Princes, collectors, bookworms and thieves: the extraordinary story of the library, from Alexandria to the age of Google.

Beauty, make up, art, power: An alternative history of the Renaissance told by the women behind the paintings

Diaries, sketchbooks, common-places, notebooks, ledgers and ships' logs: how the blank book changed the way we think, and helped us change the world.

The story of Britain, from its first moments as an island to its possible future

A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by 'the world's most famous classicist' (Guardian)