The fourth and last volume in Churchill’s famous account spans the period between 1815 and 1901. It draws to a close when the British Empire is at its peak – with a staggering one-fifth of the...

Effie Gray, a beautiful and intelligent young socialite, rattled the foundations of England's Victorian age. Married at nineteen to John Ruskin, the leading art critic of the time, she found...

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author offers a concise overview of the best of our heritage. Eloquent and engaging, this is a liberal arts curriculum: the most remarkable events, people, and ideas the...

On May 13, 1940, Winston Churchill stood before the House of Commons to deliver his first speech as Prime Minister. Europe was in crisis: Three days earlier, Germany had invaded France and the Low...

A collection of some of Alistair Cooke’s most memorable radio Letters from the 1970s.

Alistair Cooke was a radio legend, entertaining millions of listeners for over fifty years in...

Volume Three of David Reynolds’ award-winning BBC Radio 4 series runs from the origins of the Cold War to the inauguration of Barack Obama.This epic narrative tells the saga of the United...

The special New Year's Day 2011 edition of BBC Radio 4's 'Beyond Westminster', in which Andrew Rawnsley considers the lessons of history for Britain's coalition government - and its...

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...

This is the second book of Simon Schama’s epic three-volume journey into Britain’s past. It is a compelling chronicle of the changes that transformed every strand and stratum of British life,...

Gardening can be both a challenge and a joy. Get it right, and it can provide boundless pleasure; get it wrong, and it is a source of infinite frustration. Help is at hand, however, in this...

In September 1943, Adolf Hitler sent German troops into Rome and ordered SS General Karl Wolff to occupy the Vatican and kidnap Pope Pius XII. To save Pius, Wolff and fellow conspirators...

A selection of Alistair Cooke’s finest radio Letters in chronological order from his earliest broadcasts.

Alistair Cooke was a radio legend, entertaining millions of listeners for...

Continuing the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series of the story of Britain, from the start of the twentieth century to the present day.Christopher Lee's history of Britain, 'This Sceptred Isle',...

The name Borgia is synonymous with the corruption, nepotism, and greed that were rife in Renaissance Italy. The powerful, voracious Rodrigo Borgia, better known to history as Pope Alexander VI,...

Alistair Cooke presents his own personal selection of ‘Letter from America’ broadcasts from the turbulent years 1969-1978.Alistair Cooke is the microphone’s great observer, the doyen of...