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*This book is published in the US as Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and...

'Every so often, a new work emerges of such immense scholarship and weight that it...

History, completed. 'Excellent . . . bursting with extraordinary women' - Anita Anand, broadcaster and...

The miraculous story of Madrid-how a village became a great world city For centuries Madrid...

A compelling, expansive history of the relationship between China and Russia, from the seventeenth century...

A tale of great enterprise and great fortitude, and of wonderful female solidarity and nobility...

The world-changing story of Turkey - a country caught between two worlds This brilliant distillation...

Silk Silver Opium not only tells the fascinating stories of silk and tea, porcelain, silver...

An entertaining and enlightening book about how ancient peoples dealt with death and what we...

On June 6, 1944, Frederick Giesbert, assigned to the American army's 29th division, landed on...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A "masterly account" (The Wall Street Journal) of the life...

Many books have been written about Diana; many more will no doubt follow. None has...

A bold revisionist history exploring the impact of WW1 on the mindsets and strategic decisions...

Britain. Made in Europe. In the 1930s, tens of thousands of central Europeans sought sanctuary...

World-renowned gemmologist, Helen Molesworth traces the journey of gems, showing how their remarkable stories are...

A universally praised, richly enjoyable new history of medieval France One of the great epics...

The twentieth anniversary edition of Caroline Elkins's Pulitzer Prize-winning expose, now with a new introduction...

'Brilliant, unpredictable and endlessly fascinating' IAN MORTIMER 'I love this book' TRACY BORMAN 'Gunn and...

A superbly illustrated and lavishly designed collector's treasure, charting an epic triumph against the odds...

European and Arab versions of the Crusades have little in common. For Arabs, the twelfth...

'A city so rich in trees it looks like a cloth of brocade spread out...

The story of the ancient world's most spectacular library, and the civilization that created it...

A remarkable account of the terrible climax of the Second World War in Asia, published...

At 8:15 a.m. on August 6th, 1945, the Japanese port city of Hiroshima was struck...

Blood and Treasure is the story of the economics of conflict from the Viking Age...

'Their years in the Aegean may have been half perfect at best, but it was...

Spending his weekends exploring historic churches across the idyllic English countryside - and sharing their...

"[A] vivid travelogue." New Statesman "Has much to offer." The Spectator "Sparks the imagination." BBC...