These are the stories of fifty countries that once existed - however briefly - but have now have been erased from the map. Varying vastly in size a...

‘All those who want to understand the country’s trajectory over the long run of history will enjoy this lively and well-written text.’ – Roger Sout...

On which day was history's shortest war waged and won (in roughly 40 minutes)? How was Napoleon bested by a group of rabbits in 1807? Why did a dis...

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks meets Get Out in this landmark investigation of racial inequality at the core of the heart transplant race. ...

To imagine - to see that which is not there - is the startling ability that has fuelled human development and innovation through the centuries. As ...

'A welcome ally in the fight against fake history' Eleanor Janega, author of The Middle Ages From the fall of Rome to the rise of the Wild West, ...

Pilgrimage, a global ritual embraced by all faiths, is one of the most enduring traits in our human story. In this compelling history Peter Stanfor...

In Places of Destiny, Ben Dupre offers a rich selection of dramatic historical events and locations: the resistance of Leonidas' Spartans, an endur...

Ferdinand Mount has been fascinated by the great thinkers and politicians who have shaped human history over the past two millennia In this fascin...

'They will have to choose between giving us freedom or giving us death'So said,in 1913 ,the brilliant orator and suffragette ,Emmeline Pankhurst, j...

Start your personal museum at home with Relics: A Bizarre History of the World Told in 201 Rare Fragments - from Ancient Rome to Dracula's Home. St...

Rise and Fall opens with the Akkadian Empire, which ruled over a vast expanse of the region of ancient Mesopotamia, then turns to the immense Roman...

If you reckon corruption in South Africa began with Zuma or even with apartheid, it’s time to catch a wake-up call. Rogues’ Gallery tells the story...

Humanity has often found itself on the precipice. We've survived and thrived because we've never stopped moving...In this eye-opening book, Johanne...

Previously collected in the interactive book History Decoded, these stories are now collected in a reading book for any history buff.

In the decades since the end of the Second World War, it has been widely assumed that the western model of liberal democracy and free trade is the ...

The Colour of Time spans more than a hundred years of world history from the reign of Queen Victoria and the US Civil War to the Cuban Missile Cris...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Do tough times create tougher people? Can humanity handle the power of its weapons ...

Marco Polo, Ferdinand Magellan, David Livingstone, Amelia Earhart, Neil Armstrong: these are some of the greatest travellers of all time. This book...

Travel thousands of years into our past and discover the significant events that shaped the world as we know it.From the founding of Baghdad, and t...

THE HISTORY MAKERS is an epic exploration of who writes about the past and how the biases of certain storytellers - whether Julius Caesar, William ...

History is a rich, varied and fascinating subject, so it's rare to find the whole lot in one book ... until now. The History of the World in Bite...

'Superbly explained' Washington Post'Fascinating' Sunday Times'Engrossing' Evening StandardEvery phase since the advent of the industrial revolutio...

'Anybody who loves the printed word will be bowled over by this amusing, erudite, beautiful book about books. It is in every way a triumph. One of ...

For centuries, fame and fortune was to be found in the west - in the New World of the Americas. Today, it is the east which calls out to those in s...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Silicon Valley needed a history lesson and Ferguson has provided it' Eric Schmidt Most history is about the peop...

It is a story like no other: an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life again...

'Purists argue that colourising black and white photographs is sacrilege, but the world has always been in colour. Truth be told, monochrome is a c...

One of the great myths of the twentieth century is that after the Second World War Britain simply relinquished its power and America quickly embrac...

The beginning of the twenty-first century will be remembered, Friedman argues, not for military conflicts or political events, but for a whole new ...

NEW EDITION - FEATURING UPDATED INTRODUCTION AND NEW CHAPTERS The giant characters of history - from Mozart to Michelangelo, Shakespeare to Einstei...

A spirited examination of world history, told through 50 key documents, by two celebrated historians and journalists. With a wealth of experience b...

'A riveting and illuminating tour of how nations deal with crises - which might hopefully help humanity as a whole deal with our present global cri...