New and Recommended: History

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A landmark new history of the ancient kingdom of Carthage, told through its iconic figures from Dido to Hannibal, drawing on brand new archaeological evidence to provide the definitive story of a legendary empire by a rising star in the…

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A revelatory history of humanity – spanning thousands of years and ranging across the world – told through the lens of a misunderstood disease.‘Remarkable . . . grippingly and humanely recounted.’PHILIPPE…

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‘A book that everyone should read’ The TimesA harrowing, heart-rending first-hand account of the bombing of Nagasaki – and the acts of human kindness left in its wake.On 9th August 1945, the Japanese city of Nagasaki…

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Blending meditative personal memoir, lyrical travel writing and absorbing history, The Roma brings to light the forgotten history of Romani communities throughout Europe from the sixteenth century to the present day.The…

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'A stunning global history of West Africa ... with this new tour de force, Green confirms himself as the most innovative historian, writer, and thinker of his generation' Ana Lucia Araujo, author of Humans in Shackles: An Atlantic…

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From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia, a spellbinding narrative history of the 1979 Iranian Revolution and its devastating consequences'Authoritative, well-reported and elegantly written... If you…

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A nation on the cusp of war. A king ousted from his capital by the people. A society on the brink of collapse. From Jonathan Healey comes a thrilling history about the months that sent England into civil war'An old-fashioned Westminster…

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The dramatic century of England's first forays into India, and the modern world this relationship created.'Spellbinding . . . a remarkable book'JOSEPHINE QUINN, author of How the World Made the West'A compelling, highly readable…

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'Churchill and Eberholst put the world back into First World War.' Dan SnowA remarkable, eyewitness-based view of the outbreak of the First World War.As war broke out in the summer of 1914, not a nation on Earth understood the magnitude of…

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An entertaining and enlightening book about how ancient peoples dealt with death—and what we might learn from themA lively story of death, What to Expect When You’re Dead explores the fascinating death-related beliefs…

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The story of the sixteenth-century’s epic contest for the spice trade, which propelled European maritime exploration and conquest across Asia and the Pacific Spices drove the early modern world economy, and for Europeans they…