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.
Great State
Timothy Brook
The last eight centuries of China's relationship with the world told through the eyes of traders, invaders, civil servants, visionaries, and trai…
Infamy
Jerry Toner
A journey to the dark side of Roman nature – like Horrible Histories for grown-ups
Escape from Earth
Fraser MacDonald
Lies, spies, sex-magic and socialism: the secret history of the first American rocket in space
The Professor and the Parson
Adam Sisman
How a liar, bigamist and fraudulent priest took in some of the brightest minds of his generation
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
Tragedy, the Greeks and Us
Simon Critchley
A provocative and timely exploration into tragedy from the curator of The New York Times philosophy column
The Border
Diarmaid Ferriter
The history and possible future of the border between the Republic and Northern Ireland.
The Goodness Paradox
Richard Wrangham
Professor Richard Wrangham advances a provocative new theory of what makes human civilisation special: the nature of our violence.
Hungary
Norman Stone
In this robust overview of Hungarian history, award-winning historian professor Norman Stone tells the story of the nation's struggle for self-de…
On the Edge
Diarmaid Ferriter
The first ever really honest account of the reality of Ireland's offshore islands
The Invisible Emperor
Mark Braude
An intimate encounter with one of the most influential people ever to live
Living with Buildings
Iain Sinclair
One of Britain's finest writers embarks on a journey to explore the relationship between our health and the buildings that surround us
The Bell of Treason
P.E. Caquet
A key episode in the prelude to World War II presented in a vivid and tragic new light
The Persecution of the Templars
Alain Demurger
The definitive account of history's most infamous trial, following the doomed Order from scandal to suppression
Conan Doyle for the Defence
Margalit Fox
Arthur and George meets The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: how the creator of Sherlock Holmes overturned one of the great miscarriages of justice
The Day a Team Died
Frank Taylor
An eye-witness account of the Munich air crash of February 6th 1958, when 8 members of the Manchester United team were killed. First published in 1983…
Cult of Progress
David Olusoga
A major rethink of global relations throughout time, told through art by the author of Black and British
Medieval Bodies
Jack Hartnell
A glittering and gruesome history of the body in the Middle Ages, loved by critics and readers alike