The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World by Peter Frankopan
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
From the bestselling author of The Silk Roads comes an updated, timely, and visionary book about the dramatic and profound changes our world is undergoing right now--as seen from the perspective of the rising powers of the East. "All roads used to lead to Rome. Today they lead to Beijing." So argues P ...Show more
Black Gold - The Dark History of Coffee by Antony Wild
Category: History
Your morning flat-white helped shape the modern world 'Elegantly written, witty and so wide in scope, so rich in detail and so thought provoking' Joanna Blythman It may seem like just a drink, but coffee's dark journey from the highlands of Ethiopia to the highstreets of every town in the country links ...Show more
The Restless Kings: Henry II, His Sons and the Wars for the Plantagenet Crown by Nick Barratt
Category: History
In The Restless Kings Nick Barratt presents the tumultuous struggle for supremacy between the first Plantagenet king, Henry II, and his four sons - a drama that tore apart the most powerful family in western Europe and shaped the future of two nations. As well as exploring the personalities and crises ...Show more
Cities that Shaped the Ancient World by John Julius Norwich
Category: History
John Julius Norwich presents a sweeping tour of forty great cities that shaped the ancient world and its civilizations - and which in turn have shaped our own. The cities of the ancient world built the foundations for modern urban life, their innovations in architecture and politics essential to cities ...Show more
Cinderella Boys The Forgotten RAF Force That Won the Battle of the Atlantic by Leo McKinstry
Category: History
The remarkable story of the unsung RAF wing who rescued Britain from Hitler's U-boats and made Allied victory possible.In early 1943 Britain was engaged in an epic struggle for survival. As the deadly wolf packs of German U-boats roamed the Atlantic, supply lines and shipping losses fell victim to the c ...Show more
France: An Adventure History by Graham Robb
Category: History
A SPECTATOR and PROSPECT Book of 2022 Winner of the 2022 American Library in Paris Book Award 2022 'Ceaselessly interesting, knowledgeable and evocative' - Spectator 'A fresh way to write history' - Alan Johnson 'An amused, erudite homage to France . . . ambitious and original' - The Time Original, ...Show more
The Young Alexander: The Making of Alexander the Great by Alex Rowson
Category: History
'Popular history at its very best, thought-provoking and accessible. Underpinned by serious research, and written with panache, it summons up a vanished world' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH This is an astonishing new account of Alexander the Great - one of the most important figures of the ancient world, whose earl ...Show more
The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943 by James Holland
Category: History
The astonishing story of one of the most brutal and hard-fought battles of the Second World War told by one of most acclaimed and insightful historians
The Bone Chests: Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons by Catrine Jarman
Category: History
From the brilliant bioarchaeologist and bestselling author of River Kings, a gripping new history of the Anglo-Saxons told through six bone chests, stored for over a thousand years in Winchester Cathedral. A book that unlocks the secrets of the pre-Norman past. In 1642, William Waller and his Parliamen ...Show more
Chasing the Demon - A Secret History of the Quest for the Sound Barrier, and the Band of American Aces Who Conquered It by Dan Hampton
Category: History
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - At the end of World War II, a band of aces gathered in the Mojave Desert on a Top Secret quest to break the sound barrier-nicknamed "The Demon" by pilots. The true story of what happened in those skies has never been told. Speed. In 1947, it represented the difference between vic ...Show more
Celtic Weird - Tales of Wicked Folklore and Dark Mythology by Johnny Mains
Category: History
The Second World War: An Illustrated History by James Holland
Category: History
The Second World War is brought to life with captivating colour and detail, in this illustrated history from renowned historian James Holland and award-winning artist Keith BurnsFrom the internationally acclaimed historian James Holland comes an enthralling and illuminating account of the key battles an ...Show more