History & Classics
Britain at Bay
Alan Allport
Power. Glory. Death. Courage. How well do we know the story of the Second World War?
Escape from Earth
Fraser MacDonald
Lies, spies, sex-magic and socialism: the secret history of the first American rocket in space
Rummage
Emily Cockayne
An original exploration of all the ordinary, extraordinary and totally mad things we've thrown out and redeemed through the ages
The Gravediggers
Hauke Friederichs
A thrilling day-by-day account of the final months of the Weimar Republic, documenting the collapse of democracy in Germany and Hitler's frighteni…
The Origin of Empire
David Potter
Capturing the pivotal moment when Rome transformed from a republic to a world empire, spanning over three hundred action-packed years
Victory in the Kitchen
Annie Gray
The story of the twentieth century through one woman's life and the food she cooked for our most famous Prime Minister, Winston Churchill
A Scheme of Heaven
Alexander Boxer
Our future really was written in the stars, but not in the way we guessed
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Philip Coggan
A panoramic history of trade, industry and economic thought, from prehistoric times to the present.
The Colonizer and the Colonized
Albert Memmi
In this classic study of European colonialism, Albert Memmi examines the psychological effects of colonial ideology and system on both the colonizer a…
Cows and Curates
Judith Curthoys
A unique account of the land and property owned by Oxford's grandest college
A Cheesemonger's History of The British Isles
Ned Palmer
A celebration of cheese to go perfectly with your Christmas Stilton
Breaking Bread with the Dead
Alan Jacobs
The past isn't cancelled: it's not even past. How to cherish authors from Aristotle to Edith Wharton without succumbing to their most regret…
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
Rashid I. Khalidi
This is the story of Palestine told from the inside
Infamy
Jerry Toner
A journey to the dark side of Roman nature – like Horrible Histories for grown-ups
The Persecution of the Templars
Alain Demurger
The definitive account of history's most infamous trial, following the doomed Order from scandal to suppression
Tragedy, the Greeks and Us
Simon Critchley
A provocative and timely exploration into tragedy from the curator of The New York Times philosophy column
On the Edge
Diarmaid Ferriter
The first ever really honest account of the reality of Ireland's offshore islands
The Professor and the Parson
Adam Sisman
'I embarrassed myself by uncontrollable guffaws … This is a truly wonderful story' A. N. Wilson, Spectator