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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...
Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A lasting work of social history' THE TIMES'A genuinely new history of our nation' DAN JONES'This celebration of women is a triumph of popular history' SPECTATOR...
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...
The Unwilding
'Compelling and fine and rich, I devoured it' TESSA HADLEY'Powerfully compelling' GUARDIAN'Unbelievably good' ELIZABETH DAY'Complex and nuanced... the perfect definition of summer reading' LUCY CALDWELL'Subtle, complex, ambitious' THE TIMESA Guardian...
How to Raise a Viking: The Secrets of Parenting the World's Happiest
'Top-notch' Good Housekeeping - BEST PARENTING BOOKS'Helen has a way to take big ideas and convey them with warmth and wisdom' Dr Rangan Chatterjee'A well researched study injected with humour...
The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at
'If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500 years of Hampton Court history: royal residents, common visitors,...
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...
Sky Warriors: British Airborne Forces in the Second World War
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFrom bestselling historian Saul David, a riveting new history of the British airborne experience across the Second World War. The legendary 'Red Devils' were among the finest...
Wild Figs and Fennel: A Year in an Italian Kitchen
Indulge in a year of Italian culinary bliss.Wild Figs & Fennel is not just a collection of seasonal recipes; it's a passport to the Mediterranean, a charming journey into the...
Le Sud: Recipes from Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
From James Beard Book Award finalist Rebekah Peppler: The definitive guide to the food, drink, and lifestyle of southeastern France, featuring 100 recipes that reflect the simple, seasonal, and multicultural...
Italy Cocktails: An Elegant Collection of Over 100 Recipes Inspired by
An elegant collection of over 100 recipes inspired by Italia.These signature drink recipes from Italy hotspots pay homage to this vibrant country. With over 100 recipes and dozens of bartender...
Correspondence of John Wallis (1616-1703): Volume III (October
Containing many previously unpublished letters, this third volume of a six volume collection of the complete correspondence of John Wallis (1616-1703), documents an important period in the history of the...
Venus and Aphrodite: A Biography of Desire
A cultural history of the goddess of love, from a New York Times bestselling and award-winning historian.Aphrodite was said to have been born from the sea, rising out of a...
A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Middle Ages
Historians of sexuality have often assumed that medieval people were less interested in sex than we are. But people in the Middle Ages wrote a great deal about sex: in...
The Creation of the Modern German Army: General Walther Reinhardt and
Civil-military relations have been a consistent theme of the history of the Weimar Republic. This study focuses on the career of General Walther Reinhardt, the last Prussian Minister of War...
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...
Napoleon's Plunder and the Theft of Veronese's Feast
'Taking without taste, without choice, is ignorance and near vandalism.' - The French Directory to Napoleon Bonaparte, 1796 Napoleon's Plunder chronicles one of the most spectacular art appropriation campaigns in...
Muslim Rebels: Kharijites and the Politics of Extremism in Egypt
The Kharijites were the first sectarian movement in Islamic history, a rebellious splinter group that separated itself from mainstream Muslim society and set about creating, through violence, an ideal community...
Edward II the Man: A Doomed Inheritance
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Edward II is one of the most controversial kings of English history. On numerous occasions he brought England to the brink of civil war. Author Stephen Spinks argues that Edward...
Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and
Despite the massive influx of Hollywood movies and films from other European countries after World War II, Austrian film continued to be hugely popular with Austrian and German audiences. By...
Economic Transition in Central and Eastern Europe: Planting the Seeds
Analysing the key problems facing the transition countries in Central and Eastern Europe, this accessible book describes the legacy of the central planners, the progress achieved so far and the...
East India Patronage and the British State: The Scottish Elite and
The Act of Union in 1707 brought with it a new 'Great Britain'. How did the English bind the Scottish elites to the new British State, ensuring the stability of...
Why Save the Bankers?: And Other Essays on Our Economic and Political
Incisive commentary on the financial meltdown and its aftermath, from the author of the bestselling global phenomenon Capital in the Twenty-First Century Thomas Piketty's work has proved that unfettered markets...
Selected Writings of James Fitzjames Stephen: The Story of Nuncomar
The Story of Nuncomar and the Impeachment of Sir Elijah Impey (1885) examines some of the most controversial events of 18th century English colonial legal history from the point of...
