Ed West 'Insightful, poignant and at times hilarious' The TimesExploring why conservatives have lost almost every political argument since 1945, Ed West looks at this endless litany of failure from...

Peter Ackroyd Rich in detail and atmosphere, and told in vivid prose, Tudors, the second vollume in Peter Ackroyd's magisterial six-volume history of England, recounts the transformation of England from a...

Michael Bloch This work focuses on the life of Joachim von Ribbentrop, Hitler's Foreign Minister from 1938 until the end of the Third Reich. At the heart of German power...

Tom Bower When Tony Blair became Prime Minister in 1997, he was, at 43, the youngest to hold that office since 1812. With a landslide majority, his approval rating was...

Theo Farrell Chosen as a Book of the Year by the Sunday Times and the Evening Standard'Authoritative and provocative… For its range and breadth, it is a tour de force and a must...

Lewis Page This irreverent and provocative study exposes the scandalous state of contemporary armed forces as well as the politicians, top brass, and practices who keep these numerous flaws under...

Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg In her commentary on the book of Exodus—the stories of slavery and liberation, the burning bush, the revelation at Sinai, the golden calf, the shattering of the...

Mervyn Cooke This book provides a comprehensive and lively introduction to the major trends in film scoring from the silent era to the present day, focussing not only on dominant...

Laurence Rees January 1, 2007 by EBURY PRESS

Conrad Russell Parliaments and English Politics 1621-1629 by Conrad Russell offers a detailed examination of the complex political landscape in early 17th-century England. This scholarly work provides an expert analysis...

Antonia Fraser In Cromwell, award-winning biographer Antonia Fraser tells of one of England's most celebrated and controversial figures, often misunderstood and demonized as a puritanical zealot. Oliver Cromwell rose from...

Paul Lendvai Through a masterly and cynical manipulation of ethnic nationalism, and deep-rooted corruption, Prime Minister Orbán has exploited successive electoral victories to build a closely knit and super-rich oligarchy....