A Times History Book of the Year 2022
A TLS Book of the Year 2022
'Exhilarating and whip-smart' THE SUNDAY TIMES
From award-winning writer Edward Wilson-Lee, this is a thrilling true hist..
The internationally bestselling and prize-winning history of German life in the fallout of the Third Reich, filled with eye-opening, shocking and vitally human stories of ruin, repression and revival...
A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR
From the preeminent historian of 20th century Spain Paul Preston, Architects of Terror is a new history of how paranoia, conspiracy and anti-Semitism was used to ..
One of the world's most celebrated historians and journalists uncovers the networks trying to destroy the democratic world
All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state ..
In his busy life Balzac wrote many love letters, and in The Human Comedy he portrayed many female beauties, but he certainly never imagined or met a creature as 'sparkling and proud' as his beloved ci..
AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES * SUNDAY TIMES * TELEGRAPH * SPECTATOR * PROSPECT
'Utterly brilliant . . . Authoritative, lively and profoundly h..
The thrilling history of one of Europe's most dramatic conflicts, that would shape the great wars to come
Less than a month after it marched into France in summer 1870, the Prussian army had deva..
'Clear, cool, plainly written and devastating' Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Times Literary Supplement
A major history of the rise and fall of Italian fascism: a dark tale of violence, ideals and a countr..
'A terrific book about a terrifying subject by the best historian of Russia working today' - Michael Burleigh
In Blood on the Snow, Robert Service returns to the subject that has formed the back..
'Thrillingly unique, knowledgeable, perceptive and profound' IAN DUNT
'Extraordinarily perceptive and original' ANTHONY SELDON
'Refreshing and important' RAFAEL BEHR
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Paris: city of love, food and fashion.
Paris: the city that played host to major historical and cultural dramas.
Paris: a modern metropolis.
Paris is all of thes..
Paris in the Belle Epoque is remembered as a golden age of cultural flourishing and political progress. The period between the revolutionary 1870s and the outbreak of war in 1914 saw the modern French..
The first English-language edition of a lost memoir by a prolific writer and Auschwitz survivor, offering a deeply moving perspective on life within the camps
The first English-language edition o..
The Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller on the incredible true story of WW2's most infamous Nazi prison, and the colourful characters behind its walls
In a forbidding Gothic castle on a hilltop in th..
From the author of Orientalism, a searching examination of western culture and the roots of imperialism, now with a foreword by Hari Kunzru
'Readers accustomed to the precision and elegance of Ed..
Between the end of the Renaissance and the start of the Enlightenment, Europe lived through an era known as the Age of Reason. This was a period which saw advances in areas such as art, science, philo..
The groundbreaking bestseller which examines the effect of empire on modern Britain
In Britain, imperialism is everywhere - though we often choose not to see it. From the way we travel and the fo..
This book explores the long-term reasons for the demise of Imperial Russia, examining the failure of the autocratic state to strengthen its own political position while economic change transformed Rus..
A cultural history of Europe's response to the Roma
This remarkable book describes a dark side of European history- the rejection of the Roma from their initial arrival in the late Middle Ages to..
The shared history of the European continent, from classical antiquity to today
Whether as a battleground or a cradle of civilizations, Europe has left an enduring imprint on the history of the w..
On 17 October 2019, in Hamburg's imposing criminal justice building, a trial laden with extraordinary historical weight begins to unfold. Bruno Dey stands accused of being involved in a crime committe..
One of the great contemporary historians of France on one of the most controversial periods of twentieth-century French history
Few images more shocked the French population during the Occupation..
Spanning decades and continents, from the battlefields of the Balkans to secret nuclear research labs in Iran and embassy grounds in North Korea, this saga begins in 1990. As the United States cobbles..
Eastern Europe is disappearing. Not off the map of course, but as an idea.
Today it calls to mind a jumble of post-Soviet states paved over with C&A and McDonald's. We could describe Eastern E..
'Do not rush to bid farewell to eastern Europe until reading this book. Meticulously researched and beautifully written, this very personal story of the place that one can't find on the map pays tribu..
A biographical study of Hitler's inner circle offers a new way to understand the horrors of the Nazi regime
Why did so many Germans take part in the crimes of Nazi Germany? How did they come to s..
