History & Classics
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…
Medieval Bodies
Jack Hartnell
A glittering and gruesome history of the body in the Middle Ages, loved by critics and readers alike
Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith
Mary Beard
Companion to the BBC series CIVILISATIONS
Age of Conquests
Angelos Chaniotis
Five hundred years of power, politics and culture in the Hellenistic period and the Roman East
The Last Battle
Peter Hart
The only history of the last months of World War One: out in paperback for the centenary
Nefertiti's Face
Joyce Tyldesley
A major new work exploring the story behind Ancient Egypt's most famous art work.
The Rise of Rome
Kathryn Lomas
A fresh, original account of the origins and rise of the ancient world's greatest imperial power
Women & Power
Mary Beard
Number One Sunday Times BestsellerThe gender agenda revisited by Britain's best-known classicist, Mary Beard
Armageddon and Paranoia
Rodric Braithwaite
How did we end up in a terrifying reality of potential nuclear annihilation?