In 1892, two adventurous sisters made one of the most important religious finds of the century. Hidden amongst the scrolls in the monastery library on Mount Sinai, they spotted what looked like a pali...

A beautifully written, moving and extraordinary work of autobiography from one of the leading figures of the British literary world.

The author of Empire Falls returns with a warm and touching novel about parents, family myth and memory.

A fascinating, stimulating and provocative collection, ranging over a wide variety of topics from history and art to food and sport, from Simon Schama, one of the world’s most brilliant and best-known...

Former paramilitary killer Gerry Fegan wanders New York City, hiding from a past he escaped at terrible cost. But in that past he made a fatal mistake: he spared the life of Bull O'Kane, a ruthless ma...

In this vivid and important study, Roger Moorhouse presents a ‘Berlin Eye View’ of the daily life of German citizens – not through an examination of grand politics, but rather from the viewpoint of th...

Troubled journalist Michael Wilde takes on a commission to write a feature about a remote research station deep in the frozen beauty of Antarctica. On a diving expedition in the polar sea he discovers...

The Scourging Angel tells the story of Britain immediately before, during and after this catastrophe. Against a backdrop of empty homes, half-built cathedrals and pestilence-saturated cities, we see c...