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The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the
In the bestselling tradition of The Swerve and A Distant Mirror, THE VERGE tells the story of a period that marked a decisive turning point for both European and world...
Captive Queen: The Decrypted History of Mary, Queen of Scots
In Captive Queen: The Decrypted History of Mary, Queen of Scots , Jade Scott, a historian and expert on Mary's correspondence, draws on hundreds of her encrypted letters to paint...
Travellers in the Golden Realm: How Mughal India Connected England to
Shortlisted for The British in India Book Prize 2025 'A spellbinding account of the first forgotten half of the English encounter with India with a fascinating history of the Mughal...
The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe's History
An astonishing, essential book on what was for ten centuries Europe's largest state - the Holy Roman Empire A great, sprawling, ancient and unique entity, the Holy Roman Empire, from...
Young and Damned and Fair: The Life and Tragedy of Catherine Howard at
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2017 Born into nobility and married into the royal family, Catherine Howard was attended every waking hour - secrets were impossible...
Great and Horrible News: Murder and Mayhem in Early Modern Britain
'Grimly fascinating ... engrossing' Daily Mail NINE HISTORIC CRIMES. ONE FAMILIAR OBSESSION. In early modern England, murder truly was most foul. Trials were gossipy events packed to the rafters with...
To The City: Along the Ancient Walls of Istanbul
'An enthralling guide to one of the world's great cities - that blends history and insights into the present day from one of the most astute commentators on the politics...
The Queen's Agent: Francis Walsingham at the Court of Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I came to the throne at a time of insecurity and unrest. Rivals threatened her reign; England was a Protestant island, isolated in a sea of Catholic countries. Spain...
The Diary of Samuel Pepys: A Selection
Published to co-incide with the pbk of Claire Tomalin's Whitbread Prize-winning biography The 1660s represent a turning point in English history, and for the main events - the Restoration, the...
Metaphysical Poetry
Colin Burrow's engaging (even amusing) introduction asks what the term metaphysical means and includes A Very Short History of Metaphysical Poetry from Donne to Rochester. Spanning the Elizabethan age to...
Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence - Understanding the Zen
Wabi sabi, the quintessential Japanese design aesthetic, is quickly gaining popularity around the world. Taken from the Japanese words wabi , which translates to less is more, and sabi ,...
Shakespeare: The World as a Stage
Bill Bryson's biography of William Shakespeare unravels the superstitions, academic discoveries and myths surrounding the life of our greatest poet and playwright. Ever since he took the theatre of Elizabethan...
Brooding over Bloody Revenge: Enslaved Women's Lethal Resistance
From the colonial through the antebellum era, enslaved women in the US used lethal force as the ultimate form of resistance. By amplifying their voices and experiences, Brooding over Bloody...
Witchfinders
By the spring of 1645, civil war had exacted a terrible toll upon England. Disease was rife, apocalyptic omens appeared in the skies, and idolators detected in every shire. In...
The Great Siege of Malta
A major new history of the epic siege of the island fortress of Malta Even as the great siege began it was understood by both sides to be an epic...
You Dreamed of Empires
From the visionary author of Sudden Death, a hallucinatory, revelatory, colonial revenge story set in sixteenth-century Mexico 'An Aztec West Wing' GUARDIAN 'I was so impressed that I'm on my...
A Crane Among Wolves: the New York Times-bestselling tale of romance
'You must betray or be betrayed. That is the way of the world, daegam.' A devastating and pulse-pounding historical romance that will feel all-too-relevant in today's world, based on a...
Henry VIII: The Decline and Fall of a Tyrant
'Hutchinson brilliantly conveys the atmosphere of terror...a gripping narrative' DAILY MAIL ' A brilliantly readable account of Henry's last years' SUNDAY TIMES ' Vivid and shocking' BOOKSELLER The Tudors retained...
Winter King: The Dawn of Tudor England
Winner of THE HW FISHER BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE SPECTATOR BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2012 SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, TLS, FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN, DAILY MAIL and SUNDAY TELEGRAPH BOOKS OF...