The Infinite City: Utopian Dreams on the Streets of London
‘Glorious’ Guardian
‘Vigorous, rigorous and eminently readable’ SPECTATOR
Social & cultural history
Rural: The Lives of the Working Class Countryside
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2024
‘Eye-opening and persuasive’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Brilliant … I loved it’ KIT DE WAAL
‘Thoughtful, moving, honest’ CAL FLYN
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
The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court
‘If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500 years of Hampton Court history: royal residents, common visitors, thieves, invaders and ghosts’ PHILIPPA GREGORY
The Road: A Story of Romans and Ways to the Past
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
‘An absolute joy to read and an early contender for every list of History Books of the Year’ Sunday Telegraph
‘On nearly every page a random passage takes one’s breath away’ The Times
Have you ever heard the march of legions on a lonely country road?
The Old Gays’ Guide to the Good Life
‘I’ve fallen in love with this fabulous foursome … They are a phenomenon!’ Drew Barrymore
From @theoldgays, the internet’s most beloved foursome, a book of inspirational stories and aspirational advice for living life at the fullest.
English Food: A People’s History
‘An absolute gem’ Sunday Times
‘A mouthwatering history’ The Guardian
Painted People: 5,000 Years of Tattooed History from Sailors and Socialites to Mummies and Kings
In 1881, a writer in the Saturday Review called tattooing ‘an art without a history’. ‘No-one’, it went on, ‘has made it the business of his life to study the development of tattooing.’
Until now.
Wicked Beyond Belief: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
Now a major TV series
‘A masterpiece that reads like a thriller’ Time Out
A gripping and probing account of the biggest criminal manhunt in British history.
The Perfect Tonic: The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine, Spirits and Cocktails
Shortlisted for the André Simon Food & Drink Book Award
An intoxicating interconnected history of booze and medicine, from one of the world’s foremost cocktail writers.
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.
Shakespeare’s Book: The Intertwined Lives Behind the First Folio
‘A lively picture of multiple operators scrambling to steal a march on the competition . . . Lavishly detailed’FINANCIAL TIMES
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
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