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.
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
Russia
Rodric Braithwaite
A short and pithy introduction to the history of Russia as we know it today
Brainwashed
Daniel Pick
A brilliant and mind-bending exploration of brainwashing and thought control
Geography Is Destiny
Ian Morris
The story of Britain, from its first moments as an island to its possible future
Blood on the River
Marjoleine Kars
A breathtakingly original history of the Berbice Slave Rebellion, the event that almost changed the face of the Americas
A People's Church
Jeremy Morris
A richly detailed history of the Church of England from a top academic and historian who is also a priest.
Nine Quarters of Jerusalem
Matthew Teller
A thoroughly original exploration of Jerusalem, told through the voices of its contemporary residents
A Grand Tour of the Roman Empire by Marcus Sidonius Falx
Jerry Toner
The first ever travel guide to the Roman Empire.
The BBC
David Hendy
A monumental work of popular history, making the case that the Beeb is as much of a National Treasure as the NHS
New Rome
Paul Stephenson
Three hundred action-packed years of Roman history, encompassing the fall of Rome and the rise of a new empire in the East
Magritte
Alex Danchev
The first major biography for our time, from the celebrated biographer of Cézanne
The Rule of Laws
Fernanda Pirie
From ancient Mesopotamia to today, the epic story of how humans have used laws to forge civilizations
Fabric
Victoria Finlay
A magnificent work of original research, unwinding history through cloth – how we make it, use it and what it means to us
The Wordhord
Hana Videen
An entertaining collection of strange, delightful and unexpectedly apt words from the origins of English
The Library
Arthur der Weduwen
Princes, collectors, bookworms and thieves: the extraordinary story of the library, from Alexandria to the age of Google
All of the Marvels
Douglas Wolk
A revelatory guide to the 'epic of epics' from a beloved authority, who has read all 27,000 Marvel comics