20th Century History

Winner of the NCR Book Award. Number 1 bestseller in hb. World-wide best-seller. The book which made Schama's name The most authoritative social, cultural and narrative history of the French...

This new publication from Michael Belafi offers some truly intriguing content. Photographs of the mighty Zeppelin at all stages of development feature in a publication that aims to chart the...

It has long been claimed that the Allies did little or nothing to rescue Europe's Jews. Did they deny refuge to those fleeing Hitler's death machine? Why did they fail...

Originally published as "Dreyfus to de Gaulle", this authoritative account has been revised and extended, its greater chronological range reflected in the new title.Two substantial additional chapters have been incorporated...

From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a clear-eyed exploration of the career of Leon Trotsky, the tragic hero who "dreamed of justice and then wreaked havoc," by a leading expert...

Two hundred years of modern science and culture, told through one family history In his early twenties, poor, depressed, stranded in the Coral Sea on the HMS Rattlesnake, hopelessly in...

The celebrated historian and journalist uncovers the networks trying to destroy the democratic world in this Sunday Times bestseller All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of...

Urgent, compelling reading from the author of Chernobyl on the defining conflict of our times- do you know what is at stake in Ukraine? On 24 February 2022, Russia shocked...

SUNDAY TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR and FINANCIAL TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014 WINNER OF THE TEMPLER MEDAL AND THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller Richard...

She was a vivid star in the constellation of remarkable men and women who created Ireland's political and literary renaissance in the early years of the twentieth century. Beautiful, admirable,...

Sixty years after the Holocaust, the author of Lost in Translation explores the difficult process of preserving an authentic version of its tragic events. As the Holocaust recedes in time,...

In this warm and witty biography of Elizabeth II in her jubilee year, Sunday Times bestseller Ian Lloyd reveals the people, events and themes that have shaped her life and...

This title provides a detailed account of the issues and events which led to the Holocaust, and discusses the historiographical interpretations surrounding that event. The book examines anti-Semitism in Europe...

Written by eleven contributors of international standing, this book offers a readable and authoritative account of Europe's turbulent history from the French Revolution in the late eighteenth century to the...

The eagerly awaited sequel to THIS SCEPTERED ISLE, a paperback bestseller. This new volume tells the story of the twentieth century. Lee looks back on the extraordinary changes that have...

The Truth About Empire comes from expert historians who believe that the truth, as far as we can pinpoint it, matters; that our decades of painstaking research make us worth...

The Soviet Union is gone, but its ghostly traces remain, not least in the material vestiges left behind in its turbulent wake. What was it really like to live in...

Under the banner of a Holy War, masterminded in Berlin and unleashed from Constantinople, the Germans and the Turks set out in 1914 to foment violent revolutionary uprisings against the...

Michael and Vivien Noakes were allowed to follow the Queen around for a year. They observed her working life and recorded it in words and pictures. Michael Noakes is one...

The epic story of the rivalry that shaped the 20th century and poses questions for the 21st. Mohandas Gandhi and Winston Churchill- India's moral leader and Great Britain's greatest Prime...

Renowned historian Richard Holmes brings his eye for illuminating detail to a biography of one of Britain's greatest leaders. Richard Holmess insightful new biography of one of Britains greatest leaders...

Exactly a century ago, intelligence agencies across Europe first became aware of a fanatical German nationalist whose political party was rapidly gathering momentum. His name was Adolf Hitler.From 1933, these...

THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A gripping story of human frailty, love, loss, sadness, and tragedy' Daily Mail She is the most public and least understood woman in Britain. Diana...

A Spectator Best Book of the Year; An Aspects of History Best Book of the Year; An Engelsberg Ideas Best Book of the Year Five hundred years ago, Thomas Wolsey...

Blending the journalistic rigor of Masha Gessen with the call to action of We Should All Be Feminists, a searing denunciation of Putin's Russia, revealing how modern Russia's history of...

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER-ONE BESTSELLER When Diana: Her True Story was first published in 1992 it changed the way the public viewed the British monarchy. Never before had a senior...

AN AGE OF CONFLICT contains a variety of excerpts from historians writing about turmoil in twentieth-century Europe. These 53 readings demonstrate how different historians interpret the same events. The authors...

The real story of the Hillsborough disaster, told by the people who were there On 15 April 1989, the world witnessed one of the worst football disasters in history occur...

'The people of Central Europe cannot be separated from European history; they cannot exist outside it; but they represent the wrong side of this history; they are its victims and...

Every socialist in the land should happily greet the news that the whole story is to be told afresh in the new biography by Anne Perkins. She gave us a...

Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize, and a Daily Telegraph and BBC History Magazine Book of the Year. On the night of 23 February 1820, twenty-five impoverished craftsmen assembled in...

This is a truly unique account of Nazi Germany at war and of one man's struggle against totalitarianism. A mid-level official in a provincial town, Friedrich Kellner kept a secret...

Since the 1989 fall of Communism in Eastern Europe, Romania, arguably the most regimented of states in the Soviet bloc, has struggled with the transition from totalitarian state to democratic...

Drawing on her unique set of contacts Katie Nicholl recounts the royal brothers extraordinary lives and reveals William and Harry's real characters as they become front line soldiers and modern...

Elizabeth R applies the classic formula of the Brief Life to the most recognized yet still mysterious woman in the world, Queen Elizabeth II. For more than thirty years Robert...

Few monarchs have achieved a sixty-year reign and the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II will be an historic event in every sense. This official souvenir charts every year of...

From her first public broadcast in 1940 as a 14-year-old princess, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has given loyal service throughout her long and glorious reign over the United Kingdom...

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II celebrates 60 years as British Sovereign in 2012. With the exception of Queen Victoria, who reigned for 63 years, she is the longest-serving monarch, acknowledged...

The fascinating royal and social history that inspired Seasons 2 and 3 of The Crown , written by the show's historical consultant. In this incredible companion to the second and...