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Published in the 200th Anniversary year of the Battle of Waterloo a witty look at how the French still think they won, by Stephen Clarke ...
The greatest story of military conquest in history from a 'master storyteller' (Guardian)
Genghis Khan was by far the greatest conqueror the world has ever ...
A window to the world's most fascinating cities
Journey back in time and take a walk through the historic streets of the world's ...
Selected as a Book of the Year in the Telegraph and Evening Standard
'A gripping, vivid, deeply researched chronicle of the Russian Revolution told through ...
An incredible story of struggle and survival during the siege of Leningrad during the Second World War
The 900-day siege of Leningrad (1941-44) was one ...
In this remarkably human portrait of one of the twentieth century's most complicated personalities, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Andrew Scott Cooper traces the Shah's ...
Clement Attlee was a slightly-built, bald, pipe-smoking and unassuming man who presided over the radical administration of 1945-51 and is sometimes referred to as Britain ...
From mermaids to sea serpents, unicorns to griffins and Bigfoot to the Loch Ness Monster, our world has always been full of fabulous beasts, fantastical ...
In The Book, Keith Houston reveals that the paper, ink, thread, glue and board from which a book is made tell as rich a story ...
Winner of the French-American Foundation Translation Prize for Nonfiction Jean Guehenno's Diary of the Dark Years, 1940-1945 is the most oft-quoted piece of testimony ...
"This is a little history with a big heart, meant to be savored more than studied, read out loud like poetry, or perhaps sung like ...
A comprehensive and eye-opening examination of Hitler's regime, revealing the numerous strategic compromises he made in order to manage dissent
History has focused on ...
This book tells the story of Bali the "paradise island of the Pacific" its rulers and its people, and their encounters with the Western world ...
