Ralph Tailor’s Summer: A new history of the plague in Newcastle provides an alternative summer read
As we enter the last few weeks of the great British summer, we take a look at a book that tells the moving story…
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Under Cover of Darkness: An Extract
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Why I Became an X Troop Commando
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Six People Who Shaped Madrid
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Art of the Grimoire: 7 Spell Books Through History
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What Stories Do Old Towns Tell?
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A Dickensland Extract: The Haunted Bridge
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75 years of Our NHS: an excerpt from Andrew Seaton’s new book
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In Search of the River Jordan
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What is ‘Liveliness’ in Tudor art? By Dr Christina Faraday
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Tracking Down Eighteenth-Century Optimists and Pessimists – By Penelope J. Corfield
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Under Cover of Darkness: An Extract
Read More -
Why I Became an X Troop Commando
Read More -
Six People Who Shaped Madrid
Read More -
Art of the Grimoire: 7 Spell Books Through History
Read More -
What Stories Do Old Towns Tell?
Read More -
A Dickensland Extract: The Haunted Bridge
Read More -
75 years of Our NHS: an excerpt from Andrew Seaton’s new book
Read More -
In Search of the River Jordan
Read More -
What is ‘Liveliness’ in Tudor art? By Dr Christina Faraday
Read More -
Tracking Down Eighteenth-Century Optimists and Pessimists – By Penelope J. Corfield
Read More
Tales from the Pleasure Garden: New book from Yale unearths Vauxhall Gardens
Vauxhall Gardens was the foremost pleasure garden of eighteenth and nineteenth-century London. The recently published Vauxhall Gardens: A History by David E. Coke and Alan Borg unearths this…
The Future of History: Books by the eminent historian John Lukacs
Students of history will know John Lukacs, after all he has written more than thirty books on the topic, including the critically acclaimed Five Days…
‘Pevsner Architectural Guides’ turns 60! Enter our Architectural Photography Competition to win Pevnser books
The Pevsner Architectural Guides series is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. Started by the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner in 1951, the Guides have been indispensible for…
From Captain Cook to Bob Dylan: Book ideas for Father’s Day
This Sunday is Father’s Day. In case you are still looking for gift ideas, take a look at selection of Yale books on a…
Nicholas Thomas wins the Wolfson History Prize for ‘Islanders’
Yale author Nicholas Thomas has been awarded the prestigious Wolfson History Prize for his book Islanders: The Pacific in the Age of Empire. The…
Yale’s Autumn and Winter 2011 catalogue is available now
Yale University Press has just published its catalogue for the Autumn and Winter publishing season. It contains every major book being published by Yale…
Books from the world’s most prestigious museums and art galleries (Part One: The National Gallery, London)
Yale University Press publishes books on behalf of some of the world’s most prestigious museums and art galleries, producing a range of exhibition catalogues,…
Author Article by John Goodall: Bringing the English Castle to Life
JOHN GOODALL’s stunning new book The English Castle: 1066 – 1650 brings to life the history of English castle over six centuries, exploring the…
Peter Forbes wins Warwick Prize for ‘Dazzled and Deceived’
Yale author Peter Forbes has been awarded the prestigious Warwick Prize for Writing for his book Dazzled and Deceived: Mimicry and Camouflage. The results…
Author Article by Peter Toohey: The Benefits of Boredom
PETER TOOHEY’s Boredom: A Lively History dispels the myth that boredom is simply a childish emotion or an existential malaise. Here the author demonstrates…
Amanda Vickery: From Page to Screen
AMANDA VICKERY took the BBC by storm with her three-part history documentary series ‘At Home with The Georgians’. The DVD, due for release in…