Fatal Monsters

A dramatic political, cultural and social historical narrative of the period 60-40 BCE in Egypt and Rome, and the three sister queens each seeking power for themselves during this time: Cleopatra, Ber …

A Very British Christmas

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‘Spot-on. It’s ideal to read if you’re hiding in your shed on Boxing Day!’ PrimaThe ultimate showcase of the quirks, mishaps and traditions that define British life, all rolled into one bonkers season …

The Flight Nurses’ War

The Pacific Theatre was the setting for some of World War II’s bloodiest battles, and yet much of its history remains untold. As the war in Europe was winding down, fierce Japanese resistance and moun …

All the Queen’s Men

The throne of England hung in the balance, and every prince in Europe wanted to claim it.When Elizabeth I ascended the throne in 1558 she became the most eligible woman in Europe. All saw the same pri …

Shadow Before the Flame

In the 1930s, the airship was viewed as the future of transatlantic travel and a brave new era of global connectedness. Germany’s safe, fast and efficient airships brought it back into the internation …

Don't Say Palestine

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‘Vital’ Omar El-Akkad’Superb’ Raja Shehadeh’Poignant’ Yanis VaroufakisIf you’re not writing the truth about crimes against humanity, you’re culpable in them.Human rights activist and Middle East schol …

53 Days

In a court appearance in September 1930, Adolf Hitler declared we would never again try to overthrow the Weimar Republic by violent means. Rather, he informed the packed courtroom, once he had achieve …

A Very British Midlife Crisis

After coming perilously close to blowing his life savings on a convertible he can’t afford, Rob Temple shares his tragic journey through the absurd impulses, bold reinventions, and utter cringe of the …

Deadwood

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‘What Peter Cozzens has done with this remarkable book is to show us that the truth about Deadwood is, in fact, even more interesting than the myth.’ S. C. Gwynne, New York Times bestselling author of …

Rhyme and Reason

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‘Enchanting’ Stephen Fry’Unconventional, surprising and provocative from the first page’ Times Literary SupplementDid you know:- Lord Byron sold more books in a day than Jane Austen did in her lifetim …

Turncoat

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George Downing was one of the English Civil War’s most cunning spies. As Oliver Cromwell’s head of military intelligence, he forged a career as a politician and diplomat, bribing, blackmailing and bro …

Sunak at 10

‘The leading authority on our contemporary prime ministers’ Dominic Grieve, GuardianAfter almost a decade and a half of Tory rule, the 2024 General Election saw the Conservatives suffer their worst-ev …

Peacemaker

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‘A wonderful subject, beautifully written, evoking a world startlingly like and unlike our own’ Rory Stewart’A brilliant portrait not just of a great and unjustly forgotten man, but of an entire age’ …

The Stronger Sex

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‘Fun, rooted in science… May this book give all women strength for the times we now live in.’ Cat BohannonA myth-busting vindication of women’s physical strengthsFor decades, Starre Vartan – like mo …

The Path of Light

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Praise for The Path of Peace:’A formidable achievement’ Rory Stewart’Thoughtful [and] heartfelt’ Observer’Profound [and] compelling’ Spectator’A noble endeavour’ New StatesmanIn 2021, Anthony Seldon, …

This is Fascism

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‘Excellent’ Timothy Snyder’Masterful and chilling’ Paul Mason’A distress signal … Read this book’ Rutger BregmanFascism is back. This time no swastikas, Nazi flags, or deadly bureaucracy, but MAGA h …