History & Classics
Our History & Classics books are ideal for readers of ancient, military and social history. Mary Beard brings ancient Greece and Rome to life in SPQR, Emperor of Rome and Talking Classics; Rashid Khalidi unpacks the Middle East in his internationally acclaimed The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine and Andrew Martin chronicles the British seaside holiday in the Sunday Times bestseller To the Sea by Train.
Forgotten
Raja Shehadeh
From two leading writers and thinkers on Palestine: a profound meditation on memory and what we choose to memorialise
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
Embers of the Hands
Eleanor Barraclough
A "brilliantly written, brilliantly conceived" (Tom Holland) history of the Viking Age, told through the everyday objects of ordinary people
Native Nations
Kathleen DuVal
A Pulitzer-Prize winning new history of indigenous Americans, by the winner of the 2024 Cundill History Prize
Extractive Capitalism
Laleh Khalili
An eye-opening survey of how extractive industries power globalisation – and how to fight back
Vietdamned
Clive Webb
The untold story of the writers and philosophers who took on the United States government for its war in Vietnam
Jewish Country Houses
Juliet Carey
A unique angle on Jewish and country house history, beautifully illustrated with original photography by leading architectural photographer Hél…
Immaculate Forms
Helen King
Journey into the complex medical and religious history of women's bodies from classical Greece to the modern day
The Revelation of Ireland
Diarmaid Ferriter
A masterful history of a country transformed over 25 years, from Ireland's most distinguished historian
On The Roof
Tom Allan
An outstanding study of an ancient craft, landscape and community from a unique new voice
Tracks on the Ocean
Sara Caputo
A trailblazing history of how the marks left on maps tell the story of the world
The Green Ages
Annette Kehnel
A fascinating look at the medieval precedents for modern sustainable living
The History of Ideas
David Runciman
What is the history of ideas – and how has it shaped our world today?
At the Edge of Empire
Edward Wong
The essential history of modern China, told through the story of one family
What Does Israel Fear from Palestine?
Raja Shehadeh
A searing reflection on the failures of Israel to treat Palestine and Palestinians as equals, as partners on the road to peace instead of genocide.
Impossible City
Simon Kuper
An unsparing memoir of the city in the twenty-first century, from a long-time Parisien d'adoption