Paperbacks

Synopsis Subtitled : A History of England's Kings & Queens. The Sunday Times Bestseller. A seriously funny, seriously clever history of our e...

Synopsis The Times Top 10 Bestseller. Shortlisted for The Wainwright Prize. Drowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff. Th...

Synopsis Britain's pagan past, with its mysterious monuments, atmospheric sites, enigmatic artefacts, bloodthirsty legends, and cryptic inscripti...

Synopsis Intrepid presenter Nicholas Crane investigates eight epic journeys, following in the footsteps of our greatest indigenous explorers. Nic...

Synopsis The Debatable Land: The Lost World Between Scotland and England. The Debatable Land was an independent territory which used to exist bet...

Synopsis Who were the first Britons, and what sort of world did they occupy? In A History of Ancient Britain Neil Oliver turns a spotlight on the...

Synopsis Subtitled : Ten Entrepreneurs Who Built Britain. Britain's rise to global dominance from the 16th century onwards owed as much to the vi...

Synopsis Full Subtitle : 22nd January 1879 : Minute by Minute. The battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879 was one of the most dramatic episodes ...

Synopsis A compelling and evocative history of Britain through the stories of its `lost' or abandoned buildings; a companion to Channel 5's serie...

Synopsis Subtitled : Selected Journalism & Other Writings. First collected in this volume 2014. Edited with an introduction by Peter Davison. G...

Synopsis Delve into this eye-opening companion to Netflix's acclaimed series The Crown as renowned biographer and the show's historical consultan...

Synopsis Wedlock is the remarkable story of the Countess of Strathmore and her marriage to Andrew Robinson Stoney. Mary Eleanor Bowes was one of ...

Synopsis These journals cover the period from 1848 to 1882 provide a fascinating insight into the days she spent with her family in her much belo...

Synopsis The British designed and built the Harrier, the most successful vertical take-off-and-landing aircraft ever made. Combining state-of-the-a...

Synopsis This is the extraordinary tale of the father of modern geology and his contribution to society. Hidden behind velvet curtains above a stai...

Synopsis Stephen Clarke takes a penetrating look into those murky depths, guiding us through all the times when Britain and France have been at war...

Synopsis Subtitled : 'or 2000 Years of Upper Class Idiots in Charge'. Many of us were put off history by the dry and dreary way it was taught at sc...

Synopsis The tall, handsome Abdul Karim was just twenty-four years old when he arrived in England from Agra to wait at tables during Queen Victoria...

Synopsis Tales from the Hanging Court draws on published accounts of Old Bailey trials from 1674-1834, a rich seam of social, political and legal h...

Synopsis Bletchley Park has played a vital role in British history. This Victorian country house in the Buckinghamshire countryside was was where ...

Synopsis For two and half thousand years the ancient Celts have continued to fascinate all who have come into contact with them. The archetypal `b...

Synopsis It all started with a long distance cycle ride. Inspired by a chance discovery, Robb became fascinated with the world of the Celts: their ...

Synopsis One of the great minds of the 19th Century, Isambard Kingdom Brunel was responsible for some of the most impressive engineering feats of h...