History

A stunningly evocative portrait of Hitler's Germany through the people of a single village.

The dramatic story of Russia's revolution and civil war, from Antony Beevor, the bestselling historian and author of the classic Stalingrad

The acclaimed history of the rise of the Nazis based on fascinating first-hand accounts

A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions from the horrors of the Third Reich and World War II - and how the world allowed them to get away with it.

Dan Jones's epic new history tells nothing less than the story of how the world we know today came to be built.

A searing, landmark study of the British Empire that lays bare its pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century.

Harvard Professor Serhii Plokhy traces the history of Ukraine from the arrival of the Vikings in the tenth century to the current Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine and annexation of Crimea. Fascinating and multilayered, The Gates of Europe is the essential guide to understanding not just Ukraine's past but also its future.

The astonishing, forgotten story of the hero who escaped from Auschwitz to reveal the truth of the Holocaust.

A uniquely personal exploration of the origins of international law, centring on the Nuremberg Trials, the city of Lviv and a secret family history