Victorian Britain (Pitkin History of Britain)

Unleashing Demons: The Inside Story of Brexit

As David Cameron's director of Politics and communications, Craig Oliver was in the room at every key moment during the EU referendum - the biggest

Brief History: The Dynasties of China

By focusing on the key colourful characters of the eight major dynasties, Bamber Gascoigne brings to life 3500 years of Chinese civilisation. His unique bird's-eye

Deception : Spies, Lies and How Russia Dupes the West

From the capture of Sidney Reilly, the 'Ace of Spies', by Lenin's Bolsheviks in 1925, to the deportation from the USA of Anna Chapman, the

More Noble Than War

By turns tragic and hopeful, the history of Israel and Palestine through the lens of the world's most popular sport. Football has never been shy

Coromandel

Coromandel. A name which has been long applied by Europeans to the Northern Tamil Country, or (more comprehensively) to the eastern coast of the Peninsula

Everything in Moderation

'I've never met Danny Finkelstein but I think I'm in love with him. His book is such good company - sane, intelligent and witty. He

Hannibal

Witnessing Waterloo

Midnight, Sunday, June 18, 1815. Britain holds its breath. Since Napoleon’s escape from Elba in February, Europe has been jolted from eleven months of peace

The Second Nuclear Age

The cold war ended more than two decades ago, and with its end came a reduction in the threat of nuclear weapons - a luxury

The Federalist Papers

The Federalist Papers is a collection of political essays, three United States Founding Fathers intelligently and forcefully advocate the ratification of what became thi...

The Great Rescue

Published in commemoration of the centennial of America’s entry into World War I, the story of the USS Leviathan, the legendary liner turned warship that

GREAT HARRY'S NAVY

The Reckoning

From best-selling author of Fighter Boys, a gripping true detective story into a shooting that had momentous consequences for the modern world. What happened when

Theresa May

Only the second woman to hold office at 10 Downing Street, Theresa May inherits the most difficult political mandate of recent times: to negotiate Britain’s

West Like Lightning

'A GROUNDBREAKING WORK,' hails True West: The #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of American Sniper brings the Pony Express to life in this rich

Thomas Cromwell : The Rise and Fall of Henry VIII's Most Notorious Minister

The son of a brewer, Thomas Cromwell (1485-1540) rose to become Earl of Essex, Vice-Regent and High Chamberlain of England, Keeper of the Privy Seal

Kitchener

The words 'Britons Wants You' and 'Your Country Needs You' are echoes from the First World War - a time very different from today but

Modern Women

Modern Women este o celebrare a unora dintre femeile influente și impresionante care au schimbat lumea prin viața, prin munca și prin acțiunile lor. De

The Dignity of Chartism

Throughout her essays, Thompson strikes a delicate balance between on-the-ground accounts of local uprisings, snappy portraits of high-profile Chartist figures as well a...

Lucifer Rising British Intelligence and the Occult in the Second World War

Summer 1940. In the desperate fight against Nazi Germany, nothing is considered too outlandish, so the British secret services turn to figures from the occult

The Holocaust

This thought-provoking book uses evocative photographs, maps and easy-to-follow text to tell the story of this dark event to young readers in a clear and

The King and the Catholics: The Fight for Rights 1829

The story of Catholic Emancipation begins with the violent Anti-Catholic Gordon Riots in 1780, fuelled by the reduction in Penal Laws against the Roman Catholics

My Friend the Mercenary

He wanted a war. And, for his sins, he got one. James Brabazon was an ambitious young war reporter when he entered the chaos of

Zero Night

A remarkable story told in full for the first time: a rip-roaring adventure story of WWII derring-do, all the more thrilling for being true. Oflag

Speaking With the Spirits of the Old Southwest

DISCOVER THE CHILLING TRUE STORIES OF THE SPIRITS WHO HAUNT THE OTHERWORLDLY LANDSCAPE OF THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST Out in the Arizona desert, among the crumbling

UFOs, Aliens and the Battle for the Truth : A Short History of UFOlogy

This no-nonsense guide to one of our most enduring mysteries presents a short history of the strangest encounters, looks carefully at explanations from the blunt

The History of The Channel Tunnel

The Channel Tunnel, has been one of histories most protracted and at times acrimonious, construction projects. From the paranoia of the late 18th and early

Reporting on Hitler : Rothay Reynolds and the British Press in Nazi Berlin by Will Wainewright

Allegedly the only man capable of holding the Fuhrer's intense gaze, Rothay Reynolds was a leading foreign correspondent between the wars and ran the Daily

Return

'After growing up in Britain following exile from Palestine in 1948, Karmi returns to her homeland in the hope of helping with the peace process

