Toby Harnden January 1, 2011 by Quercus

Christopher Hibbert To Thomas Carlyle he was "not worth his weight in cold bacon," but, to Queen Victoria, Benjamin Disraeli was "the kindest Minister" she had ever had and a...

Rosalind Belben This intimate portrait of a woman approaching middle age observes her thoughts and dreams as she tours Venice and the Scottish highlands. She recalls her country childhood, her...

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...

Nicholas Gage "A devoted and brilliant achievement." The New York Review of BooksIn 1948, as civil war ravaged Greece, children were abducted and sent to communist "camps" behind the Iron...

Niall Ferguson Once vast swathes of the globe were coloured imperial red and Britannia ruled not just the waves, but the prairies of America, the plains of Asia, the jungles...

Ian McEwan One windy spring day in the Chilterns, Joe Rose's calm, organised life is shattered by a ballooning accident. The afternoon, Joe reflects, could have ended in mere tragedy,...

Ian Bradley This is the story of 10 remarkable Victorian industrialists who came from relatively humble origins and rose through hard work, inventiveness and application to become among the richest...

Bat Ye'Or This book is about the transformation of Europe into "Eurabia", a cultural and political appendage of the Arab/Muslim world. Eurabia is fundamentally anti-Christian, anti-Western, anti-American, and antisemitic. The...

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

David ThomsonEurope Since Napoleon (Pelican) Readings and activities designed to help students improve their comprehension and response skills. Classroom–tested lessons include brief reading selections followed by constructed response and multiple–choice...

Norman Davies January 1, 1997 by Pimlico