SECTION SPONSOR The History Press
France: An Adventure History Graham Robb 16th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529007657 Authoritative, original and exciting history of the French nation from the author of The Discovery of France and Parisians.
India After Gandhi Ramachandra Guha 6th July, pb, eb, £20, 9781035014729 Definitive history of modern India in updated edition featuring extensive new material to mark the 70th anniversary of Indian independence.
Pluto Press
Labour Revolt in Britain 1910-14 Ralph Darlington 20th March, pb, eb, £19.99, 9780745339030 New insights into one of the most important episodes in British labour history.
The Left in China Ralf Ruckus 20th February, pb, eb, £16.99, 9780745342955 Timely and ambitious book traces the history and present state of leftist politics in China.
New Histories of African and Caribbean People in Britain Hakim Adi (ed) 20th June, pb, eb, £19.99, 9780745347653 Explores the long history of Black people in Britain with an emphasis on women, queer projects and political activism.
Princeton University Press
The Soviet Century Karl Schloegel, Rodney Livingstone (tr) 14th March, hb, eb, £30, 9780691183749 Encyclopaedic and richly detailed history of everyday life.
The New Makers of Modern Strategy Hal Brands (ed) 27th June, hb, eb, £35, 9780691204383 Essential resource on strategy and the making of the modern world.
Arts and Minds: How the Royal Society of Arts Changed a Nation Anton Howes 16th May, pb, eb, £25, 9780691207612 A history of the extraor- dinary society that has touched all aspects of British life.
The Chile Project Sebastian Edwards 18th July, hb, eb, £25, 9780691208626 How Chile became home to the world’s most radical free-market experiment and what its downfall suggests about the fate of neoliberalism around the globe.
Journeys of the Mind: A Life in History Peter Brown 6th June, hb, eb, £35, 9780691242286 Beautifully written personal account of the discovery of late antiquity by one of the world’s most influential and distinguished historians.
Rain of Ash: Roma, Jews, and the Holocaust Ari Joskowicz 9th May, hb, eb, £25, 9780691244044 Major new history of the genocide of Roma and Jews during the Second World War and the entan- gled quest for historical justice.
The Forest Alexander Nemerov 2nd May, hb, eb, £28, 9780691244280 Vivid historical imagining of the lives of individuals, from painters, poets and politicians to artisans, travellers and slaves, in the early United States.
A War on Global Poverty Joanne Meyerowitz 7th July, pb, eb, £17.99, 9780691250281 History of US involvement in late 20th-century campaigns against global poverty and how they came to focus on women.
Profile Books
The House Divided: Sunni, Shia and the Conflict in the Middle East Barnaby Rogerson 6th July, hb, eb, £25, 9781781257258 A fresh look at the past, present and future of a conflict that lies at the heart of the Middle East.
Footsloggers: An Infantry Battalion At War, 1939-45 Peter Hart 1st June, hb, eb, £25, 9781800810709 Latest volume in Hart’s British Band of Brothers series, combining gripping history with vivid eyewitness testimony.
Love in a Time of Hate Florian Illies, Simon Pare 1st June, hb, eb, £20, 9781800811140 The love lives of famous Europeans as war
approaches from the author of 1913.
Pushkin Press
City of Lions Philippe Sands, Jozef Wittlin, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (tr) 25th May, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781805330011 Portrait of a city in two acts: Lviv then and now.
Quercus
A Short History of Power Jack Davy 22nd June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529413953 Prescient book looks at how we have oppressed others for our own advantage over the centuries and still do so today.
The Daughter of Auschwitz Tova Friedman, Malcolm Brabant 27th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529423501 Harrowing account of one of the youngest survivors of Auschwitz: a girl who was only five years old when she was sent to an extermination camp.
Reaktion Books SERIES
Medieval Lives hb, eb, £16.95, 9781789146 Series explores and illustrates the life histories and achieve- ments of significant artists, intellectuals and scientists in the medieval world. Alle Thyng Hath Tyme: Time and Medieval Life Gillian Adler, Paul Strohm 1st March, vol 4 790 The Art of Anatomy in Medieval Europe Taylor McCall 1st May, vol 6 813
SERIES
Lost Civilizations 1st February, 97817891468 The rise and fall of the great civilisations of the ancient world. The Hittites Damien Stone hb, eb,£18, vol 14 44 The Persians Geoffrey Parker, Brenda Parker pb, eb, £12.95, vol 2 99
Pet Revolution Jane Hamlett, Julie-Marie Strange 1st February, hb, eb, £20, 9781789146868 Tracks the British love affair with domestic animals over the last three centuries.
