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With the Empire gone, Brexit looming and the break-up of the United Kingdom itself a...

An illuminating and concise telling of the 5000 years of turbulent history that led India...

The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the...

WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 'A brilliantly original book' Financial Times 'One of the...

A brilliantly readable, beautifully illustrated general history of ancient Egypt, from the builders of the...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 'Hypnotic, shocking and...

In December 1937, the Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking. Within weeks,...

'The greatest historian that ever lived' Such was Macaulay's verdict on Thucydides (c. 460-400 BC)...

A riveting, adrenalin-fuelled tour of the unbridled extremes of human behaviour and activity in that...

'This forensic study of the Renaissance banking dynasty conjures up a world of art, literature,...

A riveting account of the last eighteen months of Tsar Nicholas II's life and reign...

'Riveting and original ... a work enriched by solid scholarship, vivid personal experience, and acute...

Solzhenitsyn's masterwork about those who dared to oppose Stalin and the lives shaped, devastated and...

'A wonderful book.' - Peter Frankopan 'A masterpiece' - Gregory Nagy, Harvard University 'Remarkable' -...

For nearly a century the two most powerful nations on earth; Victorian Britain and Tsarist...

A distinguished team of internationally renowned scholars surveys the great empires from 1600 BC to...

The NATO occupation of Afghanistan is over, and a balance-sheet can be drawn. These essays...

The Emperor's Grace is the story of the men of C Force - the first...

'A galloping journey through thousands of years of Chinese culinary history . . . a...

A breathtakingly ambitious retelling of the earliest human societies offers a new understanding of world...

A major history of the conflict that shaped every aspect of our world As Germany...

Cast aside by his family at an early age, abandoned and left to fend for...

A riveting exploration of the unforeseen consequences of technological disruption, from the no.1 international bestselling...

In this celebrated, landmark history of the Balkans, Misha Glenny investigates the roots of the...

Tacitus' Annals of Imperial Rome recount the major historical events from the years shortly before...

THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 THE...

The 50,000 copy bestseller, soon to be a major Spielberg film In this monumental multiple...

A concise, accessible account of strategy and the Second World War. How the war was...