History

Paperback 288 pages This rich history of Antwerp was a Times Book of the Year and Radio 4 Book of the WeekEven before Amsterdam there was a dazzling North Sea port at the hub of the known world: t...

Donald Rayfield Hardback 352 pages The Crimean Tatars – Turkic-speaking native peoples of Crimea – established a powerful Khanate in the 1440s, which remained in power until 1783. In this, t...

Softback Michelle McNamara The masterful true crime account of the Golden State Killer - the serial rapist turned murderer who terrorised California for over a decade - from the late Michelle McNa...

Paperback 624 pages At the end of the fifteenth century, Burgundy was extinguished as an independent state. It had been a fabulously wealthy, turbulent region situated between France and Germany, ...

Michael Windross Paperback 266 pages...

Kate Lister Paperback 464 pages, Color illustrations throughout An eye-opening exploration of the weird and wonderful things human beings have done in pursuit (and denial) of the mighty orgasm, b...

Jonn Elledge Paperback People have been drawing lines on maps for as long as there have been maps to draw on. Sometimes rooted in physical geography, sometimes entirely arbitrary, these lines migh...

Olivia Swarthout Hardback 208 pages Bursting with wisdom and artwork from the Middle Ages, this handy guide will give you time-tested solutions for all of life's biggest problems. Whether it's...

David van Reybrouck Paperback 656 pages Hailed as "a monumental history . . . more exciting than any novel" (NRC Handelsblad),David van Reybrouck's rich and gripping epic, in the tradition of Rob...

Jessica Hamel-Akre Paperback The day Jessica Hamel-Akre discovered the ideas of George Cheyne - an eighteenth-century polymath and London society figure known as 'Dr Diet' - it sparked an intelle...

Sara J. Charles Hardback 344 pages This book takes the reader on an immersive journey through medieval manuscript production in the Latin Christian world. Each chapter opens with a lively vignet...

Peter Godfrey-Smith Paperback The eagerly anticipated conclusion to Peter Godfrey-Smith's three-part exploration of the origins of intelligence on Earth, which began with the bestselling Other Mi...

Anne Applebaum Hardback 240 pages One of the world's most celebrated historians and journalists uncovers the networks trying to destroy the democratic worldAll of us have in our minds a cartoon i...

Anthony Bale Paperback 464 pages _From the bustling bazaars of Tabriz, to the mysterious island of Caldihe, where sheep were said to grow on trees, Anthony Bale brings history alive in A Travel ...

Mary Beard Paperback 512 pages What was it really like to rule and be ruled in the Ancient Roman world?In her international best-seller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Ro...

Nadine Akkerman - Pete Langman Hardback 368 pages, 60 color illus. +1 map A fascinating exploration of the devious tricks and ingenious tools used by early modern spies—from ciphers to cou...

David Van Reybrouck Paperback On a sunny Friday morning in August 1945, a handful of tired people raised a homemade cotton flag and on behalf of 68 million compatriots announced the birth of a new...

Bettany Hughes Paperback Their names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The Temple of Artemis. The statue of Zeus at Olympia. The mausoleum of ...

Carlo Rovelli Paperback 208 pages A triumph. . . We are left in a world that is not disenchanted by science, but even more magical' Financial TimesIn June 1925, twenty-three-year-old Werner H...

Paperback 608 pages Ancient Rome matters. Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to...

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...

Nina Edwards Hardback 224 pages This book unravels the intimate narratives woven into the fabric of our most personal garments. From the first loincloths to the intricate layers of shapewear, the...

Alice Loxton Hardback 336 pages At eighteen, your life is full of of what-ifs and why-nots. You have everything to look forward to – unless you've got the plague . . . From a young Elizabeth Tu...

Hampton Sides Paperback On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in HMS Resolution. Two-and-a-half years l...