Faust’s Metropolis: A History of Berlin
A radical and exciting history of a city – its culture, its people and its politics – that refreshes our image of Europe’s past and of the writing of history itself.
European history
Titian: His Life and the Golden Age of Venice
The first biography since 1877 of Venice’s greatest artist – a towering work which captures the genius of Titian, beautifully illustrated throughout with full colour plates.
The Plantagenets: The Kings Who Made England
This brilliant new book explores the lives of eight generations of the greatest kings and queens that this country has ever seen, and the worst. The Plantagenets – their story is the story of Britain.
Collins Classics – Ivanhoe (Collins Classics)
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.
The Gentry: Stories of the English: Unabridged edition
Prize-winning author Adam Nicolson tells the story he was born to write – the real story of England. It is the gentry that has made England what it was and, to a degree, still is. In this vivid, lively book, history has never been more readable.
Collins Classics – Henry IV, Part I & Part II (Collins Classics)
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
The Queen of Subtleties
A tremendously vivid, page-turning and plausible novel that depicts the rise and fall of Anne Boleyn, the most spirited, independent and courageous of Henry’s queens, as viewed from both the bedrooms and the kitchens of the Tudor court.
Plague Child
The first instalment of a captivating trilogy set against the backdrop of the English Civil War.
Crown and Country: A History of England through the Monarchy: Unabridged edition
An exploration of the British monarchy from the retreat of the Romans up until the modern day.
The Queen’s Sorrow
A queen brought low by love compromised and power abused – the tragedy of Mary Tudor.
Monarchy: England and her Rulers from the Tudors to the Windsors: Abridged edition
David Starkey’s ‘Monarchy’ charts the rise of the British monarchy from the War of the Roses, the English Civil War and the Georgians, right up until the present day monarchs of the 20th Century.