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The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War
Author: Robert B. Strassler Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 752 Thucydides called his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta "a possession for all time," and indeed...
The Bone Chests: Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons
Author: Cat Jarman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A diligent historian and a superb writer' THE TIMES From bioarchaeologist and bestselling author...
Venus and Aphrodite
Author: Bettany Hughes Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 'Lively' THE TIMES 'Engrossing' THE SPECTATOR 'Stunning' WOMAN & HOME 'Marvellous' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE Through ancient art, evocative myth, intriguing archaeological...
The One Impossible Labyrinth: From the creator of No.1 Netflix thriller INTERCEPTOR
Author: Matthew Reilly Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 THE BRAND NEW JACK WEST THRILLER AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Spectacular...Part-Jack Reacher, part-Indiana Jones' SMH THE END IS HERE Jack West...
A Year in the Life of Ancient Egypt: The Real Lives of the People Who Lived There
Author: Dr Donald P. Ryan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Spend a year in the company of the ancient Egyptians, during the twenty-sixth and final year of the reign...
On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
Author: Caroline Dodds Pennock Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 We have long been taught to presume that modern global history began when the 'Old World' encountered the 'New', when...
A Grand Tour of the Roman Empire by Marcus Sidonius Falx
Author: Dr. Jerry Toner (Fellow Teacher and Director of Studies in Classics) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Tour the Roman Empire at its height with Marcus Sidonius Falx and...
Norse Ancient Origins: Stories Of People & Civilization
Author: Beth Rogers Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 A beautiful companion volume to Norse Myths and Legends, exploring the ancient origins of Viking society and culture. Gorgeous Collector's Edition....
Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir
Author: Margo Jefferson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING CRITIC AND ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF NEGROLAND Shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2022 Shortlisted for the Rathbones...
Emperor of Rome: The Sunday Times Bestseller
Author: Professor Mary Beard Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 Cruel control freaks, diligent workaholics or extravagant teenagers? What were the emperors of Rome really like? In her international best-seller...
Palatine: An Alternative History of the Caesars
Author: Peter Stothard Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'Lets us see how power really worked, in public and private ... Stothard tells this story superbly' Dominic Sandbrook, SUNDAY TIMES...
Dominion: The History of England Volume V
Author: Peter Ackroyd Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 The penultimate volume of Peter Ackroyd's masterful History of England series, Dominion begins in 1815 as national glory following the Battle...
The Existential Englishman: Paris Among the Artists
Author: Michael Peppiatt Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 The Existential Englishman is both a memoir and an intimate portrait of Paris - a city that can enchant, exhilarate and...
Persian Fire: The First World Empire, Battle for the West - 'Magisterial' Books of the Year, Independent
Author: Tom Holland Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 In 480 BC, Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of mainland Greece. Its success should have been a formality....
In the Footsteps of King David: Revelations from an Ancient Biblical City
Author: Yosef Garfinkel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 King David is a pivotal figure in the Bible, which provides stirring accounts of his deeds, including the slaying of the...
Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir
Author: Margo Jefferson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Taking in the jazz and blues icons whom Jefferson idolised as a child in the 1950s, ideas of what the female...
America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization: A new investigation into the ancient apocalypse
Author: Graham Hancock Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 640 ***THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER*** 'Hancock's books provide a fascinating, alternative version of prehistory. America Before, detailed and wide-ranging, turns...
Shadowlands: A Journey Through Lost Britain
Author: Matthew Green Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 Drowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff. This is the forgotten history of Britain's lost cities, ghost...
Pax Romana: War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World
Author: Adrian Goldsworthy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 528 The Pax Romana is famous for having provided a remarkable period of peace and stability, rarely seen before or since. Yet...
Gender Swapped Greek Myths
Author: Karrie Fransman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Imagine a world where seductive male sirens lure brave heroines to their death, where Icara and her mother fly too close...
Ancient Rome: Infographics
Author: Nicolas Guillerat Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 132 Packed with cleverly designed graphics, charts and diagrams, Ancient Rome: Infographics uses data visualization to tell the epic tale of the...