History

'The unofficial voice of modern Irish history' EconomistWhen President of the Irish Republic Michael Collins signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty in Decem...

The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history. The crown of England changed hands violently f...

FINALIST: 2022 PULITZER PRIZE IN BIOGRAPHYA NEW STATESMAN AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021'A revelation. Such a revolutionary literary discovery...

*** The New York Times Bestseller ***The powerful story of the women who used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust, stitching beautiful clo...

Zona Alfa is a set of simple, fast-play skirmish rules for scavenging, exploring, and surviving in a near-future, post-apocalyptic Eastern European...

This rich history of Antwerp was a Times Book of the Year and Radio 4 Book of the WeekEven before Amsterdam there was a dazzling North Sea port at ...

''A rip-roaring new life of Marshal ... [a] splendid account of a great medieval life'' Dan Jones, author of Crusaders''A thoroughly entertaining a...

THE MULTI AWARD-WINNING #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Gripping' NEW YORK TIMES'At last, the Ripper's victims get a voice... An eloquent, stirring chal...

Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August is a spellbinding history of the fateful first month when Britain went to war.War pressed against every fronti...

This brilliant new book explores the lives of eight generations of the greatest kings and queens that this country has ever seen, and the worst. Th...

Incoherent, obsessive and violent, Hitler's ideas nonetheless found an audience of millions and led to one of the most horrific and devastating con...

Unlock the secrets of the legendary weapons of the samuraiWhile the samurai is well known as the military nobility of medieval Japan, their range o...

From the bestselling author of The Secret History of the World, an exploration of the mystical forces that shape and protect usThe Sacred History i...

A timely work of major historical importance, examining the whole spectrum of events from the 1916 Easter Rising to the current and ongoing peace p...

THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZ...

'Richly entertaining... impressively well-researched' Daily Mail, Biography of the YearThe Sunday Times bestselling biography of the glamorous coup...

Here, for the first time, is an in-depth, factual look at the entire art of ninjutsu, including the emergence of the ninja warriors and philosophy ...

'A poignant celebration of human resilience' Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite RunnerDear Zari gives voice to the secret lives of women across Af...

This book describes the clandestine missions that were defining moments in the evolution of the Mossad, including its pursuit of the Black Septe...

'TOM PHILLIPS IS A VERY CLEVER, VERY FUNNY MAN' Greg JennerThis is a book about TRUTH - and all the ingenious ways, throughout history, that we've ...

'Masterly' - Robert Harris, author of Imperium 'Essential reading for anyone interested in Ancient Rome' Independent*****Caesar Augustus schemed an...