Drawing on the Bodleian Library's outstanding map collection and covering almost a thousand years, 'Talking Maps' takes a new approach to map-making by showing how maps and stories have always been intimately entwined.

"Tank Spotter's Guide".

The definitive history of the great engineers who were responsible for the industrial revolution

Just as Peter Ackroyd's bestselling London is the biography of the city, Thames: Sacred River is the biography of the river, from sea to source.

From Blenheim and Waterloo to 'Up Yours, Delors' and 'Hop Off You Frogs', the cross-Channel relationship has been one of rivalry and suspicion. This book tells the complex story of the relationship, from the beginning of the great struggle for mastery during the reign of Louis XIV to the second Iraq War and the enlargement of the EU.

After the English civil wars, several hundred Cavaliers went into exile in Europe for periods ranging from a few weeks to 20 years. This study identifies which Cavaliers went into exile and explains how they coped in the different countries in which they settled.

A short history of one of Ancient Britain's most enigmatic civilisations

The extraordinary story behind A Very British Scandal, starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany.

Presents an account of the direct experience of individuals at 'the point of maximum danger'. This title examines the physical conditions of fighting, the particular emotions and behaviour generated by battle, as well as the motives that impel soldiers to stand and fight rather than run away.

Part memoir, part travelogue, part history of the foghorn: a uniquely ambitious new kind of nature book.

Following his acclaimed exploration of the vanished East Prussia, Forgotten Land, Max Egremont turns his attention to the Baltic, another part of the world where the ghosts of history still make their presence felt.

A vivid history of the relationship between Britain and China, from 1600 to the present

A fascinating look at the medieval precedents for modern sustainable living