GENERAL HISTORY
The Reckoning: From the Second Slavery to Abolition, 1776-1888 Robin Blackburn 6th February, hb, eb, £35, 9781804293416 Critically acclaimed historian of slavery in the Americas.
Towards the Abyss Volodymyr Ishchenko 20th February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781804295540 Ukrainian politics, the Russian invasion and the escalating crisis of the post-Soviet world.
Revolution: An Intellectual History Enzo Traverso 30th April, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781839763595 Cultural and intellectual balance sheet of the 20th century’s age of revolutions.
Loved Egyptian Night: The Meaning of the Arab Spring Hugh Roberts 13th February, hb, eb, £25, 9781839768835 Why did the Arab Spring produce such calamitous outcomes?
The Dreadful History and Judgement of God on Thomas Muntzer Andrew Drummond 6th February, hb, eb, £25, 9781839768941 On the 500th Anniversary of the German Peasant Wars, a brilliant portrait of Thomas Munzter, radical millenarian preacher, revolutionary and iconoclast.
Viking Paris ’44
Patrick Bishop 4th July, hb, eb, £25, 9780241492963 Heartstopping countdown narrative recreating the liberation of Paris in 1944, one of the great and most dramatic hinge moments of the war.
The Eastern Front Nick Lloyd 28th March, hb, eb, £25, 9780241506851 Definitive history from the bestselling author of The Western Front.
Watkins
Legendary Lighthouses of Britain Roger O’Reilly 9th April, hb, eb, £25, 9781786788115 Packed with legends, sea lore and exciting true-life tales, this is a highly giftable treasure trove of Britain’s top 100 lighthouses, each one
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They Were Here Before Us Ran Barkai, Eyal Halfon 12th March, pb, eb, £16.99, 9781786788313 Addictively readable investigation into our very earliest ancestors, focusing on the land corridor thorough which humans passed from Africa to Europe and the evidence left behind.
Wayne State University Press
Rum Running and the Roaring Twenties Philip P Mason 14th May, pb, £25.95, 9780814351048 Using police and court records, newspaper accounts and interviews with those who lived during the Roaring Twenties, this book showcases a fascinating history of life in Michigan during Prohibition.
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Final Verdict Tobias Buck 7th March, hb, eb, £22, 9781399604253 The extraordinary story of the last trial of a Nazi war criminal and its wider implications for history, memory, justice, and the author’s own family legacy.
The Missing Thread Daisy Dunn 23rd May, hb, eb, £25, 9781474615617 Vivid portrait of the ancient world that illuminates the stories of the women so often pushed to history’s sidelines.
The Waiting Game Nicola Clark 25th April, hb, eb, £22, 9781474622202 Thrilling narrative history of the oft-overlooked yet hugely influential figures of the Tudor court—the ladies-in-waiting.
Agent Zo Clare Mulley 16th May, hb, eb, £22, 9781399601061 The incredible story of Elzbieta Zawacka, or Agent Zo, a Second World War Polish resistance fighter who became the only woman to be parachuted behind enemy lines.
A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks David Gibbins
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-fiction
8th February, hb, eb, £25, 9781399603485 From ancient Rome to the Second World War, a study by a world- renowned underwater archaeologist.
Men At War Luke Turner 25th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781474618878 Radical blend of history, memoir and biography that looks beyond jingoistic myths to reveal a nuanced portrait of those who served in the Second World War.
Palatine Peter Stothard 11th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781474621014 Incredible account of Rome from Tiberius to Claudius, Caligula and Nero for readers of Tom Holland and Mary Beard.
Twilight Cities Katherine Pangonis 4th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781474614139 Luminous new history of the Mediterranean tells the interweaving stories of five forgotten cities.
The Illusionist Robert Hutton 11th April, hb, eb, £22, 9781474626026 The astonishing story of how in Egypt in 1942 Col Dudley Clarke’s eccentric A Force thwarted the Nazis and invented a whole new playbook of military deception.
Holocaust Journey Martin Gilbert 29th February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781399610902 Personal, powerful and unforgettable journey to key Holocaust sites gives a unique perspective on a 20th-century catastrophe.
Welbeck
D-Day Remembered Richard Holmes 9th May, hb, £35, 9781802798548 New edition of the graphic account of the planning and execution of Operation Overlord along with the campaign that effectively destroyed the German forces in France.
