Merchants
£25.00A new history of English trade and empire-revealing how a tightly woven community of merchants was the true origin of globalized Britain
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Empire and Jihad
£25.00A panoramic, provocative account of the clash between British imperialism and Arab jihadism in Africa between 1870 and 1920 -
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The Making of Oliver Cromwell
£25.00The first volume in a pioneering account of Oliver Cromwell-providing a major new interpretation of one of the greatest figures in history
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King Arthur
£10.99A prominent scholar explores King Arthur’s historical development, proposing that he began as a fictional character developed in the ninth century -
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Art Can Help
£12.00A collection of inspiring essays by the photographer Robert Adams, who advocates the meaningfulness of art in a disillusioned society -
A Schoolmaster’s War
£10.99The wartime adventures of the legendary SOE agent Harry Rée, told in his own words -
Mission France
£20.00The full story of the thirty-nine female SOE agents who went undercover in France -
The Multifarious Mr. Banks
£11.99As official botanist on James Cook’s first circumnavigation, the longest-serving president of the Royal Society, advisor to King George III, the ‘father of Australia,’ and the man who established Kew as the world’s leading botanical garden, Sir Joseph Banks was integral to the English Enlightenment. Yet he has not received the recognition that his multifarious achievements deserve. This volume reveals the true extent of Banks’s contributions to science and Britain.
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A Little History of Poetry
£9.99A vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one of our greatest champions of literature