GENERAL HISTORY
General history
After the Battle
Highways of Britain Chris ‘Wolfie’ Cooper 30th March, hb, £20, 9781036126735 In-depth exploration of the evolution of Britain’s road system, tracing its origins from Iron Age trackways to modern motorways.
Amber Books
Treasures of the Aztecs, Inca & Other Mesoamericans Andrew Whitfield, Richard McColl 14th May, hb, £19.99, 9781838865146 Photographic guide to artefacts and architecture from the indigenous peoples of Central and South America.
Norse Gods & Myths Illustrated Ben Hubbard 14th June, hb, £29.99, 9781838865122 Produced in traditional Chinese binding and containing 100 illust- rations, this book will fascinate anyone interested in Viking mythology.
Vikings
Martin Dougherty 14th April, hb, eb, £19.99, 9781838865177 Pictorial history of the Vikings and their culture utilises images and maps throughout.
Amberley
The Fitzhughs Michele Schindler 15th July, hb, eb, £22.99, 9781398112797 From the 14th to the early 16th century, seven Yorkshire barons were at the heart of politics, from Edward II to the Battle of Flodden.
The Four Georges Jeremy Black 15th June, hb, eb, £22.99, 9781398123175 How a distinctively British form of monarchical government emerged between 1714 and 1830 while crowned heads of Europe faced serious, often insuperable crises.
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Nobility and Fortune: England in the Short Tenth Century TD Asch 15th July, hb, eb, £25, 9781398120440 Asch looks at the story of England from the accession of Edward the Elder in 899 to the death of Edgar in 975.
Katherine of Aragon, Spanish Princess Heather R Darsie 15th May, hb, eb, £22.99, 9781398109711 Using untapped archival material, Darsie reveals the real Katherine, a woman in her own right and not a figure defined by the machinations of her husband.
Henry VIII and His Rabbis Jerry Rabow 15th March, hb, eb, £25, 9781398119901 Using primary resources, Rabow offers a fascinating and unique investigation into the infamous story of Henry VIII’s efforts to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn.
Arthur’s Miscellany Helmut Nickel 15th February, hb, eb, £22.99, 9781398124394 Nickel’s extensive scholarship is a consid- erable contribution to the world of Arthurian studies.
Eric Bloodaxe the Viking John Sadler 15th March, hb, eb, £22.99, 9781398122338 Eric Bloodaxe embodies the savagery of Norse legend, a life of struggle and murderous violence. This, the first biography, explores the legend and the reality.
Murder in Anglo- saxon England Annie Whitehead 15th February, hb, eb, £22.99, 9781398119888 We all love a good murder story. Historian and author Annie Whitehead has collated some 100 cases in Anglo- Saxon England.
The Devil’s Horsemen Jem Duducu 15th April, hb, eb, £22.99, 9781398122918 Over 1,000 years five groups of Asiatic horsemen conquered known the world. A new perspective on a millennium of conflict.
The Kings of Wessex Michael John Key 15th June, hb, eb, £22.99, 9781445694122
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Charts the changing fortunes of Wessex and its rise to become the most powerful of the Anglo- Saxon kingdoms.
Alfred’s Dynasty WB Bartlett 15th May, pb, eb, £11.99, 9781398125476 Alfred the Great and his descendants in a story that reasserts their right to be regarded as one of history’s great royal dynasties.
John Morton Stuart Bradley 15th July, pb, eb, £11.99, 9781398125520 One of the most unfairly neglected figures in English history, Morton served three kings, opposed Richard III and enabled the Tudor dynasty.
Anthem Press
Antiquity and Loyalist Dissent in Revolutionary America, 1765-1776 Daniel R Moy 4th March, hb, eb, £80, 9781785274039 Explores how the loyalist rebuttal to the American Patriot movement derived much of its inspiration and rationale from the ancient literature of the Greco- Roman world.
Gender and the Race for Space Erinn McComb 13th May, hb, eb, £80, 9781839987175 Argues that the American astronaut image was informed by early Cold War ideals of masculinity that helped mould a distinctly American and anti- communist masculinity.
Genocide: A Thematic Approach Thomas Earl Porter, John Cox 11th February, hb, eb, £80, 9781839987311 The purpose of this volume is not simply to compile yet another wearying chronicle of the horrors that have been committed by our fellow human beings.
An Ethos of Transdisciplinarity Sanya Osha 11th February, hb, eb, £80, 9781839993206 Toyin Falola is one of modern Africa’s most prolific public intellectuals. This project seeks to illuminate the mind of this modern master in an age of transnationalisation.
