A superb overview of pivotal Renaissance philosopher, writer and historian Machiavelli.
A concise yet comprehensive critical biography of Friedrich Nietzsche.
Unwraps the history of the UK’s most popular takeaway.
A history of tomb-raiders in Egypt since antiquity.
The inspiring, painful stories of German prisoners, which shines new light onto Germany itself.
Shows how Napoleon Bonaparte took advantage of, and then ended, the French Revolution.
The first monograph in a generation of Renaissance master-artist Filippino Lippi.
The first truly global history of sexual violence, by acclaimed historian Joanna Bourke.
The first full study of the Catholic Church’s notorious Index of Prohibited Books.
A colourful and engaging account of the Devil’s influence on the English landscape.
Addresses William Wordsworth’s profound identification of the spirit of nature in trees.
A superbly illustrated account of Britain’s national treasure, the ruddy breasted robin.