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'A load of complete and utter brilliance: real history, yet really funny.' James Hawes, bestselling author of The Shortest History of England
The first non-fiction ...
PLUTARCH AWARD FOR THE BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2024
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE
'SUBLIME' A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024
'STUNNINGLY GOOD ...
A nation on the cusp of war. A king ousted from his capital by the people. A society on the brink of collapse. From Jonathan ...
'A brilliantly entertaining and revealing new transcription of Pepys's diary' Claire Tomalin
A collection of the most personal aspects of Samuel Pepys' diaries, to ...
"A Short History of Ireland stands out for its brevity, but also for its accessibility. . . . A solid introduction not only to the key events and ...
A stunning new story of Queen Victoria's secret love for her servant John Brown, by the acclaimed historian Fern Riddell.
'So often I told ...
Few figures in British history have been so deeply and so consequentially involved with the British royal family as Winston Spencer Churchill. While numerous men ...
A Daily Mail Best History Book of the Year; A Spectator Best Book of the Year
It is generally accepted that Queen Victoria reigned but ...
Triumph and tragedy, love and loss, murder and malice in the lives of five fifteenth-century queens
Triumph and tragedy, love and loss, murder and malice ...
The real people that inspired Gentleman Jack and the gay romances in Bridgerton, long written out of the nation's story and now lovingly restored ...
From the multimillion-copy bestselling author of the Horrible Histories, this is a witty, whistlestop tour through the history of Britain (for grown ups) - a ST ...
Every Tudor Queen had ladies-in-waiting. They were her confidantes and her chaperones. Only the Queen's ladies had the right to enter her most private ...
'An absorbing and eye-opening account of what the Plantagenets did for us.' - HELEN CASTOR
'Burt and Partington show precisely and engagingly why the Middle Ages ...
An empowering and gripping story of a pioneer of women's rights written by a critically-acclaimed writer and historian, for fans of Hallie Rubenhold, Hermione ...
Two old friends end up on opposite sides of the English Civil War, in this scintillating history
At the Inns of Court, the intellectual, literary ...
