Historie

James Holland

Malcolm X, Alex Haley

From hustling, drug addiction and armed violence in America's black ghettos Malcolm X turned to the puritanical fervour of the Black Muslims. He became identified in the white press as a teacher of race…

Serhii Plokhy

Do you know what is at stake in Ukraine? Urgent, compelling reading from the author of Chernobyl on the defining conflict of our times On 24 February 2022, Russia stunned the world by launching an invasion…

Harald Jähner

David Grann

David Graeber

Yuval Noah Harari

A beautiful new hardback anniversary edition of the multi-million copy sensation INCLUDES A NEW AFTERWORD FROM YUVAL NOAH HARARI What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens? One…

Peter Frankopan

*A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK*AN INSTANT #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Humanity has transformed the Earth: Frankopan transforms our understanding of history' Financial Times'Vast, learned and timely work'…

Martyn Rady

'Fascinating, masterful ... gems scattered throughout the book' Peter Frankopan, Spectator 'Quirkily original but also scholarly and authoritative, to be read for pleasure and serious reflection' Telegraph…

Timothy W. Ryback

Peter Englund

Amitav Ghosh

When Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels, The Ibis Trilogy, ten years ago, he was startled to find how the lives of the 19th century sailors and soldiers he wrote of…

Angela Saini

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023

Peter H. Wilson

Iron and Blood is a startlingly ambitious and absorbing book, encompassing five centuries of political, military, technological and economic change to tell the story of the German-speaking lands…

Dominic Sandbrook, Tom Holland

Fareed Zakaria

Sathnam Sanghera

David Grann

Jon Savage

Max Hastings