To Fight Alongside Friends : The First World War Diary of Charlie May

The First World War Diaries of Manchester Pals Captain Charlie May - written and kept in secret and published now for the first time. A

Women of Westminster

In 1919 Nancy Astor was elected as the Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton, becoming the first woman MP to take her seat in the

Holocaust Child : Lalechka

A little girl is smuggled out of a Jewish ghetto. Two courageous women. And an inspirational story of survival. In 1941 at the height of

Secret Alliances

In this extraordinary book, historian Tony Insall reveals how some of the most striking achievements of the Norwegian resistance were the detailed reports produced by

Charlie Company Journeys Home

Using countless interviews as well as original diaries and letters, Andrew Wiest lays bare the horror of the Vietnam War for those left behind and

Mi9

Many of the most famous escapes in history took place during the Second World War. These daring flights from Nazi-occupied Europe would never have been

A Pictorial History of World War II

A mere 20 years after the Treaty of Versailles had, supposedly, drawn a line under 'the war to end all wars', the world was consumed

Evil Families

Throughout history, you see examples where criminality seems to run in the family. From the Ptolemaic dynasty that terrorized Greek Egypt to the modern mafia,

Valkyrie's Song

M.D. Lachlan's brooding and powerful tales of Vikings, Norse gods and werewolves have already won praise from, amongst others, Joe Abercrombie, Adam Roberts, Mike Carey

Hubris

Sir Alistair Horne has been a close observer of war and history for more than fifty years. In this wise and masterly work that he

It Came from Something Awful

An insider's history of the website at the end of the world, which burst into politics and memed Donald Trump into the White House. The

MAMMOTH BOOK OF MODERN BATTLES

From the start of the 20th century to the most recent major offensives, here are fifty accounts of the battles that made the modern world,

Don Vito and the Mafia: Living with My Father's Secrets

Vito Ciancimino - Don Vito da Corleone - spent forty years in the grip of death, mafia, politics, business deals and the secret service. Don

The Empire of Necessity

East-West Divan

This collection of scholarly essays on Egyptian culture, history, society, archeology, literature, art, and conservation is published in memory of Werner Mark Linz, who s...

Shadow State

Every year the British government spends GBP80 billion outsourcing public services. Today, private companies are responsible for fulfilling some of the most sensitive an...

The 50 Greatest: Prehistoric Sites Of The World

Istoria omenirii se întinde pe doar 5000 de ani, un simplu impuls pe linia temporală a existenței noastre. Dacă vrei să știi ce înseamnă cu

1963: That Was the Year That Was

A compendium of the year's milestone stories and watershed events in popular culture and politics. This year alone saw The Beatles' first No 1, Martin

The Butcher, the Baker, the Candlestick-Maker

Hutchinson explores the controversial creation of the British census. He follows its development from a head-count of the population conducted by clerks with quill pe...

CITY OF SIN: LONDON

For over a thousand years, England's capital has been associated with desire, avarice and the sins of the flesh. In this text, Catharine Arnold turns

Discourse By Three Drunkards On Government

A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government takes the form of a debate between a spokesman for Western ideals of democracy and progress, and an

The Roman Empire in 100 Haikus

The Roman Empire has been a source of fascination to political thinkers, the obsession of some of the greatest historians, and has influenced art down

Only Plane in the Sky

It begins predawn, where we meet airport staff who unknowingly usher terrorists onto their flights. From a secret bunker beneath the White House, Dick Cheney

Russians Among Us

With intrigue that rivals the best le Carré novels, Russians Among Us tells the explosive story of Russia's espionage efforts against the United States and

Miners' Battalion

'The true nature and functions of a pioneer battalion were never fully understood during the war either by military or laymen. 'Pioneers ... pioneers,' mused

Code Name Caesar

In the waning days of World War II, a little-known battle took place under the frozen seas off the coast of Norway . . .

Women in Aviation

Amy Johnson and Amelia Earhart may be the most famous trailblazing women within the world of early aviation, but there were many others. From the

How Australia Became British: Empire and the China Trade

Australia's tale of discovery, colonization and eventual settlement by the British is fraught with conflict. Wilson's discovery of the Eastern Passage, in 1759, was the

The Last of the Tsars: Nicholas II and the Russia Revolution

A riveting account of the last eighteen months of Tsar Nicholas II's life and reign from one of the finest Russian historians writing today. In

Being Arab

In the years before his assassination in 2005, Samir Kassir became one of Lebanon's foremost public intellectuals, a fearless critic of tyranny and an inspiring

Underworld London: Crime and Punishment in the Capital City

Beginning with an atmospheric account of Tyburn, we are set up for a grisly excursion through London as a city of ne'er do wells, taking