Our general historical titles, with particular strengths in social history, literary history, art history, history of education and historical biography.
An absorbing and accessible account of the effects of disease and pandemics on human history, from the ancient to the modern world.
A guide to the pre-Greek civilisations of Europe and Western Asia, from the Sumerians, Egyptians and Minoans to the Hebrews, Sea Peoples and Persians.
A fascinating exploration of the toad, establishing the scientific facts and investigating its role in art, literature and folklore.
A biography of the second Earl of Liverpool, revealing a highly capable leader who laid the foundations for nineteenth-century Britain's prosperity.
A survey of British sport, from the Middle Ages to the present, placing sport in the wider ambit of British life and examining its social implications.
An account of the religious development of Lewes in East Sussex, revealing a social history of religion in England from the Reformation to the present day.
Essays on the responses of the Canadian churches to the First World War, providing an introduction to a neglected area of Canadian social and religious history.
A ground-breaking study of the development of education in art and design in Britain from the middle of the 19th century to the 1970s.
The classic account exploring the complex and multifacted role played by the Church of England in British society during World War One.
An anthology of and introduction to the life and writings of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, Tudor martyr and creator of The Book of Common Prayer.
A fascinating study of the origin of the Ashes and the early development of Test cricket.
A study of the work of the architect and craftsman who built the most important secular buildings in the City of London after the Great Fire.