Hear the voices of the eighteenth century: an eye-opening new history of Britain's most tumultuous period, told through its graffiti

Focusing on the words and experiences of the poor themselves, this book rewrites our understanding of English social policy for the period from the 1750s to 1830s.

A timely political primer on Xi Jinping by acclaimed author and academic, Professor Kerry Brown.

This sweeping, boldly original book describes the violence, racketeering and retroactive justice as well as the hope and optimism that erupted at the end of the Second World War.

U.S. Foreign Relations through 1921 is the first part of From Colony to Superpower, an international narrative blends political, diplomatic, and military history with economic, cultural, and religious history.

Ranging widely across 1970s British society, from churches to terrorist organisations, this examination of the 1975 European Referendum puts the 2016 vote in historical perspective. It is ideal for students of history and politics and for anyone interested in modern British history, the 1970s or the relationship between Britain and Europe.

This highly-illustrated volume reveals the remarkable, hidden history of children as social agents who actively participated in a national effort during a period of crisis.

Constitutes the insider portrait of Che from his birth to the moment he joined Castro to train for invasion of Cuba. This volume includes his diary of his bicycle journey around Northern Argentina. It covers his childhood, the people and books that shaped him and the political events that rocked his teenage years, including the Spanish Civil War.

When Adolf Hitler went to war in 1914, he was just 25 years old.

A biography of Lawrence of Arabia in the years that formed him.

A remarkable story told in full for the first time: a rip-roaring adventure story of WWII derring-do, all the more thrilling for being true.

With first access to previously classified CIA files, this book gives an portrait of Pasternak, and takes us deep into the Cold War, back to a time when literature had the power to shake the world.

Eddie Chapman was a womaniser, blackmailer and safecracker. He was also a great hero - the most remarkable double agent of the Second World War. Chapman became the only British national ever to be awarded an Iron Cross for his work for the Reich. He was also the only German spy ever to be parachuted into Britain twice.

In 1998, Chief Historian of the Foreign Office Gill Bennett was commissioned by Foreign Secretary Robin Cook to get to the bottom of a mystery that had haunted the Labour Party - and British politics more generally - for over seventy years. This is the story of what she discovered.