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.
Art of the Extreme 1905-1914
Philip Hook
The ten most revolutionary years in art ever, covered by former Sotheby's director Philip Hook.
Confronting Leviathan
David Runciman
A primer on political theory from bestselling author and host of Talking Politics David Runciman
Between Two Hells
Diarmaid Ferriter
The history and legacy of the war that shaped the Irish political landscape for decades, by Ireland's most prominent historian.
Dante
Alessandro Barbero
A new biography of Dante from award-winning historian Alessandro Barbero and translator Allan Cameron
Something Out of Place
Eimear McBride
A blistering, galvanising essay from Eimear McBride, award-winning author of A Girl is a Half-formed Thing
All In It Together
Alwyn Turner
A biting and original history which places culture front and centre to explain how our country went to pieces
An Extra Pair of Hands
Kate Mosse
A rallying cry for carers and the acts of love that hold families together, from bestselling novelist Kate Mosse
Dancing on Ropes
Anna Aslanyan
Horizon-expanding tales of how translators altered the course of world events
The Greywacke
Nick Davidson
The story of three 19th-century geologists whose fraternal rivalry ended up rewriting the history of our planet
The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey
Julia Laite
An extraordinary and immersive story of one girl's life, and the trial of her traffickers that shaped the modern world
The Handshake
Ella Al-Shamahi
A quirky and engaging history reveals the secrets of one of our most ancient social gestures
The Gun, the Ship and the Pen
Linda Colley
Award-winning historian Linda Colley re-examines the making of the modern world through the advance of written constitutions.
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…
Ruin and Renewal
Paul Betts
A monumental new history of post-war Europe – how it was made, and how it made us
Strongmen
Ruth Ben-Ghiat
A leading academic exposes the historical and cultural contexts which allow political strongmen to thrive