Red Fortress - The Secret Heart of Russia's History (Merridale Catherine)(Paperback / softback)

Red Fortress - The Secret Heart of Russia's History (Merridale Catherine)(Paperback / softback)

Winner of the Wolfson Prize 2013 and Herald Books of the Year 2014, this book revels in both the drama of the Kremlin and its sheer unexpectedness: an impregnable fortress which has repeatedly been devastated, a symbol of all that is Russian substantially created by Italians

Lenin on the Train (Merridale Catherine)(Paperback / softback)

'The superb, funny, fascinating story of Lenin's trans-European rail journey and how it shook the world' Simon Sebag Montefiore, Evening Standard, Books of the Year'Splendid ... a jewel among histories, taking a single episode from the penultimate year of the Great War, illuminating a continent,

Romanovs - 1613-1918 (Montefiore Simon Sebag)(Paperback / softback)

The internationally bestselling epic history of Russia's imperial

Foolish King (Price Mark)(Paperback / softback)

The Secret History of

Secret World - A History of Intelligence (Andrew Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

The history of espionage is far older than any of today's intelligence agencies, yet the long history of intelligence operations has been largely forgotten. The first mention of espionage in world literature is in the Book of Exodus.'God sent out spies into the land of Canaan'. From there,

Secret Southampton (Brisland Martin)(Paperback / softback)

Secret Southampton explores the lesser-known history of the Hampshire city of Southampton through a fascinating selection of stories, unusual facts and attractive

Secret Darlington (Lloyd Chris)(Paperback / softback)

Secret Darlington explores the lesser-known history of the town of Darlington through a fascinating selection of stories, unusual facts and attractive

Crimea (Figes Orlando)(Paperback / softback)

The Crimean War one of the fiercest battles in Russia's history, killing nearly a million men and completely redrawing the map of Europe. Bringing to life soldiers in snow-filled trenches, surgeons on the battlefield and the haunted, fanatical figure of Tsar Nicholas himself, this title tells the

Race to Save the Romanovs - The Truth Behind the Secret Plans to Rescue Russia's Imperial Family (Rappaport Helen)(Paperback / softback)

MI6 - The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909-1949 (Jeffery Keith)(Paperback / softback)

The first - and only - history of the Secret Intelligence Service, written with full and unrestricted access to the closed archives of the Service for the period

Secret Gillingham (MacDougall Philip)(Paperback / softback)

Secret Gillingham explores the lesser-known history of the Medway town of Gillingham in Kent through a fascinating selection of stories, unusual facts and attractive

Secret History of the World (Black Jonathan)(Paperback / softback)

The complete history of the world, from the beginning of time to the present day, based on the beliefs and writings of the secret

Secret Sunderland (Gardiner Marie)(Paperback / softback)

Explore the secret history of Sunderland through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and

Gibraltar: The History of a Fortress (Bradford Ernle)(Paperback)

Since ships first set sail in the Mediterranean, The Rock has been the gate of Fortress Europe. In ancient times, it was known as one of the Pillars of Hercules, and a glance at its formidable mass suggests that it may well have been created by the gods. Sought after by every nation with

Golden Thread - How Fabric Changed History (Clair Kassia St)(Paperback / softback)

A new history of ingenuity from the author of The Secret Lives of

Secret Lancaster (Howorth Billy F.K.)(Paperback / softback)

Explore the secret history of Lancaster through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and

Fortress - The Great Siege of Przemysl (Watson Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

From the prize-winning author of Ring of Steel, a gripping history of the First World War's longest and most terrible siege In the autumn of 1914 Europe was at war. The battling powers had already suffered casualties on a scale previously unimaginable. On both the Western and Eastern fronts

Crime in Progress - The Secret History of the Trump-Russia Investigation (Simpson Glenn)(Paperback / softback)

Hollywood's Eve - Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A. (Anolik Lili)(Paperback / softback)

Secret History of Witches - The spellbinding historical saga of love and magic (Morgan Louisa)(Paperback / softback)

Surveillance Valley - The Secret Military History of the Internet (Levine Yasha)(Paperback / softback)

An explosive, revisionist history of the dark past, and darker present of the

Human Cosmos - A Secret History of the Stars (Marchant Jo)(Paperback / softback)

A journey through the history of science and humankind's relationship with the night sky and the cosmos beyond, from the author of Royal Society Prize-shortlisted

Secret History - From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Goldfinch (Tartt Donna)(Paperback / softback)

Truly deserving of the accolade Modern Classic, Donna Tartt's cult bestseller The Secret History is a remarkable achievement - both compelling and elegant, dramatic and playful.Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New

The Cairngorms: A Secret History (Baker Patrick)(Paperback)

This secret history of the Cairngorms is a series of journeys exploring little-known stories of the Cairngorm Mountains. History combines with travelogue in a vivid account of this elemental scenery-- a unique British landscape and its last great wilderness. There have been rare human incursions