How To Stage A Coup

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‘A compelling history of the dark arts of statecraft… Fascinating’ Jonathan Rugman’Rich in anecdote and detail.’ The TimesToday’s world is in flux. Competition between the great powers is back on th …

Looking for Theophrastus

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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 Platinum Queen

***Published in honour of our late Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, The Platinum Queen presents seven decades of world history through the words of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch: over 256 e …

All Along the Echo

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‘A cyclone of a novel’ GuardianAn absolute marvel’ Max Porter, bestselling author of Lanny’Dancing and dodging, surprising and poignant’ Lisa McInerney, bestselling author of The Rules of RevelationFI …

The Florentines

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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

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‘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’ __ …

Boy on Fire

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An intensely beautiful, profound and poetic biography of the formative years of the dark prince of rock ‘n’ roll, Boy on Fire is Nick Cave’s creation story, a portrait of the artist first as a boy, th …

False Prophets

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‘Fascinating’ Guardian, ‘Book of the Day”A truly masterly book… A tour de force that will be read for a very long time.’ Peter HennessySelected by the New Statesman as an essential read for 2022Bri …

The Hundred Years' War

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The Hundred Years’ War is the story of the intense competition between the All Blacks and the Springboks over the past 100 years, the games they’ve played and the battles that have raged from parliame …

The Irish Difference

For hundreds of years, the islands and their constituent tribes that make up the British Isles have lived next door to each other in a manner that, over time, suggested some movement towards political …

Bastard Behind the Lines

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‘The way I look at it is this…When you’re behind the line and get yourself into trouble, you’ve got to get your bloody self out irrespective of anybody else. That’s why I like it.’Scottish-born but …

Treasured

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‘Impeccably researched and beautifully written’ David Wengrow’Utterly original’ Paul StrathernWhen it was found in 1922, the 3,300-year old tomb of Tutankhamun sent shockwaves around the world, turnin …

Gilligan

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John Gilligan is one of the most notorious and hated criminal figures in Irish history. His name is indelibly etched in the national psyche a quarter of a century after he crossed the line to organise …

Spying and the Crown

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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 Jackdaw Mysteries Books 1-3

The Angel’s Mark London, 1590: Amidst a tumultuous backdrop of Spanish plotters, Catholic heretics and foreign wars, Queen Elizabeth I’s control over her kingdom is wavering. And a killer is at work, …

The Secret Royals

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 …