History
Muse of Fire: World War I as Seen Through the Lives of the Soldier Poets
Hardback
The First World War comes to harrowing life through the intertwined lives of the soldier poets in Michael Korda’s epic Muse of Fire
Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
Hardback
The true story of five castaways abandoned on the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812—a tale of treachery, shipwreck, isolation and the desperate struggle for survival
The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins
Hardback
An eminent historian tells the story of how we came to obsess over the origins of humanity—and how, for three centuries, ideas of prehistory have been used to justify devastating violence against others
Paris and Her Cathedrals
Paperback
For history readers, travellers and scholars alike, an indispensable behind-the-scenes guide to the great cathedrals of Paris
An Emancipation of the Mind: Radical Philosophy, the War over Slavery, and the Refounding of America
Hardback
How a band of antislavery leaders recovered the radical philosophical inspirations of the first American Revolution to defeat the slaveholders’ oligarchy in the American Civil War