Britain and the Jews of Europe, 1939-45
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The Lost Cafe Schindler: One family, two wars and the search for truth
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The Duff Cooper Diaries: 1915-1951
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Pierre Gouthiere: Virtuoso Gilder at the French Court
'Pierre Gouthiere: Virtuoso Gilder at the French Court' celebrates the life of Pierre Gouthiere (1732-1813), considered to be one of the best Parisian bronze chasers and gilders of the 18th...
A History of the Squares and Palaces of London (Plastic sealed, two volume set)
The squares of London are amongst its most famous and best loved features. Berkeley Square, Eaton Square, St James's Square - the names are inextricably linked with the history of...
Antisemitism and Its Opponents in Modern Poland
From the Middle Ages until World War II, Poland was host to Europe's largest and most vibrant Jewish population. By 1970, the combination of Nazi genocide, postwar pogroms, mass emigration,...
Battles of French Flanders
The battles fought by the British army in 1915, in the second year of the First World War, are less well known than those fought immediately after the outbreak of...
Churchill and Empire: A Portrait of an Imperialist
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One of our finest narrative historians, Lawrence James has written a genuinely new biography of Winston Churchill, one focusing solely on his relationship with the British Empire. As a young...
Anglo-Saxon Military Institutions: On the Eve of the Norman Conquest
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Anglo-Saxon Military Institutions: On the Eve of the Norman Conquest
Munich, 1938: Appeasement and World War II
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The dramatic narrative account of the 1938 Munich appeasement conference, in which Britain agreed to Adolf Hitler's annexation of the Sudetenland in return for his promise never to go to...
Prey for the Shadow: A Terra Alta Investigation
The mayor of Barcelona is being blackmailed. A sex tape from her student days - one she never knew existed. The price: 300,000 euros and her immediate resignation. A political...
The New Wife
'Unputdownable' MICK HERRON 'Fast-paced and exhilarating, you'll be hooked' HEAT 'A summer read which exudes menace' SARAH VAUGHAN 'Mysterious, suspenseful and suffused with paranoia' ALEX MICHAELIDES ...
Witchfinders
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The Night Singer
You've got no idea what you're dredging up. You're going to ruin everything.The past is not going to stay buried in this unputdownable crime novel, the first in a series...
Nazare: Life and Death with the Big Wave Surfers
*** SHORTLISTED IN THE SPORTS WRITING CATEGORY AT THE 2024 SPORTS BOOK AWARDS ****** LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR ***JOIN THE QUEST TO SURF...
Munich Wolf: The gripping new 2024 Sunday Times bestselling thriller
The gripping new 2024 thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The English Fuhrer. In this brilliant standalone crime novel set in 1930s Munich, Detective Sebastian Wolff must walk...
Russian Eyewitnesses of the Campaign of 1807
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OST: Letters, Memoirs and Stories from Ostarbeiter in Nazi Germany
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A Brief History of Henry VIII: King, Reformer and Tyrant
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Born Survivors: The incredible true story of three pregnant mothers and their courage and determination to survive in the concentration camps
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The Night in Venice: An irresistible historical novel - The Talented
'A master of historical crime fiction' Guardian'A writer in full command of his subject' Mail on Sunday'Martin's novels are works of literature, not simply puzzles' Financial TimesThe Talented Mr Ripley...
Banners of Hell: Hugh Corbett 24
Summer 1312. The brutal murder of King Edward II's favourite, Peter Gaveston, unleashes a horde of demons . . .Sir Hugh Corbett, Keeper of the Secret Seal, hastens to the...
The Piano Player of Budapest: A True Story of Holocaust Survival,
One man, his piano and their miraculous survival.'Extraordinary' Baroness Julia Neuberger'Powerful and gruelling ... an almost unimaginable story of horror and survival' Mail on Sunday'Stunning. A beautiful blend of action,...
The Long Water: Gripping literary mystery set within Norway's Arctic
Author of the Costa-prizewinning, world-wide bestseller The Tenderness of Wolves, Stef Penney, returns to her snow-covered heartland in this tense mystery set in a small Scandinavian town. Nordland. A region...