books by subject
Social & Cultural History

Dancing into Battle: A Social History of the Battle of Waterloo

The Warrior Queens: Boadicea's Chariot

My History: A Memoir of Growing Up

The Duff Cooper Diaries: 1915-1951

At Day's Close: A History of Nighttime

Fighting Fit: The Wartime Battle for Britain's Health

Dangerous Days in Ancient Egypt: Pyramids, Plagues, Gods and Grave-Robbers

Dangerous Days in the Roman Empire: Terrors and Torments, Diseases and Deaths

Dangerous Days in Elizabethan England: Thieves, Tricksters, Bards and Bawds

The Queen: The gripping true tale of a villain who changed history

The Fleet Street Girls: The women who broke down the doors of the gentlemen's club

Who's In, Who's Out: The Journals of Kenneth Rose: Volume One 1944-1979

Who Loses, Who Wins: The Journals of Kenneth Rose: Volume Two 1979-2014

The Joy of Pubs: Everything you wanted to know about Britain's favourite drinking establishment

Voices from the Blue: The Real Lives of Policewomen

Margot at War: Love and Betrayal in Downing Street, 1912-1916

Look Again: The Power of Noticing What was Always There

Among You Taking Notes...

Fake Heroes: Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of History

Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

MAGIC: The Life of Earvin 'Magic' Johnson

Out of the Woods

The Horror of Love: Nancy Mitford and Gaston Palewski in Paris and London

Daughter of Empire: Life as a Mountbatten

The Future Starts Here: An Optimistic Guide to What Comes Next

My Mad Fat Diary

The Curious History of Dating: From Jane Austen to Tinder

Rebel Englishwoman: The Remarkable Life of Emily Hobhouse

A Brief History of the Caribbean: Indispensable for Travellers
