General History
2nd July, pb, £12.99, 9781035415816
Standard-setting economic history of the world told through stories of the forgotten women who powered it.
Headline Welbeck
The Writer and the Traitor Robert Verkaik 9th April, hb, £22, 9781035418176 Author of The Traitor of Colditz explores the enigmatic relationship between the internationally lauded novelist Graham Greene and Kim Philby, Britain’s most hated traitor.
Notorious Otto English 7th May, pb, £10.99, 9781035420339
In this fascinating follow-up to Fake History and Fake Heroes English looks at how certain people have been villainised through history and why we continue to demonise them.
Vae Victis Jacob F Field 23rd April, hb, £14.99, 9781035424504
A mini history of a huge empire. Acclaimed historian relates the entire story of the Roman Empire in one short, entertaining book.
Hutchinson Heinemann
Orator Catharine Edwards 23rd July, hb, eb, £25, 9781529152258
Authoritative biography of one of the most influential and fascinating figures in classical history: Cicero.
Self-help From the Middle Ages Peter Jones
2nd April, hb, eb, £20, 9781529154863
Disarming, surprising history exploring art, mysticism and literature to show how the Middle Ages used the Seven Deadly Sins as a roadmap for a happier and healthier life.
1873
Liaquat Ahamed 11th June, hb, £25, 9781529155853
From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lords of Finance comes a brilliant account of the earliest truly global financial calamity.
The Finest Hotel in Kabul Lyse Doucet 30th July, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781804957943
28 The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-Fiction
The story of a hotel. The story of a nation. A character-driven history of modern Afghanistan from one of our top broadcasters.
IB Tauris
Al-Qaida After 9/11 Anne Likuski 19th February, pb, eb, £19.99, 9780755648573
Explains how al-Qaida coped with the War on Terror in the decade after 9/11 and charts the real reasons for the group’s demise.
Icon Books
A Rich Harvest of Bitter Fruit Stephen Long
4th June, hb, eb, £25, 9781837732241
A tale of subterfuge, secrecy and skulduggery, this is a compulsively readable examination of one of the most important, and least examined, major flashpoints of the Cold War.
Mad Tom’s Rising Ian Breckon 12th February, hb, eb, £20, 9781837732289
An alternative vision of early Victorian England as a place of mystical faith, riot and disturbance, surveillance and insecurity, arson and uproar and the discontented’s unlikely champion, John Nicholls Tom.
The Canaries Alex Grant 30th July, hb, £20, 9781837733408
History is often shaped by individuals willing to speak out despite the risk of dire personal consequences. Lively and engaging, this book looks at several key figures from British history.
The Great Italian Breakout Karen Farrington 21st May, hb, eb, £20, 9781837733736
In 1943 captive Allied soldiers were left stranded in enemy territory after the Italian armistice. Farrington presents their stories using original archival research and interviews with families.
IMM Lifestyle Books
Battlefields Michael Rayner 24th February, pb, £24.99, 9781504801515
Exciting accounts of key phases in 22 famous
Series
Flip Books 4th June, pb, £4.50, 97819117480
Scenes reproduced from IWM’s Film Archive. HMS Belfast 69 The Concorde 76
Indiana University Press
When She Remembered Ashley Valanzola 2nd June, pb, £31, 9780253075819
Showcase of seven influential women, from well-known figures such as Simone Veil to memory activist Sabine Zlatin, who shaped the production of Holocaust memory in France from 1945 to the present.
John Beaufoy
An Illustrated History of Indonesia Ray Canoy
2nd April, pb, £25, 9781913679460
Describes the archipelago from prehistoric times to the present day. Maps and colour illustrations throughout.
John Donald
Vikings in North America Graeme Davis 19th March, pb, eb, £14.99, 9780859767293
The first book to examine the true impact of the Viking discovery and colonisation of the eastern seaboard of America. Uses new archaeological and DNA evidence.
Lighthouse Lives Erin Farley (ed) 16th April, pb, £30, 9780859767439
Stories of the last generation to work on lighthouses in Scotland. The interviews record the experiences of more than 50 former lighthouse keepers.
battles between 1805 and 1945 that focus on the influence and usage of the terrain. Illustrated with historic photographs and extremely detailed mapping.
Imperial War Museum
World War Two Tanks Colouring Book Frances Castle (illus)
23rd April, pb, £9.99, 9781911748045
Bring to life the legendary tanks that rumbled across the battlefields of the Second World War.
John Murray
Burn This Letter Susan Pedersen 21st May, hb, eb, £25, 9781399806220
The fascinating story of an Edwardian husband swap told against a backdrop of suffragettes, seances, politics and the birth of the supposed new Messiah.
The Nuremberg Women Natalie Livingstone 23rd April, hb, eb, £25, 9781399813433
The overlooked history of the crucial role played by women during Nuremberg, the most famous trial of the 20th century.
The Traitors Circle Jonathan Freedland 4th June, pb, eb, £11.99, 9781399813693
Thrilling true story of courage, resistance and ultimately betrayal in the Third Reich.
Fantastic Kingdom Helene von Bismarck 18th June, hb, eb, £22, 9781399824385
A respected historian of the British Empire closes the chasm between how the British see themselves and how they are actually seen abroad.
The Death of Trotsky Josh Ireland 26th February, hb, eb, £25, 9781399827294
Pulse-pounding true story of espionage, betrayal and murder, which ended in one of the most infamous assassinations of the 20th century.
An Accidental History of Tudor England Steven Gunn, Tomasz Gromelski
4th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529333763
A tour of Tudor England through the coroner’s reports of ordinary people’s various grizzly fatal accidents. A Horrible History for adults by leading Oxford historians.
Johns Hopkins University Press
Culture and Environment in the Early French Caribbean
Michael Harrigan 23rd June, hb, eb, £54, 9781421453170
Investigation of the unstable environment of the early colonies.
Chinatown Dafeng Xu 2nd February, pb, eb, £50, 9781421453545
The contested history
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