SOCIAL & LOCAL HISTORY
9781399054546 Discover the realities of Victorian England that informed the famous Dickens characters.
Witches and Witch Hunts Through the Ages Phil Carradice 28th February, hb, £20, 9781399071819 From ancient origins to the present day.
Pen & Sword Transport
The Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway Peter Johnson 28th February, hb, £30, 9781526776174 Readable account of a much-loved railway’s story.
Phillimore
A History of Worcestershire David Lloyd 1st February, pb, eb, £17.99, 9781803995663 The story of a county.
Lancaster: A History Andrew White 1st February, pb, eb, £20, 9781803995687 Full history of Lancaster, new in paperback.
Picador
Storm Pegs Jen Hadfield 11th July, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781529038026 A love letter to Shetland and to a wilder way of living from one of our most celebrated poets.
The Endless Country Sami Kent 27th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781529099263 The story of modern Turkey, in all its contradic- tions and complexities, presented in the form of 12 remarkable episodes from its recent history.
Party Lines: Dance Music and the Making of Modern Britain Ed Gillett 9th May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529070651 Brilliantly researched history of dance music in the UK explores its role in social, political and economic change.
Polity
Familiar Violence: A History of Child Abuse Heather Montgomery 23rd February, hb, eb, £25, 9781509552917 Montgomery tells a wide- ranging history of child abuse and violence
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against children across Britain. She discusses infanticide, abandonment, baby farming, discipline, physical and sexual abuse, interventions and the role of child abuse experts.
A History of Rest Alain Corbin,
Helen Morrison (tr) 29th May, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781509561537 In this dreamy saunter through the history of relaxation, renowned French historian explores the different ways in which rest has been understood throughout history.
Princeton University Press
Recording State Rites in Words and Images: Uigwe of Joseon Korea Song-mi Yi 16th April, hb, eb, £62, 9780691973906 Beautifully illustrated, interdisciplinary look at the ceremonies and protocols of the dynastic court of Joseon Korea.
Profile
The Invention of Essex Tim Burrows 11th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781788166775 The secret history of England’s most unfairly maligned county.
The Museum of Other People Adam Kuper 1st February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781800810938 Contemplation of the hotly debated significance and future of anthropol- ogy museums from a global expert.
Writing on the Wall Madeleine Pelling 28th March, hb, eb, £25, 9781800811997 Hear the voices of the 18th century in an eye-opening history of Britain’s most tumultuous period told through its graffiti.
Little Englanders Alwyn Turner 22nd February, hb, eb, £25, 9781800815308 Authoritative and entertaining history of the Edwardian age told through its politics and popular culture.
Reaktion
A Seditious and Sinister Tribe Donald Rayfield 1st July, hb, eb, £30, 9781789149098 The first history to appear
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in English for over a century that gives a full history of the Crimean Tatars and the Khanate they established.
Endgame Jamie Merchant 1st July, hb, eb, £14.95, 9781789149142 One-of-a-kind look at economic inequality and polarised political forces in the aftermath of globalisation.
Simon & Schuster
The Plot to Save South Africa Justice Malala 11th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781471194542 Compelling story of nine days that saved South Africa from civil war.
The History Press
SERIES
hb, eb, £14.99, 978180399 The Little History of Derbyshire Julia A Hickey 15th May, 4154 The entire history of Derbyshire in one concise book.
The Little History of Glasgow Neil Robertson 21st March, 5021 Explores the city’s slow and steady economic rise, its calamitous collapse and its 21st-century rein- vention as one of Europe’s most characterful cities.
SERIES
2nd May, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781803996
The Little Book of Cork Kieran McCarthy 479 Facts and anecodtes about Cork City, new in paperback. The Little Book of Blackrock Hugh Oram, Nick Fegan (illus) 264 Uncovering the hidden history at the heart of Blackrock.
The Last Women of the Durham Coalfield Margaret Hedley 7th March, pb, eb, £15.99, 9781803994192
Final book charting the true family history of a Durham coal-mining family which started in the 1830s.
From a Rock to a Hard Place: The 1984/85 Miners’ Strike Beverley Trounce 16th February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781803994659 Powerful book collates
memories of the Miners’ Strike, encompassing pickets, collieries and communities, 40 years on.
The Lost Back-to-back Streets of Leeds Colin James, Elizabeth James 15th February, hb, eb, £20, 9781803995144 Unique and evocative photographic record of changes in Woodhouse, Leeds, in the 1960s and ’70s.
The Spinning House Caroline Biggs 7th March, hb, eb, £20, 9781803995700 The untold story of how Cambridge University locked up women in its own private prison—and how the town fought to free them.
The Story of Bracknell Andrew Radgick 18th April, pb, eb, £20, 9781803995878 The history of Bracknell from the first inhabitants until 1949, when it was designated a New Town.
Edgware Road Leo Woodland 16th May, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781803996271 The first book to tell the history of London’s Edgware Road, originally a Roman byway.
Verso
The Rise and Fall of Swedish Social Democracy Kjell OEstberg 23rd April, pb, eb, £25, 9781804294659 Long considered the paradigm of European social democracy, whatever happened to the Swedish Model?
The Shadow of the Mine Ray Hudson, Huw Beynon 19th March, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781839767982 New in paperback on the 40th anniversary of the Miners’ Strike.
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Empire Windrush Onyekachi Wambu 6th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781399601924 Inspiring anthology of some of the best Black British writing centred on the experiences of the Windrush generation.
Yale University Press
The Fall: The Last Days of the English Republic Henry Reece
25th June, hb, eb, £35, 9780300211498 Why did England’s one experiment in republican rule fail?
Spycraft Nadine Akkerman, Pete Langman 11th June, hb, eb, £20, 9780300267549 Intriguing exploration of the devious tricks and ingenious tools used by early modern spies, from ciphers to counterfeiting and invisible inks to assassination.
London: A History of 300 Years in 25 Buildings Paul L Knox 23rd April, hb, eb, £25, 9780300269208 Lively new history of capital told through some of its struictures, from Georgian townhouses to the Shard.
Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen Rory Muir 14th February, hb, eb, £25, 9780300269604 What happened when Austen’s heroines and heroes were finally wed?
Liberty Over London Bridge Margaret Willes 13th February, hb, eb, £20, 9780300272208 The first complete history of Southwark, London’s stubbornly independent community over the Thames.
Yale and Slavery David W Blight, Peter Salovey 14th May, hb, eb, £25, 9780300273847 Comprehensive look at how slavery and resistance to it have shaped Yale University.
Tudor Children Nicholas Orme 26th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780300276114 The first history of childhood in Tudor England.
Our NHS Andrew Seaton 25th June, pb, eb, £11.99, 9780300276527 Engaging, inclusive history of the NHS, from its surprising survival over the decades to today’s existential crises.
The Western Rising of 1549 Mark Stoyle 13th February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780300276886 The fascinating story of the so-called “Prayer Book Rebellion” of 1549 which saw the people of
Devon and Cornwall rise up against the Crown.
Backbone of the Nation: Mining Communities and the Great Strike of 1984-85 Robert Gildea 12th March, pb, eb, £11.99, 9780300277906 Powerful new history in the miners’ own voices of a strike that changed the face of British politics and trade unionism. Based on more than 140 interviews with former miners and their families.
Zed
A People Betrayed Linda Melvern 25th July, 4th edn, pb, eb, £16.99, 9781350409637 Landmark investigative account of the Rwandan genocide updated with new information that came to light during the 2022 trial of Félicien Kabuga, a financier of the genocide.
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