Thomas Nashe and Late Elizabethan Writing Andrew Hadfield
The English Actor: From Medieval to Modern Peter Ackroyd 1st March, hb, eb, £20, 9781789146998 Superbly entertaining appraisal of the uniquely English approach to stagecraft.
Navigations: The Portuguese Discoveries and the Renaissance Malyn Newitt 1st April, hb, eb, £25, 9781789147025 Re-examination of the Portuguese medieval and Renaissance voyages of discovery.
The Greatest Shows on Earth Linda Simon 1st April, pb, eb, £20, 9781789147032 A history of the circus that is as enchanting as a night at the big top itself.
Astray
Eluned Summers-Bremner 1st May, hb, eb, £16, 9781789147049 Enthralling look at wandering, belonging, alienation and hope throughout history.
Outrageous! Paul Baker 1st February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781789147094 Baker’s personal history of the infamous anti-gay Section 28 law.
GENERAL HISTORY
1st February, hb, eb, £16.95, 9781789146875 Overview of the life and work of the scandalous Renaissance writer.
About England David Matless 1st April, hb, eb, £20, 9781789146912 Matless explores how “England” and “English- ness” have been imagined since the 1960s.
Arc of Feeling: The History of the Swing Javier Moscoso 1st April, hb, eb, £25, 9781789146936 A surprising history.
The Pirates’ Code Rebecca Simon 1st May, hb, eb, £15.99, 9781789147117 Rollicking account of the strict rules essential for survival at sea.
The Ruling Families of Rus Christian Raffensperger, Donald Ostrowski 1st June, vol 3, hb, eb, £25, 9781789147155 Family-based history of Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages.
Travellers Through Time Jeremy Harte 1st April, hb, eb, £20, 9781789147162 Vivid portrayal of the Romany people, from the inside.
Sceptre
Self-made Tara Isabella Burton 29th June, hb, eb, £22, 9781529364699 An exceptional history of ideas and a contemporary critique on the story of self-making, from the Renaissance to the present day.
Simon & Schuster
Witchcraft Marion Gibson 11th May, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781398508507 Lively global history of witchcraft which shows its evolution from the Middle Ages to the present day.
The Seventy-year Coup Alex Rowell 6th July, hb, eb, £20, 9781398514218 Illuminating story of the Middle East that claims that the tumult in the Arab world can be attributed to the actions of just one man: Gamal Abdel Nasser.
The Last Secret of the Secret Annex Jeroen De Bruyn, Joop van Wijk-Voskuijl 8th June, pb, eb, £16.99, 9781398518223 A focus on those caught between Jewish victims and Nazi persecutors during the Holocaust. Tries to unpick the moral ambi- guities and hard choices faced by ordinary families such as the Voskuijls.
The Exceptions Kate Zernike 27th April, hb, eb, £25, 9781398520004 The story of how a group of determined, brilliant women used the power of the collective and the tools of science to inspire ongoing radical change.
Empires Jonathan Foreman 8th June, hb, eb, £30, 9781471160295 Notable study of how empire has been a part of human history since the beginning of urban civilisation.
Return of the Tribes Simon Schama 11th May, hb, eb, £30, 9781471169892 Brilliant book from award- winning historian takes a look at the history of pandemics, vaccines and the health of nations.
The Wager David Grann 11th May, hb, eb, £20, 9781471183676 Author of Killers of the Flower Moon returns with a messy, mesmerising story of shipwreck, mutiny and murder that culmi- nates in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth.
The Real Special Relationship Michael Smith 22nd June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781471186813 Marking 82 years since the understanding between the US and the UK was formulated.
The Plot to Save South Africa Justice Malala 4th April, hb, eb, £20, 9781471194511 Compelling story of nine days that saved South Africa from civil war.
Simon & Schuster Audio
The Exceptions Kate Zernike 27th April, audiofile, £14.99, 9781398520073 See information above.
Empires Jonathan Foreman 8th June, audiofile, £14.99, 9781471180880 See information above.
The Plot to Save South Africa Justice Malala 4th April, audiofile, £14.99, 9781398522619 See information above.
The Seventy-year Coup Alex Rowell 6th July, audiofile, eb, £14.99, 9781398522626 See information above.
The Last Secret of the Secret Annex Jeroen De Bruyn, Joop van Wijk-Voskuijl 8th June, audiofile, £14.99, 9781398522756 See information above.
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