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What did the Georgians think of themselves, and of their exciting, turbulent, and controversial times?
The Georgian era (1714-1830) was a time of innovations. It ...
The Cecils: The Dynasty and Legacy of Lord Burghley looks at the lives of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Elizabeth I's Chief Minister and Secretary ...
This book explores who King James was as an individual by looking at key events and relationships that shaped him. The life of King James ...
New in paperback - An original new biography of Henry VIII's last wife, Katherine Parr, which shows the strength of the Queen's devotion to ...
Four generations of Brandon men lived and served six English kings, the most famous being Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, best friend and brother-in-law to ...
The 'boy-king' is finally shown in a new light: not as an overshadowed son, but as a notable King of England. For too long, King ...
In unfailingly elegant prose, V. S. Pritchett provides a timeless distillation of the city of London and the London experience. He shows us the capital ...
'Taylor Downing is a wonderful historian and a wonderful history communicator' Dan Snow, History Hit
'Vividly brings to life a terrible year' Max Hastings, Sunday ...
The first history of childhood in Tudor England
What was it like to grow up in England under the Tudors? How were children cared for ...
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE
'There have been many books written about the events of Bloody Sunday, however, none has wrenched the reader as ...
Former royal correspondent Stephen Bates lifts the lid on the 1,800 years of power plays, ritual, tradition and intrigue in Britain's monarchy and ...
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'Tender, fascinating ... Lucid and illuminating' Robert Macfarlane
Funerary rituals show us what people thought about mortality; how they felt about loss ...
Revealing the ten great engineers, across a variety of fields, who were responsible for the industrial revolution. Samuel Smiles published his "Lives of the Engineers ...
An eye-opening account of how violence was experienced not just on the frontlines of colonial terror but at home in imperial Britain.When uprisings against ...
