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'Masterful research, impeccable detail, with a beautifully flowing narrative of which Churchill himself would have been proud.' - Professor Peter Caddick-Adams
From his earliest days Winston ...
The groundbreaking bestseller which examines the effect of empire on modern Britain
In Britain, imperialism is everywhere - though we often choose not to see it ...
The worlds biggest religion has a problem. There is zero archaeological evidence for the original Eucharist the sacred wine said to guarantee life after death ...
A glorious history of the jewel-like city on the Adriatic which was a melting-pot of Greek, Latin, Christian and barbarian culture. Winner of the 2020 ...
One of our finest biographers tackles the dramatic and revealing reign of George V
The prequel to The Crown- the first truly candid portrait of ...
An unforgettable 3,000-year-old journey - from Mesopotamian clay tablets trying to predict the future, to Tudor book-hunters and Nazi bonfires, and on into the dangers ...
WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE FOR GLOBAL CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN-HESSEL TILTMAN PRIZE 2021
LONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2021 ...
The dark, compelling history of a colonial witch-hunt, from the author of Witchfinders'The best and most enjoyable kind of history writing ... thought-provoking and absorbing ...
In this anthology, 25 leading scholars from across the globe describe and analyse how different societies have handled crisis. In ancient Greek, a crisis refers ...
A dramatic expansion of one of the definitive journalistic events of recent years- The 1619 Project, The New York Times Magazine's award-winning reframing of ...
Mary Tudor's childhood was overshadowed by the men in her life: her father, Henry VII, and her brothers Arthur, heir to the Tudor throne ...
There has never been a more important time for a study of the social, economic and political origins of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, three important ...
Meltdown investigates and recreates the dramatic events behind the most notorious nuclear accidents in history, as well as those shrouded in secrecy. Combining human tragedy ...
Why do Greek lorries have Metaphores written on the side? Is it grammatically correct to say 'the best team won' after a football match? What ...