History of ideas

Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

‘A lasting work of social history’ THE TIMES

‘A genuinely new history of our nation’ DAN JONES

‘This celebration of women is a triumph of popular history’ SPECTATOR

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

Giving A Damn: Racism, Romance and Gone with the Wind

‘I cannot help but see the bodies of my near ancestors in the current caravans of desperate souls fleeing from place to place, chased by famine, war and toxins. Ideas honed in slavery – of the otherness, the boorishness, the inferiority of thy neighbour – have continued to travel through American society.’

Unbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubt

Why have Western societies that were once overwhelmingly Christian become so secular? Looking to the feelings and faith of ordinary people, the award-winning author of Protestants Alec Ryrie offers a bold new history of atheism.

Seeing Further: The Story of Science and the Royal Society

Edited and introduced by Bill Bryson, with contributions from Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, Richard Holmes, Martin Rees, Richard Fortey, Steve Jones, James Gleick and Neal Stephenson amongst others, this beautiful, lavishly illustrated book tells the story of science and the Royal Society, from 1660 to the present.

The First Iron Lady: A Life of Caroline of Ansbach

‘A brilliant study of a brilliant woman’ LUCY WORSLEY

History has forgotten Caroline of Ansbach, yet in her lifetime she was compared frequently to Elizabeth I and considered by some as ‘the cleverest queen consort Britain ever had’.

The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers

WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE

‘A brilliantly original book’ Financial Times

‘One of the masterpieces of modern historical writing’ Daily Telegraph

Paul Kennedy’s international bestseller is a sweeping account of five hundred years of fluctuating economic muscle and military might.

The Men Who United the States

From bestselling author Simon Winchester, the extraordinary story of how America was united into a single nation.

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