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A new history of modern Britain that makes sense of its contradictions today
Imperial Island shows how empire, its disintegration and its ever-present aftermath have ...
'A witty, gossipy, sparkling history, full of bright jewels of anecdote... Magnificent Rebels is a triumph' THE TIMES, Book of the Week
'Extraordinary... A thrilling ...
Skulduggery, power struggles and politics. A fascinating re-examination of Anglo-Saxon England told through the secret lives of the saints.
From the Sunday Times bestselling author ...
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The Victorian period may have come to an end over 120 years ago, but the Victorians continue to be ...
A visual exploration of the cultural history of India through its greatest treasures
An exquisite collection of artefacts, sculptures, and historically significant treasures from across ...
'Outstanding' Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry
The remarkable untold story of how a group of sixteen determined women used the power of ...
In the shadow of every Tudor monarch there was a family who were the kingmakers but were never the kings, told for the very first ...
Central Europe is not just a space on a map but also a region of shared experience - of mutual borrowings, impositions and misapprehensions. From the ...
A dazzling history of the world's emperors, spanning the last thousand years
For millennia much of the world was ruled by emperors- a handful ...
The gripping exploration of Britain's ever-changing identity, through the guise of 12 poignant maps over 2,000 years of British history
Can the questions ...
'Lawrence James is the doyen of Empire historians' The Spectator
'James' writing is always full of energy and animation; he has an excellent eye for ...
The Sunday Times bestselling author of Dresden on the most important city of the 20th century - Berlin
Throughout the twentieth century, Berlin stood at the ...
'Popular history at its very best, thought-provoking and accessible. Underpinned by serious research, and written with panache, it summons up a vanished world' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ...
Picture, for a minute, every artwork of colonial New Zealand you can think of. Now add a chain gang. Hard labour men guarded by other ...
