History books

A collection of essay and lectures by one of the leading tactical and strategic thinkers of the Late Victorian British...  Read More >>

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A rich examination of the cultural and political upheaval in Britain in the boiling hot summer of 1976  Read More >>

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From Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, author of Persians and The Cleopatras, comes a fresh and exciting exploration of the...  Read More >>

Drugs, cartels, mafia, addiction, the FBI, and coercion... this is a detailed look at the darkness that consumed...  Read More >>

One of literature's most moving portraits of friendship by an icon of literature.  Read More >>

The untold story of how slavery made the Roman Empire by acclaimed classical historian Emma Southon, author of...  Read More >>

A definitive history of the German Peasants' War, the greatest popular uprising in Western Europe before the French...  Read More >>

Acclaimed Syrian writer Samar Yazbek brings her experience chronicling the devastations of war to her latest work...  Read More >>

'Vera Gedroits was a true medical heroine: outrageous, intrepid and devoted to saving lives. Miranda Seymour’s genius...  Read More >>

The compulsively readable new book from The Rest is Classified host Gordon Corera. About how one man – Vasili Mitrokhin...  Read More >>

The secret history of an aristocratic Edwardian husband swap - inside the family of the Prime Minister Arthur Balfour...  Read More >>

Publishing to coincide with a major MoMA Retrospective, this book revisits the artist who upended modern art, and...  Read More >>

Presenting an analysis of contemporary classrooms, this book develops ideas about the ways teachers can be better...  Read More >>

The Director General of Pompeii offers a revelatory new history of the city  Read More >>

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A compelling dual biography of Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle that shines new light on two of the greatest...  Read More >>

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A feminist history of Europe's largest red-light district and an examination of the lives of the women who worked...  Read More >>

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Lanza explores radical attempts to remake Chinese cities during the Great Leap Forward in the first English history...  Read More >>