The Ghost at the Feast
Robert KaganRRP: £30.00
An NPR Book of the YearAt the dawn of the twentieth century, the United States was one of the world’s richest, most populous, most technologically advanced nations. It was also a nation divided along …
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The Other Renaissance
Paul StrathernRRP: £14.99
‘Enlightening and fascinating’ John Banville, Wall Street JournalThrough the lives of major figures from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries, including Copernicus, Gutenberg, Luther, Catherine …
A Savage Moon
Theodore BrunRRP: £14.99
‘A full-blooded page-turner’ Ben KaneAn epic, spellbinding Viking fantasy of blood and battle, weaving together history, fantasy and ancient myth. Perfect for fans of The Northman and Game of Thrones. …
Once Upon a Time World
Jonathan MilesRRP: £12.99
‘Phenomenal… Utterly absorbing’ Sunday Times, ‘Book of the Week”[A] fabulous romp of a book’***** Mail on Sunday A Financial Times ‘Book to Read in 2023’In 1835, Lord Brougham founded Cannes, intro …
How to Fix Northern Ireland
Malachi O'DohertyRRP: £12.99
‘Deeply researched and often revelatory… variegated and sensitive’ Literary ReviewIt is twenty-five years since the Good Friday Agreement brought an end to the terrible violence that rocked Northern …
On This Day in Politics
Iain DaleRRP: £12.99
Who became Britain’s first Prime Minister on 3 April 1721?When was Karl Marx born?Where and when was the first battle of the Wars of the Roses?When did Big Ben first bong?When did the first British wo …
The Reign
Matthew EngelShe came to the throne in 1952 when Britain had a far-flung empire, sweets were rationed, mums stayed home and kids played on bombsites. Seventy years on, everything has changed utterly – except the Q …
The Reign – Life in Elizabeth's Britain
Matthew Engel***A Waterstones Best Books of 2022 pick***Book of the Year in the Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph and New Statesman’A powerful illumination of a lost world that is nevertheless part of living memory.’ Si …
The Way It Was
Matthew EngelRRP: £12.99
A wonderfully witty and illuminating social history of post-war Britain, by the author of Engel’s England and Eleven Minutes Late.
The Year of Chaos
Malachi O'DohertyRRP: £12.99
‘Frank and incisive – an insightful look at the most tumultuous period of the Troubles.’ Ian Cobain’This is the Belfast I grew up in. Malachi writes from first-hand experience and brings back memories …
Looking for Theophrastus
Laura BeattyRRP: £12.99
Who is Theophrastus, and why should we care?Once, he was the equal of Plato and Aristotle. Together he and Aristotle invented science. Alone he invented Botany. The character of the Wife of Bath is hi …
The Florentines
Paul StrathernRRP: £12.99
Between the birth of Dante in 1265 and the death of Galileo in 1642 something happened which completely revolutionized Western civilization. Painting, sculpture and architecture would all visibly chan …
The Hidden Horticulturists
Fiona DavisonRRP: £12.99
‘Delightful… The Hidden Horticulturists pulsates with the extraordinary energy and excitement of the time.’ Daily MailChosen as one of the Sunday Telegraph’s ‘Top Ten Gardening Books of the Year’ __ …
Spying and the Crown
Rory CormacRRP: £12.99
A Daily Mail Book of the Year and a The Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2021’Monumental.. Authoritative and highly readable.’ Ben Macintyre, The Times’A fascinating history of royal espionage.’ Su …
The Secret Royals
Richard AldrichA Daily Mail Book of the Year and a The Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2021’Monumental.. Authoritative and highly readable.’ Ben Macintyre, The Times’A fascinating history of royal espionage.’ Su …
The Secret Royals
Richard J. AldrichA Daily Mail Book of the Year and a The Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2021’Monumental.. Authoritative and highly readable.’ Ben Macintyre, The Times’A fascinating history of royal espionage.’ Su …
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