A definitive and thrilling new account of the last great dynasty of ancient Egypt, from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra

A timely, magisterial new history of Churchill’s life and politics, focusing on his dealings with Russia and the Soviet Union.

A thrilling political history about the months that brought England to the cusp of civil war, from the acclaimed author of The Blazing World

A brand-new life of England’s greatest king from our best-selling medieval historian.

A remarkable, eyewitness-based, narrative on what actually occurred in the first year of the Great War around the globe.

An engrossing history of the pivotal year when the future of England secured.

The Last Days of Budapest tells the powerful story of one of the least-known but most important episodes of the Second World War: life and death in the Hungarian capital from autumn 1940 to early 1945, a gripping story of spies, fanaticism, genocide and military disaster.

A sweeping history of emotion that spans the decades, from renowned author Ferdinand Mount.

In this day and age, whatever we think we feel, you can be sure that the past has had a part to play in it. In Soft, Ferdinand Mount tells the millennium-long history of emotion through vivid snapshots, masterly storytelling and bizarre historical anecdotes.

Revealing all the weird and wonderful ways people in the past expressed their grief and joy, Mount explores the shifting importa...

Bestselling historian William Dalrymple reinstates India as the great superpower of Ancient Asia.

A magisterial account of the German occupation of Norway between 1940 and 1945, and why its aftershocks continue to trouble the Norwegian national consciousness.