European History

Few writers had to confront so many of the last century's mass tragedies as Vasily Grossman. He is likely to be remembered, above all, for the terr...

A vivid and human glimpse into Europe's borderlands as they emerged from Soviet rule - back in print after nearly 20 years'In this superb book, in ...

'Never before had the world seen four such giants co-existing. Sometimes friends, more often enemies, always rivals, these four men together held E...

Operation Goodwood, the largest tank battle involving British troops ever to have taken place, has been a perpetual subject of controversy. Was it ...

Shortly after completing The Drowned and the Saved, Primo Levi committed suicide. The manner of his death was sudden, violent and unpremeditated, a...

The first authorized copy of this mysterious, much-speculated-upon, one-of-a-kind, centuries-old puzzleFor the first time, a complete reproduction ...

'A wonderful little book of recipes and stories' - NIGELLA LAWSON'History, stories, recipes and beautiful illustrations' - OLIA HERCULES'Christmas ...

In 1498 a young captain sailed from Portugal, circumnavigated Africa, crossed the Indian Ocean, and discovered the sea route to the Indies, opening...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2015 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE We have come to see the Holocaust as a factory of death, organised by bureaucrats. Yet by the time the...

The Ottoman Empire has long been depicted as the Islamic-Asian antithesis of the Christian-European West. But the reality was starkly different: th...

Nero fiddled while Rome burned. As catchy as that aphorism is, its sadly untrue, even if it has a nice ring to it. The one thing Nero is well-known...

The Roman Empire rules the civilised world with an iron fist, seemingly all-powerful and limitless. And yet, the power of Rome is secured not by it...

Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize for History, the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, the American Library in Paris Award, the Franco...

When Hitler ordered the north of Nazi-occupied Norway to be destroyed in a scorched earth retreat in 1944, everything of potential use to the Sovie...

'Vibrant and illuminating ... [Dywer] tells a fascinating tale' The Times 'Refreshing scholarship Energetic, readable and filled with colourful d...

In the northwestern corner of the great peninsula of the Peloponnese, close to the meeting point of the Cladeus and Alpheus rivers, lies a peaceful...

SELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TELEGRAPH AND EVENING STANDARD'[The] centenary will prompt a raft of books on the Russian Revolution. They wi...

Do you like books that bring history to life? Then you'll love The Bride's Trunk, because it's a page-turner, a true story of love and reconciliat...

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER A WATERSTONES POLITICS PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR, 2018 The Strange Death of Europe is a highly personal account...

Renowned historian, and author of A Short History of Byzantium, John Julius Norwich's classic history of VeniceA History of Venice tells the story ...

Marseille is a thoroughly ambiguous place. France's second city and its major sea-port, its impact on the national imagination is unparalleled. Yet...