History & Historical Biography

James Shapiro / Oberammergau (Hardback)

According to local legend, in 1632 the Bavarian village of Oberammergau was threatened by an outbreak of plague and desperate villagers vowed to perform a Passion Play every ten years if God would...

Mariana Mazzucato / The Value of Everything (Hardback)

Who really creates wealth in our world? And how do we decide the value of what they do? At the heart of today's financial and economic crisis is a problem hiding in plain sight. In modern capitalism,...

Mary Laven / Virgins of Venice (Hardback)

Renaissance Venice had a convent on almost every corner, and nuns loomed large in the city's daily life. Far from being places of religious devotion, the convents were often little more than...

Susan Goodman / Children of War (Hardback)

'Were you a child, toddler or teenager during the War? If so, please share your memories and anecdotes: the blackout, bombing, evacuation, shortages, absent fathers...and the fun. Need Your help...

Peter Thorold / The London Rich - The Creation of a Great City from 1666 to the Present (Hardback)

A detailed tracing of the growth of modern London after the devastating fire of 1666 shows how the wealthy classes incorporated former villages into the city as, for example, the nobility took St...

Lee Jackson / Victorian London (Hardback)

Like her previous books, this book is the product of the author's passionate interest in the realities of everyday life - and the conditions in which most people lived - so often left out of history...

Edwin Mullins / In Search of Cluny (Hardback)

A thousand years ago the French abbey of Cluny was the hub of one of the most powerful empires of the Middle Ages, and the spiritual heart of Europe. Nearly 1,500 religious houses were subject to its...