Robert Dallek's brilliant two-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson has received an avalanche of praise. Now Dallek has…

In the summer of 1940, the French army was one of the largest and best in the world, confident of victory. In the space of a…

This new historical atlas - richly illustrated with photographs, artwork recreations and full-colour maps, explores the…

Tells the story of the changing fortunes of the Jia dynasty, focussing on Bao-yu, now married to Bao-chai, after the tragic…

'History writing at its compulsive best' A. N. Wilson This is a history of the ideas that shaped not only London, but…

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In The Metamorphoses, Ovid draws on Greek mythology, Latin folklore, and tales from Babylon and the East to create a series…

Virginia Woolf said of The Egoist: 'Meredith pays us a supreme compliment to which as novel-readers we are little accustomed…

Looks at how key events in Irish history contributed to the creation of the 'Irish Nation'. This book supersedes all other…

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Diarmaid MacCulloch''s epic, acclaimed history A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years follows the story…

Examines the lives of major figures in Roman history, from Lucullus (118-57 BC), an aristocratic politician and conqueror of…

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A stunning Penguin clothbound edition of Homer's great epic, in E. V. Rieu's classic translation. The Iliad is the first and…

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The first part of his trilogy on the Spanish Empire, Hugh Thomas's Rivers of Gold brings the rise of Spain's global empire…

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From the acclaimed author of Britain's War Machine and The Shock of the Old, a bold reassessment of Britain's twentieth…

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This is a magisterial, one-volume history of political thought from Herodotus to the present, Ancient Athens to modern…

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Laurence Sterne's great masterpiece of bawdy humour and rich satire defies any attempt to categorize it. Part novel, part…

The second book in his acclaimed trilogy on the rise and fall of Nazi Germany, Richard J. Evans' "The Third Reich in Power:…

Witchcraft, astrology, divination and every kind of popular magic flourished in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth…

This definitive account reveals how the political and social progress of Britain has been inextricably intertwined with the…

The 1660s represent a turning point in English history, and for the main events - the Restoration, the Dutch War, the Great…

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Dominic Sandbrook's magnificent account of the late 1970s in Britain - the book behind the major BB2 series "The Seventies".…

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The horrific series of conflicts known as the Thirty Years War (1618-48) tore the heart out of Europe, killing perhaps a…

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Moving between Spanish conquest abroad and the court of the astute Charles V, Hugh Thomas' "The Golden Age: The Spanish…

The early 1970s were the age of gloom and glam. Under Edward Heath, the optimism of the Sixties had become a distant memory.…

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The final chapter in the definitive, three-volume history of the world's first known state Archaeologist John Romer has…

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*WINNER OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORY* *A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022* Iron and Blood is a…

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Niall Ferguson's "The War of the World: History's Age of Hatred" re-tells the story of history's most savage century as a…

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Stalin, like Hitler and other tyrants, won and held power because he had collaborators - hangmen. Drawing on newly released…

An epic history of how we became consumers, and the goods that have transformed our lives over the past 600 years. Now in…

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Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize for History, the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, the American Library in…

For almost all nations, the First World War was an unparalleled disaster, but the Italian experience especially was to have…

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The acclaimed account of the English people, now updated with two new chapters'Masterful, an enormously readable narrative…

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Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second…

Presents comprehensive history of Irish Nationalism.…

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Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second…

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The greatness of Italy's culture and way of life have had a powerful attraction for many generations of visitors. This book…

In 1940 Hitler sent his troops to execute the Fall of France. A six-week battle with lightning 'blitzkrieg' warfare and…

The cradle of Western civilisation, Ancient Greece was a land of contradictions and conflict. Charting topics as diverse as…

'The greatest history of an event I know' - C.L.R. JamesRegarded by many as among the most powerful works of history ever…

In his rich and nuanced portrait of the remarkable, elusive Rothschild family, Oxford scholar and bestselling author Niall…

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The story of the novel in Britain is a good story. It begins in the eighteenth century, when people from outside the regular…

Tells the story of the women who were left alone after World War I - a remarkable generation of women who were changed by…

Tells the story of contemporary Ireland, from the clash between Catholic nationalist and socialist republicanism in the…

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Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second…