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Fabric
The Hidden History of the Material World
2024 || Paperback || Victoria Finlay || Profile Books Ltd
A magnificent work of original research, unwinding history through cloth - how we make it, use it and what it means to us.
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Medieval Bodies
Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages
2024 || Paperback || Jack Hartnell || Profile Books Ltd
A major new talent unveils a glittering and gruesome history of the body in the Middle Ages, from saints' relics to lovesick troubadours.
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The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
The International Bestseller
2024 || Paperback || Rashid I. Khalidi || Profile Books Ltd
This is the story of Palestine told from the inside.
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Vermeer's Hat
The seventeenth century and the dawn of the global world
2024 || Paperback || Timothy Brook || Profile Books Ltd
Offers an understanding of Vermeer's paintings and of the era they portray.
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1913
The Year before the Storm
2024 || Paperback || Florian Illies || Profile Books Ltd
From James Joyce to Coco Chanel, 1913 is an irreverent but poignant portrait of Europe on the brink of war.
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The Border
The Legacy of a Century of Anglo-Irish Politics
2024 || Paperback || Diarmaid Ferriter || Profile Books Ltd
The history and possible future of the border between the Republic and Northern Ireland.
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The Wordhord
Daily Life in Old English
2024 || Paperback || Hana Videen || Profile Books Ltd
An entertaining collection of strange, delightful and unexpectedly apt words from the origins of English.
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Fear
An Alternative History of the World
2024 || Paperback || Robert Peckham || Profile Books Ltd
A ground-breaking examination of the societal impact of fear that gives us a thrilling insight on world history
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The Book of Phobias and Manias
A History of the World in 99 Obsessions
2024 || Paperback || Kate Summerscale || Profile Books Ltd
A captivating A-Z compendium of our fixations by the bestselling author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
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The Library
A Fragile History
2024 || Paperback || Arthur der Weduwen e.a. || Profile Books Ltd
Princes, collectors, bookworms and thieves: the extraordinary story of the library, from Alexandria to the age of Google.