History

Christopher Phillips Hardback 320 pages The essential guide to geopolitics in the modern Middle East The Middle East is in crisis. The shocking

Peter Burke Paperback 336 pages A rich, wide-ranging history of ignorance in all its forms, from antiquity to the present day Throughout histo

Nigel Townson Paperback 608 pages SA revelatory new history of Spain, from the late nineteenth century to the twenty-first'Spain is different,'

CLR James - Illustrated by: Sakina Karimjee, Nic Watts Paperback 272 pages The end of slavery started in what was then San Domingo. In 1791,

Tania Branigan Paperback 304 pages An indelible exploration of the Cultural Revolution and how it shapes China today, Red Memory uncovers fort

Jo Teeuwisse Paperback Fake news about the past is fake history. Did Hugo Boss design the Nazi uniforms? Did medieval people think the world

George Orwell Paperback 272 pages Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against tot

Marcy Norton Hardback 448 pages A dramatic new interpretation of the encounter between Europe and the Americas that reveals the crucial role of

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

David Grann Paperback 368 pages a mesmerising story of shipwreck, mutiny and murder, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking tr

Orlando Figes Paperback 368 pages From the great storyteller of Russia, a spellbinding account of the stories that have shaped the country's past

Jim Leary Hardback 288 pages On paths, roads, seas, in the air, and in space - there has never been so much human movement. In contrast we think

Rebecca Struthers Paperback 259 pages Timepieces are one of humanity's most ingenious innovations. Their invention was more significant for huma

Janina Ramirez Paperback 464 pages An instant bestseller and one of the most celebrated history books of the year, Femina reveals the power and

Sinclair McKay Hardback 400 pages A gripping work of narrative nonfiction recounting the history of the Dresden Bombing, one of the most devasta

John Goodlad Hardback 272 pages This is the extraordinary story of how salt fish from Shetland became one of the staple foods of Europe, power

Keiron Pim Hardback 544 pages The first English language biography of the great European writer Joseph Roth, exploring his genius and his tragic

Paperback 608 pages Ancient Rome matters. Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves.

Patrick Radden Keefe Paperback 560 pages The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions - Harvard; the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mary Hollingsworth Paperback 480 pages, 1x24pp colour plates Wealthy bankers, wise politicians, patrons of the arts, glittering dukes... so ru

PaperbackFernando Cervantes The 'conquistadores', the early explorers and settlers of Spanish America, have become the stuff of legends and nightmare

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

HardbackPeter Turchin What was history's biggest empire? Or the tallest building of the ancient world? What was the average life expectancy in medieva