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.
Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith
Mary Beard
An unmissable tour through art and time with the most renowned classicist of today, Mary Beard
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
The Rise of Rome
Kathryn Lomas
A fresh, original account of the origins and rise of the ancient world's greatest imperial power
Armageddon and Paranoia
Rodric Braithwaite
How did we end up living in a terrifying reality of potential nuclear annihilation?
The Stones of Christ Church
Judith Curthoys
A lively account of the architecture and construction of Oxford's grandest college over the last 500 years
Nagasaki
Susan Southard
Chosen as one of the Washington Post's most notable nonfiction books of 2015, Nagasaki tells the neglected story of life after nuclear war
China at War
Hans van de Ven
An authoritative account of the brutal wars that wracked China between 1937 and 1952, including China's war with Japan, the Chinese Civil War, and…
Telling Tales in Greek
Lorna Robinson
An engaging guide to ancient Greece, narrated by the sly hero Odysseus.
Mafia Life
Federico Varese
A compelling account of life inside the mafia, from a leading academic: out now in paperback
The Russian Revolution
Sean McMeekin
The first major new history of the Russian Revolution in a decade combines cutting-edge scholarship and a fast-paced narrative to shed new light on a…
A Heavy Reckoning
Emily Mayhew
No-holds-barred, powerful medical non-fiction from the bleeding edge of medicine and war: out now in paperback
The Greedy Queen
Annie Gray
Full of original research, Annie Gray's first book considers Britain's most iconic monarch from a new perspective, telling the history of Br…
The Moor's Last Stand
Elizabeth Drayson
A thrilling account of the life of Spain's last Moorish king and the ending of seven centuries of Spanish Islam
Giro d'Italia
Colin O'Brien
The full, rich story of the legendary Giro d'Italia, covering its dramatic 100th edition
The Dawn of Christianity
Robert C. Knapp
Robert Knapp finds a new answer to the old question: why did Christianity take root and spread in the ancient Roman world?
Eat Me
Bill Schutt
At last, something to really get your teeth into: an entertaining, informative and gruesome look at the world's greatest taboo.
Release Your Inner Roman by Marcus Sidonius Falx
Jerry Toner
After his acclaimed How to Manage your Slaves, Marcus Sidonius Falx returns with a guide to self-fulfilment the Roman way