In 1971 Henry Kissinger took the historic step of reopening relations between China and the West, and since then has been more intimately connected with...
'A welcome addition to medieval history, giving us a window into the lives of women that many people only know by name, if at all.'...
24 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Europe is as divided as ever. The passengers of the low-budget airlines go east for stag...
A Time Travellers Guide to Ancient Rome - by one of the best historians of the ancient worldLiving in ancient Rome was superbly and vividly...
We live in an unprecedented time that has threatened to upend our daily rhythms, our work, our homes - even our faith. More than ever,...
Philip Matyszak skilfully navigates the myths and legends of early Rome, exploring the enigmatic origins of the Romans and how the first seeds of a...
A history of modern South Asia told through five partitions that reshaped it. As recently as 1928, a vast swathe of Asia - India, Pakistan,...
An indispensable guide to Greenland?why it matters, who covets it and why this wilderness of 56,000 inhabitants could become the next global flashpoint. Greenland...
'This extraordinary book brings to life an astonishing place. Beautiful prose renders brutality vivid' The Times - BOOK OF THE WEEK From Peter the Great...
How should Western democracies respond to the many millions of people who want to settle in their societies? Economists and human rights advocates tend to...
The earliest evidence of a human and a pet can be traced as far back as 26,000 BC in France where a boy and his...
'Wonderful' JOHN BARTON'A stupendous intellectual achievement' ANDREW PETTEGREE'A stunning love song to the Bible . . .this will be a classic' CHINE MCDONALDThe remarkable story...
In these troubled times, even the most pessimistic diagnosis of our future ends with an uplifting hint that things might not be as bad as...
How to bring less stress and more calm into your everydayThe wisdom of Buddhism is relevant now more than ever before – the teachings have...
When the Inter-Continental Kabul opened in 1969, Afghanistan s first luxury hotel symbolised a dream of a modernising country connected to the world.More than fifty...
*A Guardian, Financial Times, New Statesman and GQ Book for 2025 *'Brilliant, timely and compulsively readable' Oliver BurkemanThe tortured poet. The rebellious scientist. The monstrous...
WINNER OF THE 2016 PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE The Second World War was a German war like no other....
'This is probably the best book ever written on the Habsburgs in any language, certainly the best I have ever read ... Students, scholars and...
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020'As brilliant a history of the Vikings as one could possibly hope to read' Tom HollandThe 'Viking Age' is...
‘Combines brilliant storytelling with rich and deeply researched evidence . . . essential reading for anyone seeking a global history that reexamines the past on...
