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The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller 'The star of her generation' - Dan Snow, host of...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANGLO-HELLENIC LEAGUE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2025 "A brilliant exploration of Cyprus's long history...

From revolution to civil rights, Hollywood and the Gilded Age The extraordinary story of the...

'Brilliantly written ... evokes the wonder of an entire civilisation.' Tom Holland, author of Pax...

A New York Times Bestseller A Cosmopolitan Best Nonfiction Book of 2024 'Compulsively readable: I...

The awe-inspiring story of Hannah Senesh, a female paratrooper in World War II whose courage...

'Impressively original and ingenious . . . Brings the talented women of the Restoration Court...

A brilliant reappraisal of the medieval women whose lives have been misrepresented and co-opted over...

An overview of the lost peoples and cultures who flourished and fought for survival alongside...

A landmark study of of one of the most controversial periods in history, from an...

A vivid history of the relationship between Britain and China, from 1600 to the present...

A unique and compelling adventure through the history of rope and its impact on civilization,...

The story of the medieval world's most extraordinary organisations, the Assassins and the Templars The...

One of Britain's most popular public philosophers presents unexpected, hopeful lessons from human history that...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Disappearing Spoon, a romp through the...

'An absorbing and eye-opening account of what the Plantagenets did for us.' - HELEN CASTOR...

'As a military historian Max Hastings has few equals' - The Times Literary Supplement In...

Both humorous and shocking, Miracula is filled with astonishing facts and stories drawn from ancient...

A startling exploration of slavery in the Islamic world from the 7th century to the...

A nation on the cusp of war. A king ousted from his capital by the...

From the best-selling author of Chernobyl comes a sweeping history of the geopolitics behind the...

An adventurous, dazzling and original continent-sized history that brings South America's epic past and fascinating...

Fully updated edition of the biggest-selling popular science book of the 21st century explaining the...

A first-class journey through the history of railways From the first steam trains to the...

Nowadays, we take for granted the ready availability of maps of all kinds. In mid-Tudor...

In Crucible of Light, Elizabeth Drayson pulls together the epic interwoven history of the Muslim...

Why has Louis XIV's Palace of Versailles, defining symbol of hedonistic opulence in 17th-century France...

An epic new history of Ancient China told through the prism of a dozen extraordinary...