History
The Discovery of Britain: An Accidental History
Hardback
Graham Robb takes readers on a time-traveling adventure around the “spindly, sea–wracked island” he calls home.
The Oak and the Larch: A Forest History of Russia and Its Empires
Hardback
A majestic cultural and environmental history that reveals how forests have made—and resisted—Russia’s many empires.
The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No
Paperback
Shocking cases of abusive medical research and the whistleblowers who spoke out against them, sometimes at the expense of their careers
Carthage: A New History
Hardback
A Waterstones UK Best Book of 2025
A landmark new history of ancient Rome’s most famous rival—home of Hannibal, jewel of North Africa, and foundational power of the western Mediterranean.
Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974
Paperback
In Fault Lines two award-winning and best-selling historians explore the origins of a divided America in a new edition, with a new chapter and epilogue