This is a unique single-volume history of the road to El Alamein - 'the end of the beginning' - and the bloody battle that followed...It was the British victory at the Battle of El Alamein in...

‘After the first forty days we were alone, with victorious Germany and Italy engaged in a mortal attack upon us, with Soviet Russia a hostile neutral actively aiding Hitler, and Japan an...

The letters in volume two reveal the central role Winston Churchill played from 1931 to 1964 in world history. However, Clementine’s interest in politics was almost as intense as his. Here,...

‘If they’d had Mary Beard on their side back then, the Romans would still have their empire’ - Sam Leith, Daily Mail.


‘Pompeii’ explodes a number of myths – among...

The Royal Stuarts ruled for over 300 years in Scotland and for a century as the Royal Family of Britain and Ireland. They were leading actors in the foremost political dramas of British history -...

On 13th September 2007, Robert Peston broke the news that Northern Rock had become a victim of the global credit crunch and was seeking an emergency loan from the Bank of England. It was the...

Timothy West reads the third volume of Simon Schama’s compelling chronicle of the British Isles.

Award-winning historian Simon Schama concludes his monumental three-volume history of...

2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, a seminal text that remains the most widely published and influential book in the English language. Once described as 'the noblest...

Change - sometimes gentle and subtle, sometimes shocking and violent - is at the heart of this first volume of Simon Schama’s grippingly written history. He poses questions of compelling...

Effie Gray, a Scottish beauty, was the heroine of a great Victorian love story. Married at nineteen to John Ruskin, she found herself trapped in a loveless and unconsummated union. When her...

The third volume of Sir Winston Churchill's classic history. During the long period of 1688 to 1815 three revolutions took place and all led to war between the British and the French. The...

For more than a quarter of a century, Philip Norman’s internationally bestselling 'Shout!' has been unchallenged as the definitive biography of the Beatles. Now, at last, Norman turns his...

'The World Crisis: 1911-1918'
Part One
Winston Churchill's superlative account of the prelude to and events of the First World War is a defining work of twentieth-century history. With...

No other street in Britain contains more landmarks to our island’s history than Whitehall. Here, we visit what was the most notorious address in London when Byron and Lady Caroline Lamb...

The Queen’s story is our history: she was not born to be Queen but, a media star since the age of three, she has been the most famous woman in the world for all of our lives.In this definitive...