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The Silk Roads - A New History of the World

The sun is setting on the Western world. Slowly but surely, the direction in which the world spins has reversed: where for the last five ...

Conquerors - How Portugal Forged the First Global Impire

An epic tale of navigation, trade, technology, money, religion, diplomacy, espionage and shipwrecks, charting how Portugal set about expl...

Elizabeth of York - The First Tudor Queen

Prominent historian and novelist Alison Weir reveals the true story Elizabeth of York, a key figure in the Wars of the Roses and the Tudo...

Napoleon the Great

Andrew Roberts is a biographer and historian of international renown whose books include Salisbury: Victorian Titan (winner, the Wolfson ...

A Very British Murder

Dr Lucy Worsley is a historian and Chief Curator of the Historic Royal Palaces, where she looks after the Tower of London and Hampton Cou...

The Witches - Salem, 1692

A Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling historian explores the Salem witch trials, one of the greatest mysteries of American history.

The Swerve - How the World Became Modern

In the winter of 1417, a short, genial, cannily alert man in his late thirties plucked a very old manuscript off a dusty shelf in a remot...

Inglorious Empire - What the British Did to India

From the internationally acclaimed author comes his bestselling account of India's experience of British colonialism.

Napoleon - The Man Behind the Myth

`Napoleon is an out-and-out masterpiece and a joy to read¿ Sir Antony Beevor, author of Stalingrad A landmark new biography that presents...

The Private Lives of the Tudors - Uncovering the Secrets of Britain's Greatest Dynasty

The author of the bestselling biography of Thomas Cromwell takes us behind the scenes to reveal the intimate secrets of the Tudor court a...

Henry VIII and the men who made him - The secret history behind the Tudor throne

Henry VIII is well known for his tumultuous relationships with women, and he is often defined by his many marriages. But what do we see i...

Frederick the Great - King of Prussia

Tim Blanning is the author of a number of major works on eighteenth century Europe, including The Pursuit of Glory : Europe 1648-1815, Th...

Queen Victoria - Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow

Bestselling author and historian Lucy Worsley tracks a new course through Queen Victoria's life, examining how she transformed from danci...

Nature's Mutiny - How the Little Ice Age of the Long Seventeenth Century Transformed the West and Shaped the Present

Hailed as an "arresting" (Lawrence Klepp, New Criterion) account, Nature's Mutiny chronicles the great climate crisis of the seventeenth ...

Wissenschaften zwischen Tradition und Innovation - Historische Perspektiven | Sciences between Tradition and Innovation - Historical Perspectives

The ideas of »tradition« and »innovation« articulated by cultural historiography have in recent decades been presented as central categor...

The Europeans - Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture

'Magnificent. Beautifully written, immaculately researched and thoroughly absorbing from start to finish. A tour de force that explains h...

Empireland - How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain

EMPIREWORLD IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW WINNER OF THE 2022 BRITISH BOOK AWARD FOR NARRATIVE NONFICTION ***THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE CHANNE...

Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen

What happened when Jane Austen’s heroines and heroes were finally wed?

Koh-i-Noor - The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond

'Riveting. This highly readable and entertaining book ... finally sets the record straight on the history of the Koh-i-Noor' Tarquin Hall...

The Ugly Renaissance

Featuring the beauties of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, combined with the dark and hidden side of the Renaissance, by an acclaimed ...

The Fall of Robespierre - 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris

The day of 9 Thermidor (27 July 1794) is universally acknowledged as a major turning-point in the history of the French Revolution. Maxim...

The Island at the Centre of the World - The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America

A new edition of Shorto's history of Dutch Manhattan, New York (formerly New Amsterdam). Reissued to tie in with the paperback edition of...

Citizens - A Chronicle of The French Revolution

Simon Schama is University Professor in Art History and History at Columbia University in New York, and one of the best-known scholars in...

Travels From the Cape of Good Hope Into the Interior Parts of Africa, Including Many Interesting Anecdotes: With Elegant Plates, Descriptive of the Co

Ain't I a Woman?

A collection of Sojourner Truth's iconic words, including her famous speech at the 1851 Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio A former...

Mosby's Raids in Civil War Northern Virginia

The most famous Civil War name in Northern Virginia, other than General Lee, belongs to Colonel John Singleton Mosby, the Gray Ghost. The...

Speeches Of The Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M. P. - With A Sketch Of His Life

A collection of speeches and addresses by one of the most influential politicians of the late Victorian era, providing insight into the i...

Shakespeares Welt - So lebten, liebten und litten die Menschen im 16. Jahrhundert | Das Geschenk für alle Mittelalter-Fans

Die Vergangenheit ist eine Reise wert! Die Zeit von Shakespeare und Königin Elizabeth I. gilt als »goldenes Zeitalter«. Aber wie war es e...

The Last Colony - A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain's Colonial Legacy

After the Second World War, new international rules heralded an age of human rights and self-determination. Supported by Britain, these u...

Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia

'A characteristically radical re-reading of history that places the social and political experiments of pirates at the heart of the Europ...

