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 compelling new joint biography of Churchill and de Gaulle that shines new light on two of the greatest figures of the twentieth century.

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

What was it like to live on the edges of ancient empires, at the boundaries of the known world? In this bold revisionist history of the ancient world, Owen Rees shifts our focus from the centres of Greece and Rome to the lively, long-ignored societies on the borders.

Two great cities. One fierce rivalry. Countless untold stories.

The poignant story of how a group of elite professional footballers went to war.