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Churchill through the eyes of those who met him, published for the 150th anniversary of his birth
This insightful portrait of Winston Churchill delves beyond ...
The second volume in an acclaimed biography of Oliver Cromwell, from the capture of Charles I to the expulsion of the Long Parliament
In 1647 ...
'Ingenious. Caputo picks out a fascinating path and leads readers along it with the confidence of a practised pilot' Felipe Fernndez-Armesto, author of 1492'Accessible ...
'I witnessed the dwindling glow of the British Empire. I saw small men entrusted with great jobs, playing with the destiny of millions'
Mishal Husain ...
A brilliant new history of the city, told through the lens of its popes. In Rome the echoes of the past resound clearly in its ...
Gold Award Winner, 2024 Nonfiction Book Awards
Runner-up, 2024 History category, San Francisco Book Festival
For much of recorded history, people considered the heart to ...
A dazzling exploration of the intersections of beauty and power around the globe, told through the lens of an iconic cosmetic
'Fascinating' Nigella Lawson
'Awe-inspiring ...
The impulse to seek out new worlds is universal to humanity. In a truly inclusive account of exploration, historian Matthew Lockwood interweaves stories of famous ...
An enjoyable, accessible exploration of the legacy of ancient Greece today, across our daily lives and all forms of popular culture
Our contemporary world is ...
A brilliant, paradigm-shifting global survey of how human history has reshaped the planet, and vice versa over the last 500 years
In this paradigm-shifting global ...
Dominating Ukraine has been the cornerstone of Russian policy for centuries - now, we are witnessing a genocide.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine brought large-scale warfare ...
A global exploration of the many writing systems that are on the verge of vanishing, and the stories and cultures they carry with them.
If ...
'Both pioneering and fundamental. This is the essential history of Ukraine, from one of the greatest Ukrainian thinkers and scholars.'
Timothy Snyder #1 New York ...
In 1600, English helmsman William Adams washed ashore in Japan, and was interrogated by Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japan's most powerful warlord and soon-to-be shogun. Far ...
There is not just one story of silk. In silk is science, history and mythology. In silk is the future.
Aarathi Prasad's Silk is ...
