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that looks beyond the jingoistic myths of heroes and villains to reveal a nuanced portrait of the multitude of men.
Making History Richard Cohen 16th March, pb, £14.99, 9781474615792 History of historians demonstrates how the telling is inevitably influenced by the life and beliefs of the storyteller.
Budapest Victor Sebestyen 11th May, pb, £10.99, 9781474610018 Dramatic story of a city on the faultline between East and West in the heart of Europe.
Lady Caroline Lamb Antonia Fraser 18th May, hb, £25, 9781474624824 Vivid portrayal of the woman whose love affair with Lord Byron scandalised British society. By one of the UK’s best-loved historians.
Barnes Wallis Richard Morris 4th May, hb, £25, 9781474623421 Fascinating untold story of one of Britain’s greatest engineers, the man behind the bouncing bomb.
Not Far From Brideshead Daisy Dunn 30th March, pb, £10.99, 9781474615587 A real-life Brideshead Revisited that will appeal to fans of Evelyn Waugh, PG Wodehouse and Nancy Mitford.
Welbeck
Fake Heroes Otto English 25th May, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781802795912 From the author of Fake History a fascinating look at 10 of the greatest liars from our past.
Wellcome Collection
Divided
Annabel Sowemimo 6th April, hb, eb, £20, 9781788169202 Vital, eye-opening exploration of race and health.
Wildfire
Persians Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones 13th April, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781472277329 Definitive history of the Persian Empire, the world’s first superpower.
Conspiracy Tom Phillips, Jonn Elledge 27th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781472283405 Phillips and Elledge team up to debunk the great- est conspiracy theo- ries humans have ever espoused and show how not to fall for them.
Mortal Monarchs Suzie Edge 6th July, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781472294234 Humorous dive into the varied and often grue- some deaths of members of the British monarchy, from a medical histo- rian with a large TikTok following.
William Collins
Lost Realms Thomas Williams 11th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008171988 Britain in the Dark Ages was a mosaic of little kingdoms. Many of them fell by the wayside. Some vanished without a trace. Others have stories that can be told.
The Restless Republic Anna Keay 2nd March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008282059 In 1649 Britain was engulfed by revolution. Keay brings to vivid life the most extraordinary and experimental decade in Britain’s history.
Nazi Billionaires David de Jong 27th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008299798 Groundbreaking investiga- tion of how Nazis helped German tycoons make billions from the horrors of the Third Reich and the Second World War and how they got away with it.
The Infinite City Niall Kishtainy 20th July, hb, eb, £25, 9780008325855 In a brilliant, origi- nal history of London, Kishtainy weaves visions of utopia through the ages to offer a unique history of ideas and intro- duce London as the capi- tal of utopian thought.
Abyss
Max Hastings 11th May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780008365035 The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous event in history. Hastings draws out the story.
To the City Alexander Christie-Miller 8th June, hb, eb, £25, 9780008416041
In this extraordinary literary debut, Christie- Miller traces the history of Istanbul by walking along its crumbling defensive walls and talking to those he passes.
Origin Africa
Jonathan Kingdon 16th March, hb, eb, £30, 9780008423001 Major new look at how Africa’s geological history, climate, geography and biology resulted in the wonderful diversity of life there.
Silk Aarathi Prasad 2nd March, hb, £20, 9780008451844 In a gorgeous history book spanning continents and millennia, Prasad will weave the story of the world’s most extraordinary invention.
Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad Daniel Finkelstein 8th June, hb, eb, £25, 9780008483845 From longstanding political columnist and commentator a powerful memoir uncovering his family’s devastating expe- riences of persecution, resistance and survival.
Knowing What We Know Simon Winchester 27th April, hb, eb, £25, 9780008484385 From internationally best- selling author a vibrant history of the collection and dissemination of knowledge.
No Escape Nury Turkel 11th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008498641 Tells the story of the Chinese government’s oppression of the Uyghur people, detailing labour camps and surveillance tech that have made Xinji- ang a police surveillance state.
Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning Nigel Biggar 2nd February, hb, eb, £25, 9780008511630 As encyclopaedic in historical breadth as it is penetrating in analytical depth, Colonialism offers a moral inquest into the colonial past to help rejuvenate faith in the West’s future.
Architects of Terror Paul Preston 2nd February, hb, eb, £30, 9780008522117 How paranoia, conspiracy and anti-Semitism was used to justify the military
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coup in Spain in 1936 and enabled the construction of a dictatorship built on violence and persecution.
Rural: The Lives of the Working Class Countryside Rebecca Smith 8th June, hb, eb, £18.99, 9780008526276 Work in the countryside ties you, soul and salary, to the land but often those who labour in nature have the least control over what happens there.
The Frontier Below Jeff Maynard 13th April, hb, eb, £25, 9780008532727 Meticulously researched and drawing extensively on unpublished sources and personal interviews, this is the story of pioneers who had the right stuff but went in the wrong direction.
WW Norton
Against the World: Anti-globalism and Mass Politics Between the World Wars Tara Zahra 10th March, hb, eb, £28.50, 9780393651966 Brilliant, eye-opening work that speaks volumes about today’s battles over international trade, immigration, public health and global inequality.
Extreme North Jefferson Chase (tr), Bernd Brunner (tr) 3rd March, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781324050285 Entertaining and informative voyage through cultural fantasies of the North, from sea monsters and a mountain- sized magnet to racist mythmaking.
Seven Games Oliver Roeder 10th February, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781324051022 A group biography of seven enduring and beloved games and the story of why—and how— we play them.
Yale University Press
Henry III Vol 2 David Carpenter 9th May, hb, eb,
£30, 9780300248050 Covers the revolutionary events between 1258 and the king’s death in 1272.
Amongst the Ruins John Darlington 11th April, hb, eb, £25, 9780300259285 Thought-provoking explo- ration of the loss of civili- sations and communities
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