European History

From De Panne to Knokke, nothing beats a holiday by the North Sea. People have been flocking to the coast for more than a century, and this richly illustrated book...

In this history of Britain, Eric Evans surveys every aspect of the period in which the country was transformed into the world's first industrial power. It was an era of...

The dream is near completion. Anna is loosening the reins on her London PR company to spend more time in Mallorca with her family, cattery, chickens and goats, and insists...

FROM INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR ANIKA SCOTT Madame Mystique is a performer extraordinaire, come to work her scandalous magic at the glittering 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Of African American and Sicilian...

'Every day is a gift. Open it. Don't throw it away.' The international bestseller The relentless pace of the working day. Endless, unconquerable to-do lists. A constant sense of distraction...

The Imperial Russian government's efforts to procure much-needed military supplies in the American market before and after America's entry into World War I are the focus of this work. It...

'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...

Open the car door, get in, drive off. And drive on. And on, and explore the world. Who doesn't dream of such an adventure? Mr & Mrs T have lived...

Every relationship comes at a cost in this tense and gripping Turkish mystery from award-winning crime writer Barbara Nadel and featuring Ikmen - 'one of modern crime fiction's true heroes...

The Danes may have their hygge and the Norwegians their back to the land culture, but the Swedes have 'lagom': an even-keeled approach to a life of balance. Dr Bertil...

Discover the hidden history of Britain through the stories of its 'lost' or abandoned places and buildings. Portillo's Secret History of Britain presents a compelling and wonderfully evocative history of...

"A superior police procedural" Mark Sanderson, The Times Crime Club "Northern Italy's answer to Inspector Montalbano" Alessandro Baricco September 2008. Commissario Arcadipane arrives at the scene of a macabre discovery:...

In her perceptive and affecting new novel, Daniela Krien explores a marriage where everything hangs in the balance. "Quietly devastating" HANNAH BECKERMANN, Observer "A sty lish, subtle read" Woman &...

BERLIN. JANUARY 1940. After Germany's invasion of Poland, the world is holding its breath and hoping for peace. At home, the Nazi Party's hold on power is absolute. One freezing...

Spain has never worked as a democracy. Throughout the country's history only one system of government has ever enjoyed any real success: dictatorship and the use of violence. Violence, in...

'If it had not been for you English, I should have been Emperor of the East; but wherever there is water to float a ship, we are sure to find...

Claire Lidman died fourteen years ago. So why does she appear in the background of a recent holiday snap taken in Venice? Her husband brings the anomaly to Hans Rekke...

'THE FRENCH SUSPENSE KING' NEW YORK TIMES In 1999, after publishing three cult novels, celebrated author Nathan Fawles announces the end of his writing career and withdraws to Beaumont, a...

'A star of historical fiction' WILBUR SMITH 'One of our nation's most ambitious and engaging writers' MANDA SCOTT 'Grabs you from the start and never lets you go' HARRY SIDEBOTTOM...

The first single-volume biography of Berlin, one of the world's great cities - told via twenty-one portraits, from medieval times to the twenty-first century. A city devastated by Allied bombs,...

A dazzling history of Africans in Europe, revealing their unacknowledged role in shaping the continent One of the Best History Books of 2021 -- Smithsonian Conventional wisdom holds that Africans...

A renowned supermodel's world is torn apart in an instant, sending her on an unexpected journey of discovery in Beautiful, a masterful novel from the international number one bestselling author...

Bestselling historical fiction author Molly Green is back with her most engrossing, heartfelt World War Two saga yet! Preorder The Wartime Librarian's Secret now! Her duty is to keep smiling...

A former CIA officer and the creator of the hit TV series The Americans makes the case that America's policy towards Russia is failing--and we'll never fix it until we...

Over 80 modern recipes inspired by the traditional cooking of Greece and Cyprus from popular chef and TV personality Theo Michaels. Fresh ingredients sing from the plate, from juicy watermelon...

A book for anyone who craves making something with their hands. Slo jd is Swedish for handicrafts. But it's so much more than making things with your hands. In Sweden,...

The home of trusted Italian dictionaries for everyday language learning. Comprehensive and authoritative, this dictionary is the ideal Italian to English and English to Italian bilingual dictionary for advanced students...

* SHARPE'S COMMAND , the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now* A small British army is stranded when the French invade northern Portugal...

An extraordinary and dramatic depiction of the legendary battle of Agincourt from the number one historical novelist Azincourt, fought on October 25th 1415, St Crispin's Day, is one of England's...

"Laurence Rees brilliantly combines powerful eye-witness testimony, vivid narrative and compelling analysis in this superb account of how two terrible dictators led their countries in the most destructive and inhumane...

The Sunday Times Bestseller A new assessment of the West's colonial record In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived...

'I was mesmerised' LAURA SHEPPERSON, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Heroines 'This gripping, vividly evoked novel takes the reader to the dark heart of the 16th century ... unforgettable'...

A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WESTMINSTER BOOK AWARDS A TABLET BOOK OF THE YEAR 'One of the best memoirs I've read in years' SATHNAM SANGHERA 'Beautifully...

'A surprising page-turner, full of humour and startling details' THE TIMES ' If I read a better history this year, I will be lucky' TOM HOLLAND 'An astonishing tour de...

A newly discovered classic- a collection of inspirational lectures on embracing life from worldwide bestseller Viktor Frankl. 'Viktor Frankl gives us the gift of looking at everything in life as...

An exceptional memoir by the world-famous, pioneering filmmaker who directed the multi-award-winning Grizzly Man Werner Herzog is the undisputed master of extreme cinema- building an opera house in the middle...

Beautiful and haunting, a personal journey through Britain's flatlands and a reckoning with the painful memories and hidden histories they contain Noreen Masud has always loved flat landscapes - their...

A new standalone edition of the second book in the trilogy that inspired ITV''sThe Durrells In this second collection of tales concerning the Durrell family on the island of Corfu,...

One of the greatest and most controversial feats of twentieth-century journalism Hannah Arendt's authoritative and stunning report on the trial of German Nazi SS leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as...

The paradigm-shifting classic that connected the dots between transatlantic slavery, capitalism and racism 'If one criterion of a classic is its ability to reorient our most basic way of viewing...

A witty introduction to the mind of Goethe, a classic in a new translation for the first time in 150 years Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was the world's most celebrated...

One of the great contemporary historians of France on one of the most controversial periods of twentieth-century French history Few images more shocked the French population during the Occupation than...

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,...

From the bestselling author of the Brunetti crime series comes The Jewels of Paradise, a gripping tale of intrigue, music, history and greed and Donna Leon's first stand-alone novel. From...

A fascinating history of World War I in the words of those who were there - 'an extraordinary and immensely moving book' Stephen Fry This unique landmark oral history uses...

Don't miss the third adrenaline-filled, action-adventure in the Joe Mason series! When Joe Mason agrees to transport a priceless gold basin to its new owner, the ex-MI5 operative arrives only...

Skulduggery, power struggles and politics. A fascinating re-examination of Anglo-Saxon England told through the secret lives of the saints. From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Femina 'Ramirez blasts a...

Lake Como, 1919. The garden of Villa Marchese was once a sight to behold. Now, overgrown and unloved, the flowers that once bloomed are nothing but a reminder of the...