In Tulip, Celia Fisher traces the story of this important and highly popular plant, from its mountain beginnings to its cultivation in the gardens of Mughul, Persian and Ottoman potentates, and its migration from East to West along the silk trading routes.

A major new biography of the formidable Roman commander Scipio Africanus.

A lively account of the concealed faiths of the ancient world.

A fresh perspective on Ethiopian history, architecture and culture from ancient times to 1500.

Pieces together the rise, achievements, and failures of North Korean dictator Kim Il Sung.

The life and work of Katherine Mansfield, one of literary modernism’s most significant writers.

The fantastical stories of ghosts and monsters engendered by the Atlantic ocean.