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"Outstanding." - The Sunday Times
"Beautifully written." The Times
"Superbly adroit." The Spectator
"Excellent." BBC History Magazine
The Battle of Hastings and its aftermath nearly wiped ...
The entire fascinating story of Japan told in one exciting manga-style volume!
A History of Japan in Manga tells the action-packed saga of Japan from ...
Accusatory, libellous, or just bizarre, Penning Poison unveils the history of anonymous letter-writing. Receiving an unexpected and unsigned note is a disconcerting experience. In Penning ...
'Glorious' Guardian
'Vigorous, rigorous and eminently readable' SPECTATOR
In his soaring new book, Niall Kishtainy draws us into the imaginative worlds of Thomas More, the ...
This brilliantly concise history of the Pacific Ocean nevertheless succeeds in examining both the indigenous presence on ocean's islands and Western control or influence ...
'We all know about Queen Victoria, Edward VIII and Queen Elizabeth II, but how much do we really know about other monarchs? Yes, we know ...
There's nowhere quite like Piccadilly Circus.
From the moment they emerge, blinking from the underground station, visitors to Piccadilly Circus face a sensory onslaught ...
For decades now, America's national security state has grown ever bigger, ever more secretive and powerful, and ever more abusive. Only once did someone ...
An inside look at al-Qaeda from 9/11 to the death of its founder-told through the words of Bin Laden and his closest circle
As ...
A thrilling new history of one of Europe's most dramatic conflicts
Less than a month after it marched into France in summer 1870, the ...
It's been said that, after 9/11, the 2008 financial crash and the Covid-19 pandemic, we're a more fearful society than ever before ...
Early in the twentieth century, adventurous Norwegians were drawn to the southern hemisphere, seeking their fortune from sealing and whaling. This book tells the extraordinary ...
A timely and up-to-date account of religion in Roman Britain.
Two thousand years ago, the Romans sought to absorb into their Empire what they regarded ...
The remarkable true story of Ellen and William Craft, who escaped slavery through daring, determination, and disguise, with Ellen passing as a wealthy, disabled white ...
In 2023, debate about an Indigenous Voice to Parliament swirls around us as Australia heads towards a referendum on amending the Constitution to make this ...
