StendhalThe son of a carpenter, Julian Sorel is inspired by the writings of Napoleon to conquer the heights of society. His initial plan to work his way up through the...

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...

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...

Sebastian Barry "Annie's passionate observations and shifting moods-rendered in dense prose that's close to poetry-fuel this fine novel."— The New York Times Book ReviewSebastian Barry's latest novel,  Days Without End...

Sebastian Barry Following the end of the First World War, Eneas McNulty joins the British-led Royal Irish Constabulary. With all those around him becoming soldiers of a different kind, however,...

MJ Hyland Ireland, 1971, John Egan is a misfit, 'a twelve year old in the body of a grown man with the voice of a giant who insists on the...

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...

Carol Drinkwater THE OLIVE FARM and THE OLIVE SEASON are television actress Carol Drinkwater's lyrical accounts of a new life in France; about her house Appassionata and the trials and...

JMG Le Clezio   In these nine unforgettable and impressionistic 'tales of little madness', the Nobel Prize-winning author Le Clezio explores how the physical sensations we experience every day can...

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa The Sicilian prince Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (1896-1957) died just after writing The Leopard, his only novel. Visconti's film adaptation, starring Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale, won the...

Andrew Roberts The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the acclaimed author of Churchill and The Last King of America —winner of the LA Times Book prize, finalist for...

Cassell Books The finest Britain has to offer, brilliantly commented on by its best writers and personalities. From the heroic (Winston Churchill's 1940 Speeches by Andrew Roberts) and the literary (The...