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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, Richard Ovenden, Mary Beard and Bettany Hughes.
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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...
Revised and updated, and with each page alive with facts, history and inspiration, ‘Be More Japan’ unlocks the secrets behind modern Japanese living – whether you’re eating ...
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’. Add to basket
The stunning new book from Professor Alice Roberts, acclaimed and bestselling author of Ancestors and Buried.
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‘An outstanding work’ – Philippa Gregory
‘A powerful narrative told with frankness and sensitivity’ Helen Fry, historian and author of ...
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023
A WATERSTONES BOOK OF YEAR FOR POLITICS 2023
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An epic story of humanity’s struggle against pandemics from the renowned historian and broadcaster
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Susannah Gibson charts the struggles and immense achievements of a group of trailblazing women who risked their reputations to become public intellectuals. Burdened with ailing children and unsympa...
With what this poor woman had been through the sight of her crying tore at my heartstrings. What if something should happen to her; who would care for her little baby? To conceal the fear and terro...
We tend to think about the Middle Ages as a dark, backward and unchanging time characterised by violence, ignorance and superstition. By contrast we believe progress is the consequence of science a...
When Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels, ‘The Ibis Trilogy’, ten years ago, he was startled to find how the lives of the 19th century sailors and soldier...
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
‘An absolute joy to read and an early contender for every list of History Books of the Year’ Sunday Telegraph<...
Red squirrels and red kites, drained lakes and flooded valleys, sulphurous springs and sea-filled caves. The land, sea and skyscapes of the UK are constantly shifting. Species, landmarks and ways o...
When the history of British codebreaking is told, the story is often a men-only preserve. That perception completely ignores the fact that the vast majority of codebreakers were in fact women. And ...
Smartphones, skyscrapers, spacecraft. Modern technology seems mind-bogglingly complex. But beneath the surface, it can be beautifully simple. In ‘Nuts and Bolts’, award-winning engineer...
The history of poetry anthologies and their influence on British society and culture over the last four centuries.
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Creatures like Lilith, the seductive first wife of Adam, and mermaids, who lured sailors to their death, are familiar figures in the genre of monstrous temptresses who use their charms to entice me...
This is a history of the ways in which foreign and prehistoric peoples were represented in museums of anthropology, with their displays of arts and artifacts, their dioramas, their special exhibiti...
The astonishing story of the critical year 1923 – the year when the French illegally and brutally occupied Germany’s economic heartland, the Ruhr; when hyperinflation wrought havoc with...