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...

Lucy Coleman Marci James is in love with her job. She's not had a holiday in five years, but now she's escaping to the Italian coast after agreeing to pack...

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...

Nick Yapp (Editor) Experience 1000 years of French history through this expertly edited book by Nick Yapp. Gain insight into remarkable events and achievements that shaped the country's cultural and...

Author: H Kliczkowski The city of Barcelona is considered the essence of Modernism, and certainly it is where the movement left the greatest number of it architectural jewels, mano of...

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,...

Norman Davies This new edition of Norman Davies's classic study of the history of Poland has been revised and fully updated with two new chapters to bring the story to...

Norman Davies This new edition of Norman Davies's classic study of the history of Poland has been revised and fully updated with two new chapters to bring the story to...

Larry Elliott and Dan Atkinson With a second recession looming, Britain is facing a moment of truth. This book examines how the leader of the industrial revolution came to exhibit...