Planes, Trains and Toilet Doors: 50 Places That Changed British Politics
‘’F *** ing brilliant. I would describe it as like a bag of political nuts – moreish and fabulously salty’ JOE LYCETT
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
Biography: historical, political & military
Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
‘Epic, moving and important’ ROBERT HARRIS
‘I’m not sure I’ve ever come across quite such a revelatory account of the Holocaust and yet despite the horror and the sadness it’s also a ‘memoir of miraculous survival’. I can’t recommend it enough’ ANTHONY HOROWITZ
Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience and Family Secrets
A New Yorkerstaff writer, investigates his grandfather, a Nazi Party Chief, in this “unflinching, gorgeously written, and deeply moving exploration of morality, family, and war” (Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain)
‘The book we need right now’ Atul Gawande, author of Being Mortal
Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage
‘Gripping and profoundly moving’ DAMON GALGUT
‘Deft and operatic’ OBSERVER
A TIMES BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2023
English Food: A People’s History
‘An absolute gem’ Sunday Times
‘A mouthwatering history’ The Guardian
The Fifth Act: America’s End in Afghanistan
A Times Political Book of the Year 2022
A powerful and revelatory eyewitness account of the American collapse in Afghanistan, its desperate endgame, and the war’s echoing legacy.
The Earl and the Pharaoh: From the Real Downton Abbey to the Discovery of Tutankhamun
Enter a world of ancient secrets, old money, new ambitions and the discovery of priceless treasure in this revelatory new biography.
Aung San Suu Kyi: Politician, Prisoner, Parent
POLITICIAN • PRISONER • PARENTA portrait of one of the most charismatic, but unknown, world leaders
Devil Dogs: First In, Last Out – King Company from Guadalcanal to the Shores of Japan
A Times History Book of the Year 2022
From Sunday Times bestselling historian Saul David, the dramatic tale of the first American troops to take the fight to the enemy in the Second World War, and also the last.
The Young Alexander: The Making of Alexander the Great
‘Popular history at its very best, thought-provoking and accessible. Underpinned by serious research, and written with panache, it summons up a vanished world’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took on a World at War
‘Effervescent’ New Yorker Best Books Of 2022 So Far
‘Bursts with colour and incident’ FT Best Books of Summer
I Am Still With You: A Reckoning with Silence, Inheritance and History
‘A lyrical investigation … both powerful and transcendent’ CHIGOZIE OBIOMA
‘Acutely observed, hauntingly rendered and deeply affecting’ AMINATTA FORNA
‘Both epic and intimate’ MARGO JEFFERSON
An astonishing search for a missing person, the hidden tragedies of war and the truth of Nigeria’s history.
Snow Widows: Scott’s Fatal Antarctic Expedition by the Women Left Behind
‘An elegant, densely textured work, like a tapestry … A welcome contribution to polar studies.’ Sara Wheeler, Spectator
‘[MacInness] handles the whole thing with masterly skill…takes us to the heart of the hope, love, anguish and grief’ The Times
Nehru: The Debates that Defined India
‘An important contribution … Delving lucidly into the most significant ideological battles of the era, this book deftly outlines the thinking and dialogue that laid the foundations of the Republic – and which remain deeply relevant and contentious today’Shashi Tharoor, author of Inglorious Empire
Coronation: A History of the British Monarchy
The definitive history of coronations and the Royal Family, from acclaimed writer Roy Strong.
The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
‘An intimate, insightful portrait of an extraordinarily private leader’ WALTER ISAACSON
From the bestselling author of Enemies of the People
An intimate and deeply researched account of the extraordinary rise and political brilliance of the most powerful – and elusive – woman in the world.