David Stafford's compelling narrative, climaxing on the eve of D-Day, gives a day-by-day account of the untold human story behind this momentous event from both the Allied and Nazi perspectives. Learn More

In this dramatic account Richard Overy re-creates hour-by-hour the last days of peace in 1939, as politicians and the public braced themselves for a war they feared might spell the end of European civilization. Learn More

Dark Continent radicfally overturns the myth of Europe as a safe haven of democracy to redefine our view of the 20th century. Learn More

Magnificently researched and beautifully written, it is more than a book about a place; it studies in detail the way in which three great faiths and peoples have inhabited the same territory, and how smooth transitions and adaptations have been interwoven with violent endings and new beginnings. Learn More

A story with a cast of amazing characters from George III to George Washington, to soldiers and their families, this exhilarating book is one of the great pieces of historical narrative. Learn More

Drawing on extracts from diaries, newspapers, letters, journals and books, Joyce Marlow has pieced together this inspiring, poignant and exciting history using the voices of the women themselves. Learn More

Sean McMeekin's fascinating and surprising book sheds new light on the First World War, and reveals the story of an incredible plan - one that came perilously, astonishingly close to succeeding. Learn More

Diarmaid MacCulloch's history brilliantly re-creates the religious battles of priests, monarchs, scholars and politicians, from the zealous Luther to the radical Loyola, from the tortured Crammer to the ambitious Philip II. Learn More

Drawing on these diaries, and on interviews with former Far East Prisoners of War, Surviving the Sword tells of inhumanity and degradation, but also of inspirational examples of courage, comradeship and compassion. Learn More