A fascinating exploration of the use of wood in human history: half a million years of tools, devices, construction, art and architecture, from wedges, planes, screws and pulleys to stave ch... read more
Daughter of James I & VI, she briefly became Queen of Bohemia before being deposed along with her husband, Frederick V, Elector Palatine. This fine new biography of 'the Winter Queen' portra... read more
The author is Anatoly Kuznetsov, who grew up in Kiev. He documented as a boy the appalling massacre of Jews, Ukrainians and Russians by Nazi forces in 1941. First published in Russian (in a ... read more
Macartney's 1793 mission was a failure, but the Dutch were better informed. This new study argues that the Qing court was not arrogant and narrow-minded, as the English concluded, but was in... read more
A sweeping and original history of the connections between espionage and show business, co-written by CA, the authorised historian of MI5, and Green, an historian and theatre producer.
Cairncross differed from the other Cambridge spies in his political outlook and motivation; he didn't work closely with any of them. Suspected as the 'Fifth Man', his identity was confirmed ... read more