History
The Age of Caesar: Five Roman Lives
Paperback
An outstanding new edition of Plutarch, the inventor of biography, focused on five lives that remade the Roman world.
The Alps: A Human History from Hannibal to Heidi and Beyond
Paperback
A blend of contemporary travelogue and historical narrative about the Alps from "a graceful and passionate writer" (The Washington Post).
A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton Copley
Paperback
This bold new history recovers the American Revolution, as seen through the eyes of Boston-born painter John Singleton Copley.
The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America
Hardback
Amid the devastation of war rise the first stirrings of freedom in this absorbing, ground-level narrative by an acclaimed historian.
Alone: Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk: Defeat Into Victory
Hardback
Combining epic history with rich family stories, Michael Korda chronicles the outbreak of the Second World War and the great events that led to Dunkirk.