Mehdi Hasan and James Macintyre What makes a man put political ambition before family? Ed Miliband shocked observers when he defeated his brother David in the contest to lead the...

HG Koenigsberger and George L Mosse Europe in the 16th [Sixteenth] Century

Norman Davies January 1, 1997 by Pimlico

Anita Burgh Publisher: Orion Publishing 2001

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown England may be a small country on a small island, but its inhabitants have always had a boundless curiosity about the world beyond their shoreline. From the nation's...

Michelle Gallen A funny, fierce, and unforgettable read about a young woman working a summer job in a shirt factory in Northern Ireland, while tensions rise both inside and outside...

Roy Hattersley In FIFTY YEARS ON, Roy Hattersley explores and explains the events which have shaped modern Britain. Combining acute analysis of domestic politics with a brilliant eye for the...

Peter Ackroyd Having written enthralling biographies of London and of its great river, the Thames, Peter Ackroyd now turns to England itself.This first volume of six takes us from the...

Alan Taylor The Autobiography tells the story of the fabled, former Second City of the British Empire from its origins as a bucolic village on the rivers Kelvin and Clyde,...

Christopher Hill God's Englishman A biography of Oliver Cromwell, breaking down Cromwell's life into different parts: fenland farmer and humble backbencher; stalwart of the good old cause and the New...

Christopher Hill This is a nuanced biography of Oliver Cromwell, breaking down Cromwell's life into different fenland farmer and humble backbencher; stalwart of the good old cause and the New...

Michael Braddick The sequence of civil wars that ripped England apart in the seventeenth century was one of the most devastating conflicts in its history. It destroyed families and towns,...