History
The White Ladder: Triumph and Tragedy at the Dawn of Mountaineering
Paperback
Winner of the 2025 National Outdoor Book Award (History/Biography)
"Hugely entertaining.…[A]nyone who loves mountains will enjoy this book." —Sarah Wheeler, Spectator
A sweeping history of mountaineering before Everest, and the epic human quest to reach the highest places on Earth.
The Shortest History of Scandinavia: From Vikings to the Cold War and the New Nordic Movement
Paperback
From the Stone Age to “Scandimania”—discover the aesthetic influence and unparalleled global impact on peace by these Nordic nations
Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age
Paperback
In imagining a Viking, a certain image springs to mind: a barbaric warrior, leaping ashore from a longboat, and ready to terrorize the hapless...
The Innocents of Florence: The Renaissance Discovery of Childhood
Hardback
How a Florentine orphanage rescued thousands of children and revolutionised childhood education amid the splendour of Renaissance art
Antisemitism, an American Tradition
Hardback
The powerful story of antisemitism in America and how it has shaped the lives of Jews for almost four centuries