History books
Our history books cover a wide range of topics, people and periods in time. So whether you're interested in the ancient world, military history, political history or historical biographies, we've got something that will bring history to life.
Explore the
City as it is now, then and in our imagination in P.D.Smith's remarkable history of urban culture.
Reveal
Mrs Robinson's Disgrace in the private diary of a Victorian lady whose longing for love and learning became her undoing, recreated by Kate Summerscale.
Uncover the true story of the D-Day spies in Ben Macintyre's thrilling account of the
Double Cross that hoodwinked the Third Reich.
Throw new light on the much mythologised 1812 navel conflict between Britain and America in Andrew Lamberts'
The Challenge.
Browse our biographies and autobiographies or military history if you're interested in those areas in particular.