Reviews

Deeply researched, thoughtfully considered and vividly written, this serious history of the violence of the English challenges assumptions and ill-considered assertions.

Although Britain is separated from France by a shared ‘sleeve’ of water, the Channel retains its power both as a border and a route to freedom.

The Oxford English Dictionary, a continuously evolving monument to a global language, now has a history of its own.

Chaos and crisis in over two millennia of French winemaking.

Though destined to become the standard work on Frederick I for decades to come, a new study of the German prince fails to illuminate what motivated his Italian campaigns.

An extensively researched, hard-hitting reassessment of British rule in India pulls no punches, but does not tell the whole story. 

A persuasively argued but one-sided account of the economic and political failings of British rule in India.

This panoramic study of Native North American history has remarkable honesty and scope.

An erudite study of the environmental price paid by the growth of early modern London, which looks to be repeated in present-day Beijing.