The Puritan Ideology of Mobility Scott McDermott 4th February, pb, eb, £25, 9781839993763 Puritan leaders developed a philosophy of mobility to justify migration. New England towns were born as living “bodies politic” with a metaphysical basis in keeping with Christian corporatist theory.
The World of Wu Zhao N Harry Rothschild 11th February, pb, eb, £25, 9781839993930 Annotated translation of Zhang Zhuo’s collection of miscellany, Court and Country, that offers a lively, folksy and novel perspective of the empire of Wu Zhao, China’s first and only female emperor.
Changes in Attitudes to Immigrants in Britain, 1921-2021 Ben Braber 1st April, hb, eb, £80, 9781839994258 Reviews attitudes and language applied to immigrants in Britain.
Fascism in Britain and the Extreme Right Vision Patrick G Zander 3rd June, hb, £80, 9781839994692 New assessment of the interwar period (1919-40).
Apollo
Inventing the Renaissance Ada Palmer 13th February, hb, eb, £30, 9781035910120 Drawing on the author’s popular blogs, Inventing the Renaissance provides a fresh perspective on what makes this period one of the most captiv- ating parts of European history.
Stealing Hitler’s Rocket Guy Walters 5th June, hb, eb, £25, 9781035910854 The incredible story of how one of Adolf Hitler’s top-secret V2 rockets was stolen and smuggled to Britain.
Arcturus
Unexplained Mysteries of the Ancient World William Potter 1st June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398846197 Ranging from baffling disappearances of entire civilizations to the creation of mysterious monuments and more.
The Manhattan Project Al Cimino
1st June, pb, £7.99, 9781398846746 In this fascinating account Cimino explores the dramatic story of how a gifted and often conflicted group of people devoted themselves to unlocking the secrets of nuclear fission.
Atlantic Books
This Earthly Globe Andrea di Robilant 6th March, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780857891815 Intriguing story of the Venetian who helped to map the world during the Renaissance. By the author of A Venetian Affair and Autumn in Venice.
Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age Norman Ohler 3rd April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781838953607 Brilliant and original investigation into the medical origins of LSD and how the Nazis and the CIA turned it into a weapon.
The People’s Victory Lucy Noakes 1st May, hb, eb, £20, 9781838955120 Fresh social history of how Britons felt about and celebrated VE Day, utilising the rich Mass Observation archives.
The Lost Queen Sophie Shorland 5th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781838956417 Enthralling portrait of Queen Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II, which brings her struggles vividly to life and restores her place in British history.
The Liberation Line Christian Wolmar 1st May, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781838957544 Epic story of the railwaymen who ensured Allied victory in the Second World War, published to coincide with the 80th anniversary of D-Day. By Britain’s best-loved railway writer.
Land Between the Rivers Bartle Bull 5th June, pb, eb, £16.99, 9781838957872 Sweeping 5,000-year history of Iraq, from the reign of Gilgamesh in c.2900 BC to the coup that overthrew the monarchy in 1958.
Dark Brilliance Paul Strathern
3rd April, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781838958589 Panoramic history of the Age of Reason which shows that although it was a time of progress in many areas it was also an era of brutality and intolerance.
Aurum
The History of Medicine in Twelve Objects Carol Cooper 3rd July, pb, £9.99, 9780711294639 Entertaining and insightful guide through the instruments that have come to shape modern medicine as we know it.
All Roads Lead to Rome Rhiannon Garth Jones 5th June, hb, £18.99, 9781836002956 Highlighting key themes such as religion, empire and culture, Jones reveals the ways Rome has been used to claim power throughout history and what that means today.
Bantam Victory ’45
James Holland, Al Murray 24th April, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780857507952 The events that brought the Second World War to a close and the nego- tiations which determined the peace.
Basic Books
The Once and Future World Order Amitav Ghosh 10th April, eb, £16.99, 9781399811750 Grand story of the past, present and future demonstrates how the decline of the West may be a good thing for the world.
Summer of Fire and Blood Lyndal Roper 13th March, eb, £30, 9781399818025 Definitive history of the German Peasants’ War, the greatest popular uprising in Western Europe before the French Revolution.
The Last Tsar Tsuyoshi Hasegawa 17th July, eb, £10.99, 9781399819855 The foremost expert in the subject delivers the comprehensive story behind the self- destruction of the autocratic Romanov dynasty.
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