ACADEMIC HISTORY
reveals the story of the seven Queen Cleopatras of Ancient Egypt.
A History of the World in 47 Borders Jonn Elledge 1st May, pb, £10.99, 9781472298546 Fascinating and surprising history of the world told through the lines people have drawn on maps. By the author of The Compendium of (Not Quite) Everything.
William Collins
The One and Only Tree Christopher Hadley 19th June, hb, eb, £22, 9780008356644 One of the most remark- able objects in the history of civilisation—the cross on which Christ was crucified—examined and explained.
Storm’s Edge Peter Marshall 10th April, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780008394424 History of the Orkney Islands that delves deep into island politics, folk beliefs and community memory.
This Land of Promise Matthew Lockwood 19th June, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780008442606 Migration scholar picks through Britain’s history of immigration to overturn many popular, modern-day misconceptions. This | is a profoundly moving and relevant history, told through the people who lived it.
Motherland Julia Ioffe 19th June, hb, eb, £25, 9780008469665 Modern Russia related through the history of its women, from revolution to utopia to autocracy.
The CIA Book Club Charlie English 13th March, hb, eb, £25, 9780008495121 The astonishing story of the ten million books that US intelligence smuggled across the Iron Curtain during the Cold War.
Sky Warriors Saul David 24th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780008522209 From critically acclaimed historian this is the Sunday Times bestselling history of the British airborne experience across the Second World War.
God’s Ghostwriters Candida Moss 27th March, pb, £12.99, 9780008612214 “Monumental and eye-opening”—Reza Aslan. “A revelation and an intellectual triumph”— Irish Independent. “A massive achievement”— Spectator. “Refreshingly readable”—Guardian.
Parallel Lives Iain Pears 8th May, hb, eb, £18.99, 9780008628963 It’s the simplest tale in the world—two people fall in love. But the route which brought
Larissa Salmina and Francis Haskell together in 1962 was anything but simple.
Operation Biting Max Hastings 22nd May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780008642204 The 1942 parachute assault to capture Hitler’s radar recounted in Hastings’ familiar best- selling blend of top-down and bottom-up action detail.
The Demon of Unrest Erik Larson 8th May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780008681791 Master storyteller offers a gripping account of the chaotic months between Abraham Lincoln’s election and the beginning of the American Civil War.
WW Norton
Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age Raphael Cormack 22nd April, hb, eb, £22.99, 9780393881103 An international history of the uncanny in the 1920s and ’30s.
You Can’t Kill a Man Because of the Books He Reads Brad Snyder 4th February, hb, eb, £29.99, 9781324036548 The story of a young, Black Communist party organiser wrongly convicted of attempting to incite insurrection and the landmark case that made him a civil rights hero.
The Eurasian Century Hal Brands 25th February, hb, eb, £22.99, 9781324036944 Incisive new framework for under-standing the origins—and stakes—of global conflict with China, Russia and Iran.
The Revolutionary Self Lynn Hunt
25th March, hb, eb, £26.99, 9781324079033 Illuminating exploration of the tensions between self and society in the age of revolutions.
The Book Keith Houston 13th June, pb, eb, £19.99, 9781324086352 Reveals that the paper, ink, thread, glue and board from which a book is made tell as rich a story as the words on its pages.
The Invention of Prehistory Stefanos Geroulanos 4th April, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781324096122 Eminent historian tells the story of how we came to obsess over the origins of humanity and how prehistory has been used to justify violence against others.
Muse of Fire Michael Korda 16th May, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781324096184 The First World War comes to harrowing life through the intertwined lives of the soldier poets.
The Many Passions of Michael Hardwick Martin Padgett 18th July, hb, eb, £23.99, 9781324035411 Little-known story of the man who sparked a groundswell of gay activism with a wrongly decided Supreme Court decision.
The Intermediaries Brandy Schillace 27th June, hb, eb, £23.99, 9781324036319 Fascinating tale of a daring team of sexologists who built the first trans clinic in the shadow of the Third Reich.
Plato and the Tyrant James Romm 24th June, hb, eb, £23.99, 9781324093183 Rare biographical portrait of the philosopher shows how the ideas in his masterwork, Republic, were tested amid a bloody civil war.
American Civil Wars Alan Taylor 11th July, pb, eb, £15.99, 9781324110491 Pulitzer Prize winner’s masterful history of the war and its reverberations across the continent.
Yale University Press
Maria Theresa: Empress Richard Bassett
25th February, hb, £25, 9780300243987 Major new biography of the formidable Habsburg empress.
The Magic Books Anne Lawrence-Mathers 11th March, hb, £30, 9780300244434 Highly original history of medieval magic told through 20 key illuminated manuscripts.
Death to Order Simon Ball 22nd July, hb, eb, £20, 9780300258042 Deep research culminates in this history of assassination in the modern world, from Franz Ferdinand to Osama bin Laden.
Saudi Arabia David Commins 11th March, hb, £25, 9780300258059 From the country’s 18th-century origins to the present day.
Francis of Assisi Volker Leppin, Rhys S Bezzant (tr) 25th March, hb, £20, 9780300263800 Award-winning historian reconstructs the life of Francis of Assisi and his medieval world, uncovering the man behind the myths.
Cryptic
Gary Shaw 27th May, hb, eb, £25, 9780300266511 Absorbing look of Europe’s nine most puzzling texts, including the biggest mystery of all: the Voynich Manuscript.
Who Will Rescue Us? Laura Hobson Faure 25th February, hb, £25, 9780300269963 First account of Jewish children’s flight from Nazi Germany to France-and their subsequent escape to America from the Vichy regime.
Burying the Enemy Tim Grady 25th March, hb, £25, 9780300273977 Moving history of the British and German war dead buried on enemy soil in the two world wars.
Battleground Christopher Phillips 25th March, pb, £11.99, 9780300281088 Essential guide to geopolitics in the modern Middle East.
Spice Roger Crowley 8th July, pb, eb, £11.99, 9780300281125 The 16th-century’s epic contest for the spice trade propelled European maritime exploration and conquest across Asia and the Pacific.
On Wars
Michael Mann 25th February, pb, £19.99, 9780300281965 Wars through the ages and across the world and the irrational calculations that so often lie behind them.
Academic history
Agenda SERIES
Short Histories pb, eb, £19.99, 978178821 Agenda Short Histories are incisive and provocative introductions to topics, ideas and events for university students and anyone wanting to know more about how we got where we are today. The War on Terror Andrew Thomson, Rubrick Biegon 27th February, vol 6, 7941 Liberalism Jonathan Parry 27th March, vol 7, 8054
American Psychiatric Association
Learning DSM-5-TR by Case Example Michael B First, Andrew E Skodol 16th February, pb, £74, 9781615375509 Organised according to the order of the 19 diagnostic groupings in DSM-5-TR, this book includes at least one engaging, real-life case study for each unique mental disorder listed.
Ashmolean Museum
Buddhist Art of Gandhara David Jongeward 10th March, hb, £35, 9781910807224 Scholarly catalogue of the museum’s important but still largely unpublished holdings of the Buddhist sculpture and related art of the historic Gandhara region.
Berghahn Books
Beyond the Euromissile Crisis Eirini Karamouzi (ed), Luc-André Brunet (ed) 1st April, hb, eb, £107, 9781805399612 Historical consensus views the Euromissile crisis of the early 1980s as “the last battle of the Cold War”. This is an illuminating re-exam- ination of this multi- faceted campaign.
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