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The countryside is cherished by many Britons. There is a depth of feeling about rural places, the moors and lochs, valleys and mountains, cottages and country houses. Yet the British countryside, s...
An intricate and personal history of watches and time, told by an extraordinary watchmaker and historian.
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The scintillating follow-up to Pandora’s Jar from bestselling author Natalie Haynes.
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‘Remarkable’ Literary Review
‘Startlingly original’ Amanda Foreman
Some called it a craze. To others it was a cult. J...
‘People embraced each other, shook hands, joy radiated from every eye, there was no limit to the celebrations.’ There can be few more exciting or frightening moments in European history...
What’s the connection between Shakespeare and maths? A lot, as it turns out! Shakespeare grew up in a time of remarkable mathematical innovation. From astronomy to probability, music to multi...
For too long, Africa’s history has been neglected. Dominated by western narratives of slavery and colonialism, its past has been fragmented, overlooked and denied its rightful place in our gl...
From Peter Marshall, winner of the Wolfson Prize 2018, Storm’s Edge is a new history of the Orkney Islands that delves deep into island politics, folk beliefs and community m...
Drawing on over 40 years of post-Franco scholarship, ‘The Penguin History of Modern Spain’ transforms our knowledge of Spain and its politics, society, economics and culture. It interwe...
First used as a drug capable of treating mental illnesses, then as a ‘truth serum’ by the CIA, this book reveals how the fortuitous discovery of LSD in April 1943 led to a mass exploita...
Hundreds of thousands of miles of paths reach into, and connect, communities across England and Wales. By 2026, 10,000 miles of undiscovered footpaths around Britain stand to be lost. Jack Cornish ...
Humans did not make history – we played host. This humbling and revelatory book shows how infectious disease has shaped humanity at every stage, from the first success of Homo sapiens over th...
A fascinating, frightening and sometimes funny window into an all-too recent world – everyday life in Britain in the shadow of the mushroom cloud. There have been many histories of the Cold W...
In this gripping work of contemporary history, one of Britain’s leading political and social commentators maps Boris Johnson’s time in power across ten decisive moments and sheds light ...
A Sunday Times History Book of the Year 2023
A Spectator Book of the Year 2023
The Irish Times No.1 Bestseller
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At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. It was the first empire the world had ever seen. Here, historian Eckart Frahm tells the ep... Most people can name the influential leaders and major battles of the past. Few can name the most destructive storms, the worst winters, the most devastating droughts. In this book, historian Peter... This is the story of Messalina – third wife of Emperor Claudius and one of the most notorious women to have inhabited the Roman world. The image of the Empress Messalina as a sexually insatia... Discover the lives and work of four ambitious Renaissance women who, against all odds, made themselves heard – and read – in the time of Shakespeare. In an innovative and engaging narra... From the author of The Darkening Age, Heresy is perfect for readers of Tom Holland, Karen Armstrong, Mary Beard and Bettany Hughes. In ‘Beyond the Wall’, acclaimed historian Katja Hoyer offers a kaleidoscopic new vision of this vanished country. Beginning with the bitter experience of German Marxists exiled by Hitle... The relationship between language, thought and culture is of concern to anyone with an interest in what it means to be human. ‘The Language Puzzle’ explains how the invention of words a... One of the most extraordinary mother and daughter stories of all time – Anne Boleyn, the most famous of Henry VIII’s wives and her daughter Elizabeth, the ‘Virgin Queen’.
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The stunning new book from Professor Alice Roberts, acclaimed and bestselling author of Ancestors and Buried. ‘An outstanding work’ – Philippa Gregory ‘A powerful narrative told with frankness and sensitivity’ Helen Fry, historian and author of ... 
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