A sweeping history of the Capetian monarchs
One of the great epics of Europe's history, the story of the rise and rise of the Capetian dynasty dominates the Middle Ages. Starting in the tenth ce..
'Pomerantsev is emerging as the pre-eminent war reporter of our time'- Observer
From one of our leading experts on disinformation, the incredible true story of the complex and largely forgotten W..
No other city has had so many lives, survived so many disasters and has reinvented itself so many times. No other city is like Berlin.
Ever since John Kampfner was a young journalist in Communist..
A WATERSTONES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 ONDAATJE PRIZE'A masterful portrait of one of the world's greatest cities... A must-read' PETER FRANKOPAN'Such a delightful read' KATJA H..
A riveting account of a forgotten holocaust: the slaughter of over one hundred thousand Ukrainian Jews in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. In the Midst of Civilized Europe repositions the pogr..
In 1506 a comet appears above Augsburg. As the astronomer Johann Virdung explains, it heralds conflict, the destruction of crops and the death of kings. He concludes his theories with a poem. In 1680 ..
Inside Ukraine is a compelling visual portrait of the real Ukraine, lovingly put together by Ukrainians in the years leading up to the current war.
The product of five years and 100,000km of ..
Why did the Romans never try to conquer Ireland? Why did the King of Spain give his name to an Irish county? And how did brandy change the course of Irish history? Turtle Bunbury explores unexpected c..
A powerful account of German-speaking Europe through five centuries of fighting
Iron and Blood is a startlingly ambitious and absorbing book, encompassing five centuries of political, military, t..
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Life-filled and life-affirming history, steeped in romance and written with verve' GUARDIAN 'Richly entertaining and impeccably reserached' Peter Frankopan Istanbul has..
A major new account of the emergence of Italian democracy after the Second World War
The rebirth of Italy after the Second World War is one of the most impressive political transformations in mo..
'Everything about Venice,' observed Lord Byron, 'is, or was, extraordinary - her aspect is like a dream, and her history is like a romance.' Dream and romance have conditioned myriad encounters with V..
How a Soviet cosmic dream is becoming a modern reality
Cheating death and raising the dead. Creating life. Freeing the spirit. Colonising space. These projects, of which some have been achieved a..
'Strikingly original, utterly absorbing' Julia Boyd, author of Travellers in the Third ReichA Financial Times 'Book to Read in 2023'1930s Europe - as the Roaring Twenties wind down and the world rumbl..
Mastering Twentieth Century Russian History presents a vivid and informative account of the events which befell the Russian people during the course of the twentieth century.
- Explores the major..
On June 7th 1907, a ship packed with Russian Jews sets sail into the Atlantic. It is heading not to Jerusalem or New York, as many on board have dreamt, but to Texas. The man who persuades the passeng..
The authors of The Bright Ages return with a real-life Game of Thrones-the story of the Carolingian Civil War, a bloody, protracted battle pitting brother against brother, father against son, that wou..
We have long been taught to presume that modern global history began when the 'Old World' encountered the 'New', when Christopher Columbus 'discovered' America in 1492. But, as Caroline Dodds Pennock ..
'Phenomenal... Utterly absorbing' Sunday Times, 'Book of the Week'
'[A] fabulous romp of a book'***** Mail on Sunday
A Financial Times 'Book to Read in 2023'
In 1835, Lord Brougham foun..
Herbert Kenny, an army dispatch rider, was the first ally to push open the gates at Belsen Concentration Camp, in April 1945.
He kept his story from the world until a chance correspon..
A groundbreaking history of the people at the centre of Europe, from the Second World War to today
In 1945, Germany lay in ruins, morally and materially. The German people stood condemned by hist..
From the Sunday Times-bestselling author, comes a heart-stopping countdown narrative recreating the liberation of Paris in 1944, one of the great and most dramatic hinge moments of WW2
From the S..
Anna Funder's Samuel Johnson Prize-winning Stasiland is an Australian classic, the definitive account of tyranny and resistance in the former East Germany.
WINNER OF THE BBC FOUR SAMUEL JOHNSON P..
The Sunday Times number one bestseller
The Strange Death of Europe is a highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the act of suicide. Declining birth-rates, mass immigration an..
From the internationally acclaimed author of Hitler's Private Library, a dramatic recounting of the six critical months before Adolf Hitler assumed power, when the Nazi leader teetered between triumph..