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Genre: History

The Lost Queen

Sophie Shorland

‘A good story, embracing character, emotion and drama… refreshing.’ THE TIMES’A splendidly sympathetic and sparky portrait… Wittily written and rich in detail’ Miranda SeymourDespite Catherine of …

Fallen

Mick Conefrey

RRP: £10.99

‘Mick Conefrey’s Fallen is a marvellously researched and written story about the enigma of George Mallory and the fulfilment of his “Because it’s there!”‘ Peter Hillary’Mick Conefrey’s gripping accoun …

Much Ado About Numbers

Rob Eastaway

RRP: £10.99

‘A spectacular journey… Highly recommended!’ Dr Simon Smith, The Shakespeare Institute ‘A fascinating and hugely entertaining guide to Shakespearean mathematics.’ Prof Sarah Hart, author of Once Upo …

Johnson at 10

Anthony Seldon

RRP: £12.99

***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER****A FINANCIAL TIMES, TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN AND TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR*’Excellent… first class… both fair and damning.’ Daniel Finkelstein, The Times ‘Aut …

The Ghost at the Feast

Robert Kagan

RRP: £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 …

Language City

Ross Perlin

RRP: £12.99

WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE 2024Half of all 7,000-plus human languages may disappear over the next century and – because many have never been recorded – when they’re gone, it will be fore …

A City Runs Through Them

Fergal Tobin

RRP: £10.99

An original and fascinating history of Dublin that tells the story of the city through its bridges.Dublin started life on the south bank of the River Liffey and for six or seven centuries that is more …

Stuffed

Pen Vogler

RRP: £10.99

‘Delicious… Wonderful’ Guardian’Fascinating… Full of incident and food for thought’ Mail on Sunday’Delightful… Vogler offers up a feast of tales about popular British foods’ Financial TimesA SUN …

The Hard Road Will Take You Home

Anthony Stazicker

RRP: £9.99

‘Read this book, it will only serve you well’ Ant Middleton’Incredible … Staz is an inspiration’ Nims Purja ‘A must read for anyone who wants to succeed and thrive under pressure’ Dylan Hartley ‘Sta …

The Path of Peace

Anthony Seldon

RRP: £10.99

Blackwell’s Non-Fiction Book of the Month’A formidable achievement’ Rory Stewart’Thoughtful [and] heartfelt’ Observer’Profound [and] compelling’ Spectator’A noble endeavour’ New StatesmanWithout a per …

In Search Of Berlin

John Kampfner

RRP: £10.99

A WATERSTONES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 ONDAATJE PRIZE’A masterful portrait of one of the world’s greatest cities… A must-read’ PETER FRANKOPAN’Such a delightful read’ KATJA H …

Now Then

Rick Broadbent

RRP: £10.99

‘An enlightening, enjoyable and frequently very funny journey into what makes Yorkshire stand out from the crowd … a fascinating insight into our wonderful region and the people that make it what it …

Graveyard of the Pacific

Randall Sullivan

Off the coast of Oregon, the Columbia River flows into the Pacific Ocean and forms the Columbia River Bar: a watery collision so turbulent and deadly that it’s nicknamed the Graveyard of the Pacific.T …

A Brutal Reckoning

Peter Cozzens

RRP: £12.99

‘Cozzens is a master storyteller’ The Times’Extremely well researched’ Times Literary SupplementFrom the devastating invasion by Spanish conquistadors in the sixteenth century to the relentless pressu …

This is Not America

Tomiwa Owolade

RRP: £10.99

*A TIMES AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR*'[Owolade’s] argument has needed saying for years’ Janan Ganesh, Financial Times’Compelling and admirable’ Sunday Times’Passionate and timely’ Observer’Excellen …

An Uneasy Inheritance

Polly Toynbee

RRP: £10.99

‘Fascinating’ Spectator’Entertaining’ Sunday Times’Enthralling’ Guardian’Beautiful, funny and moving’ Daily Mail’Compelling and moving’ Observer’Replete with vivid – often hilarious, often shocking – …

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