History

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

Zing Tsjeng Hardback 592 pages Forgotten Women reaches around the world and its history to rediscover, retell and reinstate the lives of over 19

Graham Robb Paperback 544 pages Original, knowledgeable and endlessly entertaining, France: An Adventure History is an unforgettable journey thr

Lynne Olson Paperback 448 pages The little-known true story of the woman who headed the largest spy network in Vichy France during World War II.

Julie Summers Paperback 416 pages Dressed For War: The Story of Audrey Withers, Vogue editor extraordinaire from the Blitz to the Swinging Sixti

Thomas Cirotteau, Jennifer Kerner & Eric Pincas Paperback 240 pages 45,000 years ago, rare and precious statues of faceless women with hourglass

Gyles Brandreth Hardback 576 pages Gyles Brandreth first met the Queen in 1968, when he was twenty. Over the next fifty years he met her many ti

Sam Miller Hardback 448 pages Humans are, in fundamental ways, a migratory species, more so than any other land mammal. For most of our existe

Tom Morton Paperback 272 pages Waters of life. Distilled spirits of all kinds have borne that name, in various tongues, since time immemorial. A

Amy Stanley Paperback 352 pages Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2020, a vivid work of history that explores the life of an unconventio

Mark Galeotti Hardback 384 pages The prolific military chronicler and analyst Mark Galeotti has produced exactly the right book at the right tim

Joyce Tyldesley Paperback 289 pages Pharaoh. Icon. Enigma. Lost for three thousand years, misunderstood for a century. A hundred years a

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

Priya Satia Paperback 384 pages For generations, the history of the British empire was written by its victors. British historians' accounts of co

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 Xerxe

PaperbackStephen Clarke NEW UPDATED EDITION Was the Battle of Hastings a French victory?Non! William the Conqueror was Norman and hated the French. W

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

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 co