European History

Plutarch traces the fortunes of Athens through nine lives - from Theseus, its founder, to Lysander, its Spartan conqueror - in this seminal work What makes a leader? How does...

The most celebrated historical work in the English language Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, DECLINE & FALL is one...

One of Poland's most significant twentieth-century epics, by the 1924 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature In the village of Lipce, scandal, romance and drama crackle in every hearth....

From the New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake comes a stunningly beautiful tale about love, family and seeking a new life in the aftermath of tragedy Ebby Freeman's...

A brilliant reinvention of the detective novel, set in Renaissance Florence and packed with art, scandal, murder and scheming - from the author of the international bestseller HHhH. Florence, New...

On Anzac Day 1918, when the town of Villers-Bretonneux falls to the British defenders, it is the Australians who are called on to save the day, the town, and the...

Passchendaele epitomises everything that was most terrible about the Western Front. The photographs never sleep of this four-month battle, fought from July to November 1917, the worst year of the...

A gripping new novel set in the universe of John le Carre's most iconic spy, George Smiley, written by acclaimed novelist Nick Harkaway It is spring in 1963 and George...

An exhilarating, gripping new psychological thriller from the author behind the record-breaking, multimillion-copy bestseller, The Silent Patient This is a tale of murder. Or maybe that's not quite true. At...

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...

FROM THE WORLD OF PERCY JACKSON The fourth novel in Rick Riordan's best-selling Heroes of Olympus series - now as a graphic novel! FROM THE WORLD OF PERCY JACKSON The...

The first part of an astonishing and revelatory new history of the Second World War from one of the UK's most exciting and expert young historians From the top ten...

The second instalment in a revealing and forceful new multi-volume history of the Second World War from one of the UK's most exciting and expert young historians From Hitler's invasion...

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...

'Impressive . . . perceptive . . . humane . . . the most comprehensive history in any language of the disastrous epoch of the Third Reich' IAN KERSHAW AUTHOR...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The extraordinary true story of the Jewish investigator who pursued and captured one of Nazi Germany's most notorious war criminals. _____________________________________ THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER...

Britain's foremost female historian reveals the true story of this key figure in the Wars of the Roses and the Tudor dynasty who began life a princess, spent her youth...

'Brilliant-a feast' Guardian 'This brilliant collection of essays should be a feast for his admirers, as well as for those who approach his dazzling oeuvre for the first time-Calvino is...

The definitive biography of ancient Rome's most powerful and colourful philosopher-politician This book traces the eventful life of Seneca, the Roman philosopher, dramatist, essayist and rhetorician of the first century...

The legendary cookbook that inspired JULIE AND JULIA -- volume 2 Soups from the garden, bisques from the sea, famous fish stews from Provence and Normandy, the real French crunchy...

The legendary cookbook that inspired Julie and Julia 'This isn't just any cookery book. It is Mastering the Art of French Cooking, first published in 1961, and it's a book...

New to Black Classics from 20th c. Hannah Arendt's authoritative and controversial report on the trial of German Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in...

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...

A masterpiece of historical writing which brings to life an extraordinarly turbulent and dramatic era of revolutionary change The Pursuit of Power draws on a lifetime of thinking about nineteenth-century...

From one of our greatest historians, the epic story of how 20th-century Europe went to hell and back In the summer of 1914 most of Europe plunged into a war...

Where have the people in any particular place actually come from? What are the historical complexities in any particular place? This evocative historical journey around the world shows us. After...

A magical and acclaimed history, bringing back to life the lost realms of Europe, now in trade paperback We habitually think of the European past as the history of countries...

Goethe's famous account of his time and travels in Italy In 1786, when he was already the acknowledged leader of the Sturm und Drang literary movement, Goethe set out on...

Geoffrey of Monmouth's history - or legend - of the earliest kings of Britain Completed in 1136, The History of the Kings of Britain traces the story of the realm...

A PEOPLE'S TRAGEDY won pretty much every prize for which it was eligible This tremendously attractive, ambitious, dizzying book is in every way a worthy successor to Figes' bestselling A...

The greatest story of military conquest in history from a 'master storyteller' (Guardian) Genghis Khan was by far the greatest conqueror the world has ever known, whose empire stretched from...

A lively and compelling account of how the crusades really worked, and a revolutionary attempt to rethink the Middle Ages In this highly original and enjoyable book, Christopher Tyerman focuses...

An exhilarating collection of Orwell's writing on the Spanish Civil War The volume collects together Orwell's writings on his experience of the Spanish Civil War - the chaos at the...

A searing coming-of-age tale by one of the greatest Spanish writers of the 20th century, set on the island of Mallorca during the Spanish Civil War. \"This is an old...

Jhumpa Lahiri's rich and varied selection of the greatest Italian writing of the twentieth century, now a Penguin Classics paperback This landmark collection brings together forty writers that reflect over...

The astounding history that masterfully and decisively rewrites the causes of the First World War as we know them The moments that it took Gavrilo Princip to step forward to...

Iron Curtain is an exceptional work of historical and moral reckoning, and a haunting reminder of how fragile freedom can be. Chosen 16 times as a 'Book of the Year'...

Compelling new translation of the Annals, by Cynthia Damon Tacitus' Annals recounts the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus to the death of Nero...

A fascinating collection of medieval Arabic travel writing, translated into English by Paul Lunde and Caroline Stone In 922 AD, an Arab envoy from Baghdad named Ibn Fadlan encountered a...

Vivid biographies of famous characters from the Ancient Greek world, in a revised edition of Ian Scott-Kilvert's seminal translation The Parallel Lives of Plutarch are cornerstones of Western literature, and...

A fascinating description of the beginning of the modern world For nineteenth-century Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt, the Italian Renaissance was nothing less than the beginning of the modern world -...

A thrilling travelogue of the year Dickens spent in Italy in the mid 1840s, published at a time when interest in his more marginal work is constantly increasing. In 1844,...

The first social history of Germany during the Second World War for over forty years WINNER OF THE 2016 PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE The Second World War was a German war...

A brutal revenge story that is both a gripping police procedural and a chilling political thriller. FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE WALLANDER MYSTERIES REVENGE CAN TAKE MORE THAN A LIFETIME...

The revelatory history of Krakowiec - 'a little place you've never heard of ' - through which we see life in Eastern Europe as never before Decades ago, the historian...

A seriously FUNNY, seriously CLEVER history of our early kings and queens by one of our favourite comedians and cultural commentators. This will be the most refreshing, entertaining history of...

The gripping new history of a dynasty that seized the English throne - then tore itself apart It is 1461 and England is crippled by civil war. One freezing morning,...

A deeply knowledgeable and enjoyable account of what makes the Italians tick Sublime and maddening, fascinating yet baffling, Italy is a country of endless paradox and seemingly unanswerable riddles. John...