\nThe power of the Roman Empire was at its peak in the second century AD but in fact it started in 753 BC when Rome was…

A quirky collection of stories from London's stranger side, featuring a tiny prison cell in Trafalgar Square, a train…

Anne Boleyn is perhaps the most influential and important queen consort England ever had. This book reveals the facts behind…

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This seminal Pitkin guide to one of England's greatest monarchs has been revised and updated for 2019. Fully illustrated…

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The Victorians gave us many of the Christmas traditions we enjoy today, from putting up Christmas trees to pulling crackers.…

Life in a Roman villa…

Join us on a behind-the-scenes tour of the filming locations for the award-winning Netflix series The Crown.…

\nSpirit of London offers a wonderful snapshot of our capital before the Second World War, and a charming insight into our…

A quirky collection of true stories from the stranger side of the world's railways, featuring weird weather conditions,…

Richard Wyndham's evocative and charmingly eccentric account of his tour of Sussex, Kent and Surrey, taken as Britain stood…

Vintage Parisian scenes from the time of the Belle Epoque and beyond are matched with the same views today to give a…

Celebrate London through an illuminating visual history of its most significant, curious, and unusual street signs. In every…

Fascinating vintage photos of Hong Kong have been matched with the same viewpoint today to show the amazing growth and…

Classic vintage photographs of Singapore have been carefully matched with the same viewpoint today to reveal the incredible…

A visual historical tour through all the great tourist locations of Rome, with vintage images paired with their modern-day…

More extraordinary but true tales from London's history, featuring a mysterious mummy housed in a City church, a TARDIS at…

A quirky collection of true stories from the weird and wonderful side of the Garden of England, including ghosts, castles,…

A fascinating look at the myths, folklore and botany behind over 70 British wildflowers.…

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12 classic English fairy tales and their history reissued for 2019. These are stories of giants, dragons, fairies and…

The fascinating story of the Isokon, from its beginnings to the present day, and the artistic networks and legacy of the…

This large-format map book allows the reader to see some of the wonderful details of these illustrations. For example,…