Fifty Years On

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August 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of an eruption of armed violence that traumatised Northern Ireland and transformed a period of street protest over civil rights into decades of paramilitary warf …

The Regency Revolution

The fascinating story of the Regency period in Britain – an immensely colourful and chaotic decade that marked the emergence of the modern world.The Regency began on 5 February 1811 when the Prince of …

Sylvan Cities

‘Clever, pretty, fun and informative – what more can a reader ask for?’ Sara Maitland, author of Gossip From the ForestWe’re surrounded in cities by trees, quiet colossuses that most of us don’t know …

Why We Get the Wrong Politicians

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Winner at the 2018 Parliamentary Book AwardsShortlisted for the 2018 Waterstones Book of the YearDaily Telegraph’s Best Books of the Year, 2018Guardian’s Best Books of the Year, 2018Evening Standard’s …

Equal Power

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Shortlisted for the 2018 Parliamentary Book Awards (Best Memoir by a Parliamentarian)Why is gender inequality so stubbornly persistent? Power. Even today, power remains concentrated in the hands of me …

Hired

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The Times Round-up of the Best Non-fiction Paperbacks, 2019The Times Best Current Affairs and Big Ideas Book of the Year, 2018In this essential exposé, James Bloodworth goes undercover to investigate …

The One Who Wrote Destiny

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Evening Standard’s Wander List Guide to 2019 Getaways”A beautiful, brilliant modern classic.” Sabrina Mahfouz, Guardian, Best Summer Books 2018Neha has just been diagnosed with the same terminal cance …

Railways and The Raj

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The epic story of the British construction of the railways in India, as told by Britain’s bestselling transport historian.’Christian Wolmar is Britain’s foremost railway historian.’ The Times ‘Our lea …

Her Mother's Daughter

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Hello! magazine’s April 2018 ‘book of the week’Set across two decades in London and Ireland, Her Mother’s Daughter sees the lives of a troubled and emotionally abusive mother and her innocent ten-year …

Ireland

In this enthralling celebration of the places and people that make the country unique, Richard Killeen takes the reader on a tour of Ireland that reveals its rich and surprising history, including its …

Valiant Gentlemen

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In prose that is darkly humorous and alive with detail, Valiant Gentlemen reimagines the lives and intimate friendships of humanitarian and Irish patriot Roger Casement; his closest friend, Herbert Wa …

Resolution

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A. N. Wilson’s powerful new novel explores the life and times of one of the greatest British explorers, Captain Cook, and the golden age of Britain’s period of expansion and exploration.Wilson’s prota …

England

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Despite a thousand years of glorious history, the people of England know surprisingly little of the facts and fables, people and places and events and emblems that have shaped their country and its he …

Scotland

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A compact cornucopia of fascinating and hilarious revelations about all things Scottish – from monarchs and malts to tartans and Taggart.As the proud possessors of a fiercely independent creative heri …

The Queen

Biographer and novelist A. N. Wilson, whose most recent work on the life of Queen Victoria was an enormous critical and commercial success, turns his clear eye to our own Queen, Elizabeth II.In this u …

Victoria

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The first comprehensively researched biography of Queen Victoria ever, by one of Britain’s best biographers. This magnificent biography sheds new light on Victoria not just as a queen, but as a woman.