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The relationship of England and Scotland became defined by events on 9 September 1513 in a battle of great size, bloodshed and finality - the Battl...

This work presents an intimate history of Shakespeare, following him through a single year that changed not only his fortunes, but the course of li...

The definitive biography of Turner and a major source of inspiration for the acclaimed film Mr Turner, directed by Mike Leigh. 'With splendid clari...

Excerpts from art critic, historian, lecturer and broadcaster James Hall’s lively and comprehensive cultural history of self-portraiture, including...

The fascinating true history of ghosts - how we see them and why we believe in them, from Roger Clarke What explains spectral sightings? Why do we...

Product Description Dear Mr Cornford, It is with regret that I begin the task of writing to you about your niece, Emily. Her recent behaviour, wh...

'Roald Dahl by way of Charles Dickens' - Vox.com 'Dark and wildly original urban fantasy tale' - The New York Times 'Delightful, eccentric, heartf...

Product Description In the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries there was one art form in which English artists excelled above all thei...

Product Description Encompassing nearly 300 works, the Anthony Petullo Collection is one of the most impressive compilations of outsider art i...

The seventh in our popular Words of Wisdom series, The Writer Says summons readers to an intimate gathering of novelists, essayists, grammarians, a...

FOLLOW-UP TO THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER INCLUDING LETTERS FROM: Jane Austen, Richard Burton, Helen Keller, Alan Turing, Albus Dumbledo...

Updated and expanded edition of the fullest ever collective investigation into Jack the Ripper and the Whitechapel Murders.This volume collects not...

More Letters of Note is another rich and inspiring collection, which reminds us that much of what matters in our lives finds its way into our lette...

A Sunday Times Art Book of the Year A visual journey through five centuries of the city known for centuries as 'La Serenissima' – a unique and com...

Review An intellectual tour de force, and a brilliant demonstration of how a historical approach is often the best way of explaining difficult...

'Fascinating... I loved this book; I really did' David Crystal, Spectator A biography of a much misunderstood p...

No.1 international bestseller Jeffery Deaver returns with a stunning new thriller - the first in an exciting series featuring enigmatic investigato...

Review Holiday Gift Guide selection "...both beautiful and poignant, as in Paul Nicklen's photograph in "Human Nature" of a polar bear stranded on...

Product Description Introduced by newsreader, presenter, and Barnardo's president Natasha Kaplinsky, Letters From Lockdown features 100+ lette...

Review His sense of place is unerring, his details exact, felicitous, often rising to the luminosity of poetry - whether he is writing of coral re...

The fact that the English Civil War led to the execution of King Charles I in January 1649 is well known, as is the restoration of his eldest so...