History: specific events & topics

Moscow Underground: Unabridged edition

‘A gripping thriller and Belkin is a character many readers will want to encounter again’ THE SUNDAY TIMES

‘Remarkable … If only all first novels were as enthralling as this’ FINANCIAL TIMES

‘Merridale’s talents as a Russia expert and writer combine to beam light on the depths of Moscow’s underworld’ THE SUN

No Escape: The True Story of China’s Genocide of the Uyghurs

’Anyone interested in the future of autocracy should buy it’ Anne Applebaum, author of Twilight of Demoracy

**Shortlisted for the Moore Prize for Human Rights Literature**

A devastating account of China’s genocide of the Uyghurs, by a leading Uyghur activist and Time #100 nominee

How to Fit All of Ancient Greece in an Elevator

‘Irresistibly fascinating’ MARIE CLAIRE GREECE

‘Essential’ VICTORIA HISLOP

‘Brilliantly conceived’ PAUL CARTLEDGE

An enormous bestseller in Greece, this is a bold, witty retelling of the story of Ancient Greece by a rising star in archaeology

Sanctuary

Sanctuary is an ancient right. But what does it mean today? Drawing on a lifetime of engagement with literature, myth, history and tradition from different cultures, Marina Warner’s Sanctuary is an ambitious attempt to grapple with the sharpest questions that we are facing in today’s world of global turmoil.

Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia

** THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER **

A Best Book of the Year in the Financial Times, The Week, Spectator, BBC History Magazine, NPR, History Today, Waterstones and Daunts

‘A sparkling debut by an outstanding young historian’ PETER FRANKOPAN

Bothy: In Search of Simple Shelter

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE

A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR

‘The bothy embrace is addictive’ ADAM NICOLSON

‘Will have you reaching for your boots’ CAL FLYN

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By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR NONFICTION

A New Yorker Best Book of 2024 • An Esquire Best Book of Fall 2024 • Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction • Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard First Book Prize

‘Reads like a legal thriller’ ESQUIRE

The Demon of Unrest: Abraham Lincoln & America’s Road to Civil War

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this ‘riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult’ (Los Angeles Times).

Our Bodies, Their Battlefield: What War Does to Women

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE

‘A wake-up call’ Amal Clooney

‘Devastating… rape and sexual abuse continue to be a pervasive and all-too-often hidden feature of conflict zones the world over’ HM Queen Camilla

Storm’s Edge: Life, Death and Magic in the Islands of Orkney

‘A surprising page-turner, full of humour and startling details’ THE TIMES

‘If I read a better history this year, I will be lucky’ TOM HOLLAND

‘An astonishing tour de force’ SPECTATOR

Longlisted for the 2024 Highland Book Prize

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