'The First World War from a refreshingly unfamiliar angle . . . masterly' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times 'Compelling . . . The Eastern Front is essential reading' Margaret …
A dozen pages in I realized that I had been waiting for much of my life to read this extraordinary book Annie ProulxA way of life that once encompassed most of humanity is …
Plutarch traces the fortunes of Athens through nine lives - from Theseus, its founder, to Lysander, its Spartan conqueror - in this seminal workWhat makes a leader? For Plutarch …
From the acclaimed author of Promised You a Miracle and When the Lights Went Out, the untold story of British politics in modern times, through the triumphs and disasters of its …
The sweeping story of one of the great epics of Europe's history: the rise and rise of the dynasty that dominated the Middle AgesStarting in the tenth century from an insecure …
'This is an essential and fascinating book because it brings to light, through conversations and nature walks, some of the buried connections between Britain s landscape and …
'This is a history shaken by intimacy - a brave and rigorously humane book' Se n HewittHow far would you go for the missing?When Clair Wills was in her twenties, she discovered she …
A New York Times BestsellerThe international best-selling author explores the revolutions, past and present, that define the chaotic, polarized and unstable age in which we …
A revelatory eyewitness account of Russia s invasion of Ukraine and heroism of the Ukrainian resistance by Pulitzer Prize finalist Yaroslav Trofimov, the chief foreign-affairs …
