From the Byzantine to the Battle of Bosworth, the Anglo-Saxons to the American Revolution, here are the History books our booksellers have most loved.
We start with new releases in both hardback and paperback, then look at some of the best recent publications in Ancient, British & Military History - and then we've chosen some of our favourite History books from all of, well, history...
A Bookseller Recommends...
38 Londres Street
Philippe Sands
"The final piece of the triptych alongside his Baillie Gifford winning East West Street and The Ratline. The book has a dual-centre: Pinochet and his arrest in 1998, and the story of the Nazi Walter Rauff, responsible for the orchestration of mass murder in WW2.
As Sands pulls on the thread of Rauff, his story is revealed to be tangled inextricably with the crimes committed under Pinochet’s rule, wound around the heart of the torture and disappearances that occurred in 38 Londres Street. An extraordinary book by a master storyteller." ~ Saskia, Edinburgh
A Bookseller Recommends...
A Scandal in Königsberg
Christopher Clark
"In 1835, an unassuming corner of the Kingdom of Prussia became the center of a media storm which brought to the surface the anxieties of 19th century German society. Disinformation, far from being a construct of the online media age, has roots that go far deeper. Clark writes with scholarly authority and wit - an incredible book." ~ Harry