Historical literature

Atlantic: A Vast Ocean of a Million Stories - Simon Winchester

Atlantic: A Vast Ocean of a Million Stories
TEXT Simon Winchester

Full Steam Ahead: How the Railways Made Britain - Peter Ginn

Full Steam Ahead: How the Railways Made Britain
TEXT Peter Ginn

Wounds: A Memoir of War and Love - Fergal Keane

Wounds: A Memoir of War and Love
TEXT Fergal Keane

Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama - David Garrow

Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama
TEXT David Garrow

Victorians Undone: Tales of the Flesh in the Age of Decorum - Kathryn Hughes

Victorians Undone: Tales of the Flesh in the Age...
TEXT Kathryn Hughes

Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-three mariners, one megastorm and the sinking of El Faro - Rachel Slade

Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-three mariners, one...
TEXT Rachel Slade

Livingstone’s Tribe: A Journey From Zanzibar to the Cape - Stephen Taylor

Livingstone’s Tribe: A Journey From Zanzibar to...
TEXT Stephen Taylor

Monarchy: From the Middle Ages to Modernity - David Starkey

Monarchy: From the Middle Ages to Modernity
TEXT David Starkey

Leviathan: The Rise of Britain as a World Power - David Scott

Leviathan: The Rise of Britain as a World Power
TEXT David Scott

Memory of the World: The treasures that record our history from 1700 BC to the present day - UNESCO

Memory of the World: The treasures that record...
TEXT UNESCO

Britain AD: A Quest for Arthur, England and the Anglo-Saxons - Francis Pryor

Britain AD: A Quest for Arthur, England and the...
TEXT Francis Pryor

Midnight’s Descendants: South Asia from Partition to the Present Day - John Keay

Midnight’s Descendants: South Asia from Partition...
TEXT John Keay

Adventures in the Orgasmatron: Wilhelm Reich and the Invention of Sex - Christopher Turner

Adventures in the Orgasmatron: Wilhelm Reich and...
TEXT Christopher Turner

Americans in Paris: Life and Death under Nazi Occupation 1940–44 - Charles Glass

Americans in Paris: Life and Death under Nazi...
TEXT Charles Glass

Hunting El Chapo: Taking down the world’s most-wanted drug-lord - Douglas Century

Hunting El Chapo: Taking down the world’s...
TEXT Douglas Century

The Life and Times of Call the Midwife: The Official Companion to Series One and Two - Heidi Thomas

The Life and Times of Call the Midwife: The...
TEXT Heidi Thomas

The Afghan Wars: History in an Hour - Rupert Colley

The Afghan Wars: History in an Hour
TEXT Rupert Colley

The Hitler–Hess Deception - Martin Allen

The Hitler–Hess Deception
TEXT Martin Allen

The Rooster in 2013: Your Chinese Horoscope - Neil Somerville

The Rooster in 2013: Your Chinese Horoscope
TEXT Neil Somerville

The Later Roman Empire - Averil Cameron

The Later Roman Empire
TEXT Averil Cameron

Mussolini and the Rise of Fascism - Donald Sassoon

Mussolini and the Rise of Fascism
TEXT Donald Sassoon

Daughters of Britannia: The Lives and Times of Diplomatic Wives - Katie Hickman

Daughters of Britannia: The Lives and Times of...
TEXT Katie Hickman

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World - Deborah Cadbury

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
TEXT Deborah Cadbury

The English Civil War: A People’s History - Diane Purkiss

The English Civil War: A People’s History
TEXT Diane Purkiss

Savage Kingdom: Virginia and The Founding of English America - Benjamin Woolley

Savage Kingdom: Virginia and The Founding of...
TEXT Benjamin Woolley

The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge - Paul Preston

The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and...
TEXT Paul Preston

Twelve Years a Slave: A True Story - Solomon Northup

Twelve Years a Slave: A True Story
TEXT Solomon Northup

The Destruction of Guernica - Paul Preston

The Destruction of Guernica
TEXT Paul Preston

The Awful End of Prince William the Silent: The First Assassination of a Head of State with a Hand-Gun - Lisa Jardine

The Awful End of Prince William the Silent: The...
TEXT Lisa Jardine

Shadows of a Princess - Patrick Jephson

Shadows of a Princess
TEXT Patrick Jephson

The Kit-Cat Club: Friends Who Imagined a Nation - Ophelia Field

The Kit-Cat Club: Friends Who Imagined a Nation
TEXT Ophelia Field

The History of the Times: The Murdoch Years - Graham Stewart

The History of the Times: The Murdoch Years
TEXT Graham Stewart

Democracy Needs Aristocracy - Peregrine Worsthorne

Democracy Needs Aristocracy
TEXT Peregrine Worsthorne

Farewell Kabul: From Afghanistan To A More Dangerous World - Christina Lamb

Farewell Kabul: From Afghanistan To A More...
TEXT Christina Lamb

Beauty and Atrocity: People, Politics and Ireland’s Fight for Peace - Joshua Levine

Beauty and Atrocity: People, Politics and...
TEXT Joshua Levine

My Old Man: A Personal History of Music Hall - John Major

My Old Man: A Personal History of Music Hall
TEXT John Major