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The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for
Dava Sobel, acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude, chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science - and the untold story of the...
Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess
A Spectator Best Book of the YearTrawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Adam Zamoyski has revealed the dramatic life of his great-great-great...
Middlemarch
Vintage Classics brings you one of the most admired, best loved and most influential novels in the history of English literature Discover one of the most admired, best loved and...
The Count of Monte Cristo
'Dumas is a master of ripping yarns full of fearless heroes, poisonous ladies and swashbuckling adventurers.' The Guardian **AS SEEN ON WRITE AROUND THE WORLD WITH RICHARD E GRANT** A...
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
The shocking and compelling story about the original inhabitants of America and the first book to focus on their plight. The American West, 1860-1890- years of broken promises, disillusionment, war...
Terra Australis
First published in two-volumes in 1814, this is the enthralling account of the circumnavigation of Australia, by the man who gave our country its name. Edited and introduced by Tim...
Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe
The thrilling history of one of Europe's most dramatic conflicts, that would shape the great wars to come Less than a month after it marched into France in summer 1870,...
Little Women
Twenty new titles in the much-loved and hugely successful Penguin English Library series 'I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.' Meg, Jo, Amy and...
The Heirloom: An immersive dual time novel of inheritance and secrets
'A fabulous family legacy tale' Peterborough Telegraph A surprise inheritance. A hidden past. Brisbane, 2024 Barista and budding artist Mia Curtis is shocked to receive a package all the way...
The Way of a Pilgrim: Candid Tales of a Wanderer to His Spiritual
A simple peasant seeks spiritual fulfilment in this apparently artless tale of popular piety 'Here, see my belongings- a bag of dry crusts on my back and the Holy Bible...
1788: The Brutal Truth Of The First Fleet
An extraordinary narrative history of the First Fleet, by the bestselling author of The Forgotten Children. Never before or since has there been an experiment quite as bold as this....
Hardy Women: Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses
A Book of the Year in The Times, Guardian, Independent, New Statesman, Bookseller and at Waterstones'He understands only the women he invents - the others not at all' Thomas Hardy...
Lady Caroline Lamb: A Free Spirit
From the outset, Caroline Lamb had a rebellious nature. From childhood she grew increasingly troublesome, experimenting with sedatives like laudanum, and she had a special governess to control her. She...
Sharpe's Command (The Sharpe Series, Book 14)
SHARPE IS BACK.The brand new novel from Bernard Cornwell in the global bestselling Sharpe series. If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe ...Spain, 1812If any man can...
The Beasts of Paris
In Paris 1870, three wandering souls find themselves in a city set to descend into war.'A historical epic that Jessie Burton fans will adore' GRAZIA'Exquisite, relevant and immersive' ANNA MAZZOLA'A...
Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation
A history of modern Greece by one of the pre-eminent experts in the field We think we know ancient Greece, the civilization that shares the same name and gave us...
The Fatal Shore
'An extraordinarily vivid yet authentic account of the birthpangs of a nation. A work of real distinction' Philip Ziegler An award-winning epic on the birth of Australia In 1787, the...
The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder,Madness and the Oxford
Simon Winchester's The Surgeon of Crowthorne was an international bestseller and tells an extraordinary true story of murder, madness and an extraordinary friendship in the nineteenth century. It is the...
Caledonia Australis: Scottish Highlanders on the Frontier of Australia
An extraordinary piece of history - the Scottish Highlanders on the frontier of Australia - with introduction from Inga Clendinnen. An extraordinary piece of history - the Scottish Highlanders on...
Rose in Bloom
An older and more mature Rose and Phebe navigate love and loss while coming into their own in this sequel to Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott, author of Little...
Catland: Feline Enchantment and the Making of the Modern World
*Shortlisted for the Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize* A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year A Wall Street Journal Book of the Year A Spectator Book of the...
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
From the bestselling author of Wild Swans and Mao- The Unknown Story, the extraordinary story of the woman who single-handedly dragged China into the modern age Discover the extraordinary story...
The Diaries of Franz Kafka
An essential new translation of the author's complete, uncensored diaries - revealing the idiosyncrasies and rough edges of one of the twentieth century's most influential writers Dating from 1909 to...
The Awakening
Twenty new titles in the much-loved and hugely successful Penguin English Library series 'The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander...
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Burke's seminal work on the French Revolution, and a fine example of conservative political thought Burke's seminal work was written during the early months of the French Revolution, and it...
The Wine-Dark Sea (Aubrey-Maturin, Book 16)
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely hailed as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. At the opening of a voyage filled with disaster and delight, Jack Aubrey and...