Strange Battles of the Civil War

"Strange Battles of the Civil War" is an anecdotal look at engagements during the Civil War that have unique or unusual aspects. Victorie...

The Kings Painter - The Life and Times of Hans Holbein

The first illustrated biography of Hans Holbein, the painter who depicted some of the most powerful people of the early sixteenth century...

Broken Threads - My Family From Empire to Independence

A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING FINALIST SHORTLISTED FOR THE WESTMINSTER BOOK AWARDS 'One of the best...

The Interesting Narrative

The Interesting Narrative is a first-hand account of the horrors of slavery, published on the eve of the British abolition debate in 1789...

Tudor Children

The first history of childhood in Tudor England

The Book of Phobias and Manias - A History of the World in 99 Obsessions

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ALL BIBLIOMANIACS A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, SPECTATOR AND DAILY MAIL A WATERSTONES BEST POPU...

Empire, Incorporated - The Corporations That Built British Colonialism

Historians typically regard the British Empire as a state project aided by corporations. Philip Stern turns this view on its head, arguin...

Worn - A People's History of Clothing

'This riveting behind-the-scenes story of the clothes on our backs is a must-read for clotheshorses everywhere' Harper's Bazaar 'Extraord...

Empireworld - How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER In his ground-breaking new book, Sathnam Sanghera traces the legacies of British empire around the wo...

Patriot Militiaman in the American Revolution 1775-82

The American Revolution was a decisive conflict, which saw the birth of a new nation. Continental Army regulars fought in massive and fam...

The Colonial, Familiar, Nostalgic, Radical, Transformative Life of the Strawberry

The U.S. Constitution and Other Key American Writings (Keepsake Edition)

A collection of essential documents from American history, now with a creatively embroidered cover. The U.S. Constitution and Other Key A...

Early Modern British and World History 1509-1760

Deliver an ambitious, knowledge-rich and global KS3 History curriculum to develop pupils¿ knowledge of the past, build their skills and e...

Old Thiess, a Livonian Werewolf - A Classic Case in Comparative Perspective

"The topic of werewolves has flared in the popular imagination in recent years, but the case of Thiess-a self-admitted werewolf who claim...

Three Weeks in November - A Military History of the Swiss Civil War of 1847

The Covent Garden Ladies - the book that inspired BBC2's 'Harlots'

SOON TO BE STREAMED ON NETFLIX By the Baillie Gifford prize-winning and No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of THE FIVE 'A fascinating ...

The Zulu Kingdom and the Boer Invasion of 1837-1840

After six battles, the war of 1838 between the Zulu people and the invading Boers and their Port Natal allies reached a stalemate. The Bo...

The Fight for the Four Freedoms - What Made FDR and the Greatest Generation Truly Great

The fascinating story of Franklin Roosevelt, the Greatest Generation, and the freedoms they won, is a “stirring, heady dose of American h...

A Slave No More - Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation

Slave narratives, some of the most powerful records of our past, are extremely rare, with only fifty-five post-Civil War narratives survi...

Opium and Empire - The Lives and Careers of William Jardine and James Matheson

A close look at two infamous Scottish capitalists engaged in the opium trade.

Sultan's Court - European Fantasies of the East

An engaging critique of Western misconceptions about the mysterious East. Alain Grosrichard's fascinating survey focuses particularly on ...

The Damascus Events - The 1860 Massacre and the Destruction of the Old Ottoman World

'A superb account of the 1860 Damascus massacres-much neglected nowadays but central to the creation of the modern Middle East' - Simon S...

All His Spies - The Secret World of Robert Cecil

From the acclaimed author of The Watchers, the untold story of Robert Cecil - the ultimate Tudor spy-master 'Alford triumphs... in recrea...

Young Queens - The gripping, intertwined story of Catherine de' Medici, Elisabeth de Valois and Mary, Queen of Scots

The boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de' Medici, Elisabeth de Valois and Mary, Queen of Scots - three queens exer...

Hunting the Falcon - Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and the Marriage That Shook Europe

A groundbreaking examination of how the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn sent shockwaves across a continent and changed England for...

The Other Renaissance - From Copernicus to Shakespeare

Enlightening and fascinating' John Banville, Wall Street Journal Through the lives of major figures from the fifteenth to the seventeenth...

George III - The Life and Reign of Britain's Most Misunderstood Monarch

The Times Book of the Year *Winner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, 2022* *Winner of the General Society of Colo...

Dark Brilliance - The Age of Reason from Descartes to Peter the Great

A sweeping history of the Age of Reason, which shows how, although it was a time of progress in many areas, it was also an era of brutali...

The Medici

'This forensic study of the Renaissance banking dynasty conjures up a world of art, literature, philosophy - and brutality' Telegraph 'Li...

King of the World - The Life of Louis XIV

Winner of the Franco-British Society Book Prize 2019 'The ultimate biography of the Sun King' Simon Sebag Montefiore Louis XIV dominated ...