In Rome Father Asser is waiting to die. His idealism has landed him in a papal prison on false charges of heresy, but then salvation arrives in an unexpected form. ... Sir Tony Robinson – The House of Wolf

In a thrilling narrative account, Helen Carr sheds new light on a pivotal period of English history in the first book to cover the whole of the fourteenth century in ... Helen Carr – Sceptred Isle – A New History of the Fourteenth Century

Christopoher Somerville has covered the length and breadth of the UK on foot, and has written and broadcast about its history, landscape, wildlife and people for over 25 years. In ... Christopher Somerville – Britain’s Best Walks

The first memoir from one of British cycling’s most enigmatic characters. In the summer of 2020 sportswriter David Walsh asked Pippa York if she’d be his travelling companion for the ... David Walsh and Pippa York – The Escape: The Tour, The Cyclist and Me

Ray Mears has accumulated his tracking skills over 35 years of practice in the field, all over the world, and this book will be the first authoritative but accessible and ... Ray Mears – Outdoor Tracking Handbook

Close to Adam Nicolson’s home in Sussex, there is a forgotten field overrun by bracken and thicketed by brambles. It is the haunt of deer and many birds – nightingales, ... Adam Nicolson – Bird School

Born into an impoverished aristocratic family, and raised on the family’s Minterne estate near Dorchester, Pamela Churchill Harriman became Winston Churchill’s daughter-in-law and trusted confidante, and American ambassador to Paris ... Sonia Purnell – Kingmaker: Pamela Churchill Harriman’s astonishing life of seduction, intrigue and power

In 1979, aged only seven, Monica Macias was sent from West Africa to the unfamiliar surroundings of North Korea by her father, the President of Equatorial Guinea, to be educated ... Monica Macias – Black Girl from Pyongyang

In this remarkable novel, best-selling author Daisy Goodwin brings to life a woman whose extraordinary talent, unremitting drive and natural chic made her a legend. But it was only in ... Daisy Goodwin – Diva

How do you steal a library? Not just any library but the most secret archive in the world. The answer is to be a librarian. To be so quiet, that ... Gordon Corera – The Spy in the Archive

On 6 June 1944, when the Allied armies landed on D-Day, the Second World War had already lasted almost five years. Yet many of the British and American troops who ... Max Hastings – Sword

Million-copy bestselling psychologist Dr Julie Smith is back with the book for when being human starts to get complicated. When you feel overwhelmed, pressure to perform, are grieving, are making ... Dr Julie Smith – Open When