Vox Populi

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In this compelling tour of the classical world, Peter Jones reveals how it is the power, scope and fascination of their ideas that makes the Ancient Greeks and Romans so important and influential toda …

Prince Albert

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Chosen as a Book of the Year in The Times and the Daily Mail’Highly entertaining’ Sunday Times’Enthralling’ Daily TelegraphFor more than six decades, Queen Victoria ruled a great Empire at the height …

The Lost Lights of St Kilda

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*SHORTLISTED FOR THE RNA HISTORICAL ROMANCE AWARD**LONGLISTED FOR THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE*’Desperately romantic, lyrically written and with a fascinating plot’ Katie FfordeChrissie Gillies comes from …

A Burning Sea

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‘Superb. A Burning Sea is a vivid, enthralling read, yet again proving that Theodore Brun is a force to be reckoned with.’ Giles KristianDoomed to wander. Destined for glory.Erlan Aurvandil has turned …

Open

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AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEARHumanity’s embrace of openness is the key to our success. The freedom to explore and exchange – whether it’s goods, ideas or people – has led to stunning achievements in s …

She Speaks

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Fully updated with new preface and five new speeches for paperback edition.A Guardian Book of the Year.Looking at lists of the greatest speeches of all time, you might think that powerful oratory is t …

The Borgias

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· · A Daily Mail Book of the Week · ·The sensational story of the rise and fall of one of the most notorious families in history.____________________ ‘A wickedly entertaining read’ The Times__________ …

The Prime Ministers

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‘Fascinating, revealing and entertaining.’ John Humphrys’A pure pleasure to read.’ Polly Toynbee’Extraordinary.’ Kirsty WarkA landmark history of the men and women who have defined the UK’s role in th …

Fifty Years On

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In 1969, an eruption of armed violence traumatized Northern Ireland and transformed a period of street protest over civil rights into decades of paramilitary warfare by republicans and loyalists. In t …

Morgan's Men

From English cricket’s embarrassing failure at the 2015 World Cup to their heart-stopping victory four years later, Nick Hoult and Steve James vividly describe the team’s dramatic journey from abject …

The Great Imperial Hangover

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‘An exceptional account.’ Prospect’Enlightening.’ SpectatorFor the first time in millennia we live without formal empires. But that doesn’t mean we don’t feel their presence rumbling through history. …

Spitfire

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Updated edition to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. It is difficult to overestimate the excitement that accompanied the birth of the Spitfire. An aircraft imbued with balleti …

Splash!

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‘This fascinating history of how, where and why humans swim…is perfect reading for those missing a splash-about during the lockdown.’ GuardianFrom the first recorded dip into what’s now the driest s …

Convict Colony

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The British plan to settle Australia was a high-risk venture. We now take it for granted that the first colony was the basis of one of the most successful nations in the world today. But in truth, the …

The Louvre

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Almost nine million people from all over the world flock to the Louvre in Paris every year to see its incomparable art collection. Yet few, if any, are aware of the remarkable history of that location …

The Secret Army

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It was arguably the greatest fighting force in the entirety of the Great War. They were the very best: hardened, fearless, decorated, cocky fighting men, all veterans of Gallipoli and the Western Fron …