History & Classics
Exposed
Caroline Vout
A Spectator and Sunday Times Book of the Year, Exposed is the story of the Greek and Roman body – in all its (surprisingly human) glory
Sparta
Andrew Bayliss
From warrior queens and the 300 to the Peloponnesian war, a major new history of an ancient superpower
Augustine the African
Catherine Conybeare
A groundbreaking reassessment of one of Christianity's foundational thinkers from award-winning classicist Catherine Conybeare
Advance Britannia
Alan Allport
A major – and global – history of how the Second World War was won, by the author of Britain at Bay
Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea
Emily Wilson
Emily Wilson reflects on the power of language to evolve our understanding of the past
The Invention of Good and Evil
Hanno Sauer
A grand, sweeping history of the evolution of morality across the entire existence of humankind
To the Sea by Train
Andrew Martin
A lively history of the seaside holiday by train from Britain's 'Bard of the Buffer'
Escaping Babylon
Jesse Bernard
How thirty years of Black music reshaped Britain, from 1989 to the present
From Life Itself
Suzy Hansen
The Pulitzer finalist tells the fascinating story of the rise of an authoritarian Turkey under Erdogan through the microcosm of life in a local Istanb…
Hoax
Madeleine Pelling
The History Hit presenter's spellbinding history unpicks the stories of three incredible eighteenth-century hoaxes
Talking Classics
Mary Beard
The world's most acclaimed classicist on whether and why the Classics still matter
The Illegals
Shaun Walker
A pacy, character-driven history of the KGB's deepest cover spies in the West, a system that took decades to unravel
No Ordinary Deaths
Molly Conisbee
A vibrant, compelling social history of death, dying, and how our ends shape our lives and societies
Holy Places
Kathryn Hurlock
An exploration of pilgrimage, through nineteen breath-taking sites across the globe
Collared
Chris Pearson
The story of human and dog companionship in the modern world – from street dogs to pampered pedigrees
We Survived the Night
Julian Brave NoiseCat
An unforgettable father-son story and portrait of Indigenous North America, announcing a major new talent
Church Going
Andrew Ziminski
An insightful and charming history of Britain's churches – by an author who spends his life working in them
The Revelation of Ireland
Diarmaid Ferriter
A masterful history of a country transformed over 25 years, from Ireland's most distinguished historian
Tracks on the Ocean
Sara Caputo
A trailblazing history of how the marks left on maps tell the story of the world