White Lion
Great LGBTQ+ Speeches Tea Uglow, Peter Tatchell, Jack Holland (illus) 4th April, pb, £9.99, 9780711275010 Empowering speeches in an influential collection. Words from the 19th century to the modern day.
White Owl
Fans and Fandom Holly Swinyard 30th March, pb, £25, 9781399042833 A journey into the passion and power of fan culture.
White Star
Speeches That Changed Our Times Carlo Bata (ed) 1st February, hb, £25, 9788854420403 Volume of 40 speeches, contextualised, explained and then given, in their fundamental passages, to enable the reader to immerse in those years since 1945.
Wildfire
A Brief History of the End of the F*cking World Tom Phillips 1st July, hb, £20, 9781035402175 Phillips (Humans; Truth; Conspiracy) is back with a fascinating and hilarious look at armageddon through the ages.
William Collins
History in the House Richard Davenport-Hines 20th June, hb, eb, £25, 9780008285722 Pulls back the curtains on Christ Church, Oxford, and reveals its great and lasting historical significance.
The Road Christopher Hadley 15th February, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780008356729 For 2,000 years, roads the Romans built determined the flow of ideas and folk tales. Almost everyone in Britain lives near a Roman road, if we know where to look.
Storm’s Edge: Life, Death and Magic in the Islands of Orkney Peter Marshall 11th April, hb, eb, £25, 9780008394394 New history that dives deep into island politics, the evolution of folklore and community memory on the geographical edge of Britain.
To the City Alexander Christie-Miller 15th February, hb, eb, £25, 9780008416041 Walking along the crumbling defensive walls of Istanbul and talking to those he passes, Christie-Miller finds a distillation of the country’s history and a mirror of its present.
Counting Benjamin Wardhaugh 18th July, hb, eb, £25, 9780008436469 What has counting meant to different cultures and different individuals?
Island Refuge: A History of Refugees in Britain Matthew Lockwood 20th June, hb, eb, £25, 9780008442569 Sweeping yet intimately told history of exiles and refugees. How have those who arrived on Britain’s shores shaped its history?
Tinderbox: India’s Slide Towards Turmoil Sadanand Dhume 11th April, hb, £22, 9780008442774 Devastating critique of India’s failure to fulfil its founding promises.
Soldiers Max Hastings 20th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780008454265 A very personal gathering of sparkling tales by many writers about men and women who have borne arms.
Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad Daniel Finkelstein 6th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780008483890 Muscular memoir exploring Finkelstein’s mother’s and father’s devastating experiences of persecution, resistance and survival during the Second World War.
Knowing What We Know Simon Winchester 25th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780008484422 Here is Winchester’s bril- liant and all-encompass- ing look at how humans acquire, retain and pass on information and data,.
Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning Nigel Biggar 14th March, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780008511678 In 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the end of history—that the global dominance of liberal democracy had been secured forever.
Izabela the Valiant Adam Zamoyski 20th June, hb, eb, £25, 9780008521684 Vulnerable but resilient women caught up in extraordinary events. A story that must be told.
Architects of Terror Paul Preston 1st February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780008522155 How paranoia, conspiracy
and anti-Semitism was used to justify Spain’s military coup of 1936 and enabled the construction of a dictatorship.
Sky Warriors Saul David 25th April, hb, £25, 9780008522162 From bestselling historian a gripping history of the British airborne experience across the Second World War.
Rural: The Lives of the Working Class Countryside Rebecca Smith 6th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780008526313 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 11th April, pb, £10.99, 9780008532765 Triumphs and disasters in the deep sea. This is a journey through time and water to the bottom of the ocean and the future of our planet.
God’s Ghostwriters Candida Moss 28th March, hb, eb, £25, 9780008612177 The untold story of how enslaved people created, gave meaning to, and spread the word of the New Testament to shape the very foundations of Christianity.
Operation Biting Max Hastings 23rd May, hb, eb, £25, 9780008642167 Terrific story of a 1942 parachute commando raid on northern France to steal the vital components of a new German radar system.
William Morrow
Beverly Hills Spy Ronald Drabkin 15th February, hb, eb, £22, 9780063310070 Untold story of Frederick Rutland, a debonair British war hero, flying ace and fixture of Los Angeles society, who became a spy for Japan in the lead-up to Pearl Harbor.
WW Norton
The Once and Future Sex Eleanor Janega 23rd February, pb, eb, £13.99, 9781324074465 A “provocative, colloquial and entertaining”
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