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The History of Europe in Bite-sized Chunks
Jacob F. Field
Condition: New
£7.99   £3.99

An accessible and succinct account of the story of Europe from its ancient foundations to the twenty-first century European Union.


In the Shadow of the Prophet: Essays in Islamic History
Roy P. Mottahedeh
Condition: Used, Very Good
£60.00   £41.99

The eclectic essays of lauded Harvard professor Roy Mottahedeh


By Any Other Name: A Cultural History of the Rose
Simon Morley
Condition: New
£25.00   £8.99

A beautifully illustrated history of the Queen of Flowers and her enduring power in our gardens, art, religion and imagination.


The Red Prince: The Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster
Helen Carr
Condition: New
£10.99   £6.99

War, revolution and love - dazzling medieval history from a rising star


Votes For Women!: The Pioneers and Heroines of Female Suffrage (from the pages of A History of Britain in 21 Women)
Jenni Murray
Condition: New
£7.99   £2.99

A celebration of the forerunners and pioneers of women's suffrage from 1918


A History of Britain in 21 Women: A Personal Selection
Jenni Murray
Condition: New
£9.99   £3.99

The history of Britain, presented as you've never seen it before, through twenty-one women whose lives enthral and beguile, intrigue and inspire


America and Iran: A History, 1720 to the Present
John Ghazvinian
Condition: New
£35.00   £10.95

An epic history revealing how the US and Iran went from allies to adversaries over three hundred years


How to Teach Classics to Your Dog: A Quirky Introduction to the Ancient Greeks and Romans
Philip Womack
Condition: New
£9.99   £3.99

An introduction to the classical world for you and your canine


Inheritance: The tragedy of Mary Davies: Property & madness in eighteenth-century London
Leo Hollis
Condition: New
£20.00   £6.99

The reclaimed history of a woman whose tragic life tells a story of madness, forced marriages and how the super-rich came to own London


Black Tudors: The Untold Story
Miranda Kaufmann
Condition: Used, Very Good
£10.99   £3.45

A transformative history - in Tudor times there were Africans living and working in Britain, and they were free


Priests de la Resistance!: The loose canons who fought Fascism in the twentieth century
The Revd Fergus Butler-Gallie
Condition: New
£9.99   £4.99

The fifteen men and women of the cloth who dared to stand up to fascism, proving that some hearts will never be conquered


Nehru: The Debates that Defined India
Tripurdaman Singh, Adeel Hussain
Condition: New
£10.99   £3.99

'An important contribution ... Delving lucidly into the most significant ideological battles of the era, this book deftly outlines the thinking and dialogue that laid the foundations of the Republic - and which remain deeply relevant and contentious today'Shashi Tharoor, author of Inglorious Empire


Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire
Sujit Sivasundaram
Condition: New
£25.00   £7.99

WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE FOR GLOBAL CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN-HESSEL TILTMAN PRIZE 2021
LONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2021


Wood Age, The
Rolans Ennos
Condition: New
£14.99   £5.99

How did the descendants of small arboreal primates manage to stand on our own two feet, become top predators and take over the world?

In The Wood Age, Roland Ennos shows that the key to humanity’s success has been our relationship with wood. He takes us on a sweeping ten-million-year journey from ...


The Hated Cage: An American Tragedy in Britain's Most Terrifying Prison
Nicholas Guyatt
Condition: Used, Like New
£25.00   £5.99

Buried in the history of our most famous jail, a unique story of captivity, violence and race


Agents of Influence: How the KGB Subverted Western Democracies
Mark Hollingsworth
Condition: New
£20.00   £8.99

'A gripping story filled with remarkable revelations.' Tom Bower, author of Revenge


Another Man's War: The Story of a Burma Boy in Britain's Forgotten African Army
Barnaby Phillips
Condition: New
£11.99   £6.99

He swore an oath to King and Empire... but they forgot him


Sophie Scholl and the White Rose
Annette Dumbach, Jud Newborn
Condition: New
£10.99   £4.99

A SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY EDITION TO COMMEMORATE 80 YEARS SINCE THE EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS OF 1943

Sophie Scholl and the White Rose tells the gripping true story of five Munich university students who set up an underground resistance movement in World War II.

The thrilling story of their courage and defiance, ...


America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s
Elizabeth Hinton
Condition: New
£20.00   £6.99

A New York Times Notable Book

Best Books of 2021: TIME, Smithsonian

New York Times Book Review * Editors' Choice


A radical reckoning with the racial inequality of America's past and present, by one of the ...


The Warrior and the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Brothers Who Led the Native American Resistance
Peter Cozzens
Condition: New
£10.99   £3.99

The riveting story of the Shawnee brothers who led the last great pan-Indian confederacy against the United States, by the award-winning author of The Earth is Weeping.

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