Protestants: The Radicals Who Made the Modern World
On the 500th anniversary of Luther’s rebellion, this spectacular global history traces the revolutionary faith that shaped the modern world.
European history
Collins Classics – The Scarlet Pimpernel (Collins Classics)
HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.
Young and Damned and Fair: The Life and Tragedy of Catherine Howard at the Court of Henry VIII
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2017
The Five Giants [New Edition]: A Biography of the Welfare State
A TIMES POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEARA LONGMAN/HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR
The award-winning history of the British Welfare State –now fully revised and updated for the 21st Century.
‘A masterpiece’ Sunday Times
Shadows of a Princess
Reissued for the twentieth anniversary of Diana’s death, this sensational bestseller is an explosive account of her life, from the man who was by her side throughout its most turbulent period.
All Out War: The Full Story of How Brexit Sank Britain’s Political Class
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2017
#1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
‘The best political book of the year’ Andrew Marr
‘A superb work of storytelling and reporting. Sets new benchmark for the writing of contemporary political history’ Guardian
The only book to tell the full story of how and why Britain voted to leave the EU.
The Last Days of the Spanish Republic
Told for the first time in English, Paul Preston’s new book tells the story of a preventable tragedy that cost many thousands of lives and ruined tens of thousands more at the end of the Spanish Civil War.
History of the Soviet Union
Originally published in 1992 and now available as an ebook.
This edition does not include any images.
WINNER OF THE ‘LOS ANGELES TIMES’ BOOK AWARD FOR HISTORY
The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge
UPDATED EDITIONA rousing and full-blooded account of the Spanish Civil War and the rise to prominence of General Franco.
Those Are Real Bullets, Aren’t They?: Bloody Sunday, Derry, 30 January 1972 (Text Only)
An iconic event in modern Irish history is, for the first time, narrated in directly human terms. Who were the people who marched, who fired from the flats, the barricades, who died? In brilliant narrative form a modern myth is unfolded and revealed fully, and so tells the story of the recent history of the armed struggle in Ireland.
SS 1: The Unlikely Death of Heinrich Himmler (Text Only)
First serious examination of the curious demise of Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler that also investigates an extraordinary web of secret deals and international intrigue.
Phantom Terror: The Threat of Revolution and the Repression of Liberty 1789-1848
A magnificent and timely examination of an age of fear, subversion, suppression and espionage, Adam Zamoyski explores the attempts of the governments of Europe to police the world in a struggle against obscure forces, seemingly dedicated to the overthrow of civilisation.
Poland: A history
Adam Zamoyski first wrote his history of Poland two years before the collapse of the Soviet Union. This substantially revised and updated edition sets the Soviet era in the context of the rise, fall and remarkable rebirth of an indomitable nation.
The Strangest Family: The Private Lives of George III, Queen Charlotte and the Hanoverians
An intensely moving account of George III’s doomed attempt to create a happy, harmonious family, written with astonishing emotional force by a stunning new history writer.
The General: The Classic WWI Tale of Leadership
The book John Kelly reads every time he gets a promotion to remind him of ‘the perils of hubris, the pitfalls of patriotism and duty unaccompanied by critical thinking’
The most vivid, moving – and devastating – word-portrait of a World War One British commander ever written, here re-introduced by Max Hastings.