A stunning account of Rome from Tiberius to Claudius, Caligula and Nero for readers of Tom Holland and Mary Beard

A celebration of the alphabet, from its beginnings to its pre-eminence as the organizing principle for the world's knowledge.

The revised and fully updated edition of the seminal, sweeping history of post-colonial Africa.

'Not all lost cities are real, but this one was.'

The extraordinary story of Alexander the Great's lost city, and a quest to unravel one of the most captivating mysteries in ancient history.

'Superb . impeccably researched, but with the pace and deftly woven plot complexity of a John le Carré novel ... utterly brilliant' William Dalrymple, Guardian

'[An] exceptional biography ... This is a jewel of a book' Sunday Times

'A brilliant and evocative biography, written with consummate scholarship...

A narrative history of the Korean War by bestselling author Sir Max Hastings.

A magisterial portrayal of English Christianity over the last 1,400 years.

A survey of the many roles played by women across the world from 1850–1960, using colourised photos and captions to tell to their story.

An original and compelling history of the northern European medieval renaissance in art, science and philosophy, which rivalled its Italian counterpart, by the author of The Florentines and The Borgias.