Humanities books

Dryness, paleness, waking, sighing, despair, frenzy, death: love's repercussions can be dire indeed. Perhaps that...  Read More >>

Three powerful heroines - a queen, a sorceress and woman made of flowers - plot revenge against the villain who...  Read More >>

The epic story of a man born into Caribbean slavery, who defeated Napoleon's armies and crowned himself a free black...  Read More >>

A fresh look at the ancient general and scholar's classic History of the Peloponnesian War, from the perspective...  Read More >>

'Ingenious… a glorious portrait of the great 15th-century prince of learning' Daily Telegraph  Read More >>

A ground-breaking and essential work of history – the first of its kind to closely examine the British Royal Family’s...  Read More >>

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A deeply intelligent and moving reckoning with the Zionist project by one of Sweden's most distinguished writers...  Read More >>

The shocking true story of the German monarchy's collaboration with the Nazis - an award-winning bestseller in Germany...  Read More >>

Two old friends end up on opposite sides of the English Civil War, in this widely acclaimed history At the Inns...  Read More >>

Rees uses previously unpublished testimony from former Nazis and those who grew up in the Nazi system, and in-depth...  Read More >>

A major new history of the epic siege of the island fortress of Malta Even as the great siege began it was understood...  Read More >>

Graeme Richardson's first collection delivers frank and humorous poems about mortality, desire, and the joys and...  Read More >>

Bringing together the areas of myth and legend, Mike Dixon-Kennedy presents some of the most colourful myths and...  Read More >>

Shadow-Shapes: The Journal of a Wounded Woman provides a rare first-hand account of World War I from a female perspective,...  Read More >>

Twenty-one soundbites extracted by Daesh propagandists from mediaeval Islamic texts to lure vulnerable Muslims to their extremist ideology are put back into context to help others avoid radicalisation...  Read More >>

In the 1850s, opposition to the Crown in New South Wales made for unsteady ground for the administration of criminal...  Read More >>

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‘A towering achievement’ MERVE EMRE An FT 'What to Read in 2026' Book A...  Read More >>

An illustrated study of the development and operations of coalition and Afghan Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan...  Read More >>

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German Light Divisions 1938-39 Volume 1 offers a detailed examination of the creation and early operations of Germany's...  Read More >>

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This new edition of the seminal text explores Britain's shifting identity from empire to a modern nation. It examines...  Read More >>