History

A celebration of the forerunners and pioneers of women's suffrage from 1918

The history of Britain, presented as you've never seen it before, through twenty-one women whose lives enthral and beguile, intrigue and inspire

An introduction to the classical world for you and your canine

The reclaimed history of a woman whose tragic life tells a story of madness, forced marriages and how the super-rich came to own London

The fifteen men and women of the cloth who dared to stand up to fascism, proving that some hearts will never be conquered

'An important contribution ... Delving lucidly into the most significant ideological battles of the era, this book deftly outlines the thinking and dialogue that laid the foundations of the Republic - and which remain deeply relevant and contentious today'Shashi Tharoor, author of Inglorious Empire

WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE FOR GLOBAL CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN-HESSEL TILTMAN PRIZE 2021
LONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2021

How did the descendants of small arboreal primates manage to stand on our own two feet, become top predators and take over the world?

In The Wood Age, Roland Ennos shows that the key to humanity’s success has been our relationship with wood. He takes us on a sweeping ten-million-year journey from ...

Buried in the history of our most famous jail, a unique story of captivity, violence and race

Shakespeare: increasingly irrelevant or lone literary genius of the Western canon?

'A gripping story filled with remarkable revelations.' Tom Bower, author of Revenge

In Terms & Conditions Ysenda Maxtone Graham speaks to members of a lost tribe - the boarding school women, grandmothers now and the backbone of the nation, who look back on their experiences with a mixture of horror and humour

A New York Times Notable Book

Best Books of 2021: TIME, Smithsonian

New York Times Book Review * Editors' Choice


A radical reckoning with the racial inequality of America's past and present, by one of the ...

The riveting story of the Shawnee brothers who led the last great pan-Indian confederacy against the United States, by the award-winning author of The Earth is Weeping.

D-Day is one of the most recognizable terms in World War II lore and the invasion of Europe that it signifies was commemorated in a big way in Europe in the spring of 2019. D-Day - 75th Anniversary - A Millennials Guide goes beyond dates and figures and breaks down the history and happenings of the event ...

The Spanish Civil War in the Basque Town of Barakaldo: eleven months of resistance.
Details and analysis. Translated from the original Spanish text.

From the beginning of recorded history man has gazed into space and yearned to explore. Beginning with the Space Race between the Soviet Union and the US during the Cold War, this book traces our quest to reach the moon. It also includes: hardware diagrams and instructions; astronaut's notes and drawings; and, declassified Secret Documents.

Talks about an amazing high-seas adventure, which encompasses the search for the Northwest Passage in the early 1800s. Covering 39 heroic rescue missions, this book features photographs, paintings, engravings and maps.

From an acclaimed British author, a sharply focused, riveting account - told from inside the White House - of the crucial days, hours, and moments when the Watergate conspiracy consumed, and ultimately toppled, a president.
In January 1973, Richard Nixon was inaugurated after winning re-election in a ...

The extraordinary true story of the unlikely friendship between three women - Mussolini's daughter, a German spy, and an American socialite - who conspired to assist the Allies.
In 1943, Edda Mussolini, daughter of the fascist dictator, gave her father and Hitler an extraordinary ultimatum: release her ...