THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'His masterpiece' Antony Beevor, Spectator 'A masterful performance' Sunday Times 'By far...

From calls to arms to demands for peace, and from cries of freedom to words of inspiration, this stirring anthology captures the voices of prophets...

This book demonstrates the continuities of five centuries of European-led slavery and colonialism in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas, exami...

'Chillingly original' Max Hastings'Brilliantly depicts a disastrous failure' Antony Beevor'Witty and elegant . . . Excellent background to today's ...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Holland, who co-hosts the podcast The Rest Is History, is at his best when having fun with Rome's bloody histor...

The life story of Samora Machel (1933–1986) reads like a compelling novel: humble beginnings, a rise through the ranks of the Frelimo anticolonial ...

When we think about history, we rarely pay much attention to the most destructive floods, the worst winters, the most devastating droughts or the w...

Africa is forever on our TV screens, but the bad-news stories (famine, genocide, corruption) massively outweigh the good (South Africa). Ever since...

The West, history tells us, was built on the ideas and values of Ancient Greece and Rome, which disappeared from Europe during the Dark Ages and we...

In The Great Pretenders: Race and Class under ANC Rule, veteran political analyst Ebrahim Harvey delivers a stinging critique of the ANC. This must...

How has a small nation of 9 million people, forced to fight for its existence and security since its founding and riven by ethnic, religious, and e...

Did you know that there are more penises than women in the Bayeux Tapestry? That the Peasant’s Revolt was started and propelled by women, protesti...

A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by 'the world's most famous classicist' (Guardian)Cruel control freaks, ...

This book brings together archaeological and linguistic evidence to provide a sweeping global history of ancient Africa, tracing how the continent ...

From the great storyteller of Russia, a spellbinding account of the stories that have shaped the country's past – and how they can inform its prese...

The essential guide that allows both sides to be heard Rabbi Professor Dan Cohn-Sherbok presents the Israeli perspective, while Dr Dawoud El-Alami ...

Updated with the latest archaeological research new chapters on the most influential yet widely unrecognised people of the British isles, In Search...

The people of Central Europe cannot be separated from European history; they cannot exist outside it; but they represent the wrong side of this his...

This is the story of a tank regiment: the 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry in the Second World War. Raw and visceral personal recollections from the me...

Zach de Beer, former leader of the PFP (1988-1989) and the DP (1989-1994) is one of the forgotten men of South African history. During the darkest ...

**The instant Sunday Times bestseller****A FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN AND OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR**Battling an overfilled inbox?Your ever-lengthen...

This delightful collection of photographs covers the first sixty years of Johannesburg's history. Like any pictorial urban history, most of the pho...

Die vierde van vyf boeke oor vroeë blanke vestiging aan die Kaap. Hier word die vestigingsjare van die Nederlandse kolonie aan die Kaap beskryf. Di...

For nearly two hundred years the Society has been awarding gold medals to those individuals who have contributed most to our geographical knowledge...

From the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from prehistory to the present day, told through the one...

The South African Special Forces, or Recces, has always been known for their gruelling selection course that pushes soldiers to the ends of their p...

In January 1900, galvanised by the daring of the Boers in taking on imperial Britain, the young Russian officer Yevgeny Avgustus set off for the Tr...

Jan Smuts’s abilities as a general have been much denigrated by modern historians. However, he was no armchair soldier – the statesman courageously...

Amid evictions, raids, killings, the drug trade, and fire, inner-city Johannesburg residents seek safety and a home. A grandmother struggles to kee...

Why is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? Which people from history would best pull off a casino heist? Who was the richest person of all time? ...

**THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER** In twenty-one bite-sized lessons, Yuval Noah Harari explores what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment. ...