I Have a Dream - 60th Anniversary Edition
With new forewords and an afterword by Martin Luther King III, Dr. Bernice A. King, and Dexter Scott King A beautiful collectible edition celebrating the 60th anniversary of Dr. Martin...
Wellington's Brigade Commanders
Recent research into the Duke of Wellington's armies during the Peninsular War and the Waterloo campaign has enhanced our understanding of the men he led, and this new biographical guide...
The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America
An award-winning historian's "searing" (Wall Street Journal) account of America's internal slave trade-and its role in the making of AmericaSlave traders are peripheral figures in most histories of American slavery....
Impossible Monsters: How the Discovery of Dinosaurs Changed the World
A superb narrative history of the discovery of dinosaurs and how they revolutionised our understanding of the Earth's and mankind's origins Impossible Monsters is the captivating story of the discovery...
The Women of Rothschild: The Untold Story of the World's Most Famous
' Captivating, intimate, dazzling epic and revelatory' SIMON SEBAG-MONTEFIORE The story of the family who rose from the Frankfurt ghetto to become synonymous with wealth and power has been much...
James: Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2024
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024! 'Percival Everett is a giant of American letters, and James is a canon-shatteringly great book' - Hernan Diaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Trust From...
Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise: His Final Months
A landmark publication tracing the final months of Van Gogh's life. Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise: His Final Months offers a unique and impressive overview of the paintings and drawings that...
Mary Ann and Captain Piper: The remarkable true story of the convicts' daughter who became the toast of colonial Sydney
'An astonishing story of lust and love in early colonial Australia, shocking, entrancing and utterly enthralling.' - Sue Williams, author of Elizabeth and Elizabeth Born on Norfolk Island to First...
The Global Merchants: The Enterprise and Extravagance of the Sassoon
The astonishing story of the Sassoons, one of the nineteenth century's pre-eminent commercial families and 'the Rothschilds of the East' The Sassoons were one of the great business dynasties of...
London Lives: Poverty, Crime and the Making of a Modern City,
London Lives is a fascinating new study which exposes, for the first time, the lesser-known experiences of eighteenth-century thieves, paupers, prostitutes and highwaymen. It charts the experiences of hundreds of...
Death and Hard Cider
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Musician, sleuth and free man of color Benjamin January gets mixed in politics, with murderous results."The historical backdrop is vivid, and the writing is exquisite. One of the best in...
World's Worst Time Machine: Treasure in the White City: Volume 2
The $3 time machine strikes again in this second installment in the illustrated novel series perfect for fans who love funny, unexpected adventures and wacky plot twists from best-selling author...
Queen Victoria's Skull: George Combe and the Mid-Victorian Mind
Queen Victoria's Skull explores the life and thinking of the Edinburgh phrenologist George Combe. Phrenology is a theory which claims to be able to detect personality traits, character and predisposition...
The Green Archipelago: Forestry in Preindustrial Japan
This inaugural volume in the Ohio University Press Series in Ecology and History is the paperback edition of Conrad Totman's widely acclaimed study of Japan's environmental policies over the centuries....
Charging Against Wellington: the French Cavalry in the Peninsular War,
Like the author's previous book, The British Army Against Napoleon, Charging Against Wellington draws heavily on primary sources, manuals, memoirs, and regimental histories to bring to life the officers and...
Wellington's Headquarters
Wellington s Headquarters is an essential introduction to the administration of the British army in the early nineteenth century. It offers a fascinating insight into the structure and operation of...
Massacre: The Life and Death of the Paris Commune of 1871
One of the most dramatic chapters in the history of nineteenth-century Europe, the Commune of 1871 was an eclectic revolutionary government that held power in Paris across eight weeks between...
The Last Mughal: The Fall of Delhi, 1857
On a dark evening in November 1862, a cheap coffin is buried in eerie silence. There are no lamentations or panegyrics, for the British Commissioner in charge has insisted, 'No...
Journey to the Abyss: The Diaries of Count Harry Kessler, 1880-1918
These fascinating, never-before-published early diaries of Count Harry Kessler--patron, museum director, publisher, cultural critic, soldier, secret agent, and diplomat--present a sweeping panorama of the arts and politics of Belle epoque...
Artillery of the Napoleonic Wars V 2
Napoleonic artillery can usually be divided into two types: field, or light artillery which was employed by the armies on campaign and in the field and siege, or heavy artillery,...
The Boundless Deep: Young Tennyson, Science and the Crisis of Belief
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE POL ROGER DUFF COOPER PRIZE* A Book of the Year in the Times; Telegraph; Spectator; Financial Times; Observer; Waterstones and Daunt...
The Mauritius Command (Aubrey-Maturin, Book 4)
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are now widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Captain Jack Aubrey is ashore on half-pay without a command - until...