Hardback 384 pages The prolific military chronicler and analyst Mark Galeotti has produced exactly the right book at the right time. - The TimesA new history of how Putin and his c...

Joyce Tyldesley Paperback 289 pages Pharaoh. Icon. Enigma. Lost for three thousand years, misunderstood for a century. A hundred years ago, a team of archaeologists in the Valley of the ...

Kerry Brown & Kalley Wu Tzu Hui Paperback 288 pages An important and timely guide to one of the most dangerous potential flashpoints for future conflict between the West and China....

Mary Hollingsworth Paperback 480 pages, 1x24pp colour plates Wealthy bankers, wise politicians, patrons of the arts, glittering dukes... so runs the traditional telling of the story of the Med...

Priya Satia Paperback 384 pages For generations, the history of the British empire was written by its victors. British historians' accounts of conquest guided the consolidation of imperial rule i...

Stephen P. Kershaw Paperback 480 pages In 2022 it will be 2,500 years since the final defeat of the invasion of Greece by the Persian King Xerxes. This astonishing clash between East and West st...

Silvia Federici Paperback 400 pages A cult classic since its publication in the early years of this century, Caliban and the Witch is Silvia Federici's history of the body in the transition to ca...

Toby Wilkinson Paperback 528 pages, 16pp colour plates & b/w line drawings What could be more exciting, more exotic or more intrepid than digging in the sands of Egypt in the hope of discovering ...

PaperbackStephen Clarke NEW UPDATED EDITION Was the Battle of Hastings a French victory?Non! William the Conqueror was Norman and hated the French. Were the Brits really responsible for the death of ...

SoftbackValerie Hansen When did globalization begin? Most observers have settled on 1492, the year Columbus discovered America. But as celebrated Yale professor Valerie Hansen shows, it was the year 1...

PaperbackRuth Goodman We know what life was like for Victoria and Albert. But what was it like for a commoner - like you or me? How did it feel to cook with coal and wash with tea leaves? Drink beer ...

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