Simon Heffer

Shelf Help

Leslie Mitchell

Great Expectations

Heyday: Britain and the Birth of the Modern World

By Ben Wilson

Adam Zamoyski

Self-Preservation Society

The Habsburg Empire: A New History

By Pieter M Judson

Peter Moore

‘Great South Land of the Holy Spirit’

The Savage Shore: Extraordinary Stories of Survival and Tragedy from the Early Voyages of Discovery

By Graham Seal

Mary Kenny

Of Myths & Martyrs

The Seven: The Lives and Legacies of the Founding Fathers of the Irish Republic

By Ruth Dudley Edwards

Norman Stone

Spoils of Victory

Lawrence of Arabia’s War: The Arabs, the British and the Remaking of the Middle East in WWI

By Neil Faulkner

Timothy Brook

Making a Bang

The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History

By Tonio Andrade

Susan Doran

Gloriana’s Twilight

Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years

By John Guy

Sarah Bradford

Prince of Pleasure

Edward VII: The Cosmopolitan King

By Richard Davenport-Hines

Linda Porter

Like Father, Like Son

The Last Royal Rebel: The Life and Death of James, Duke of Monmouth

By Anna Keay

Charles II: The Star King

By Clare Jackson

Dominic Green

Fight & Flight

Jacobites: A New History of the ’45 Rebellion

By Jacqueline Riding

Nicholas Stargardt

The Great Imitator

Hitler: Ascent 1889–1939

By Volker Ullrich (Translated by Jefferson Chase)

John Gray

Romantic Rebel?

The Discovery of Chance: The Life and Thought of Alexander Herzen

By Aileen M Kelly

Catherine Peters

He Stoops to Conquer

Brothers of the Quill: Oliver Goldsmith in Grub Street

By Norma Clarke

Tim Stanley

Man of the Soil

The Life and Times of George McGovern: The Rise of a Prairie Statesman

By Thomas J Knock

Vybarr Cregan-Reid

The Octopus & the Windmill

Today We Die a Little: The Rise and Fall of Emil Zátopek, Olympic Legend

By Richard Askwith

For the Glory: The Life of Eric Liddell

By Duncan Hamilton

Douglas Murray

Voicing Concerns

Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World

By Timothy Garton Ash

Caroline Moorehead

Justice Defined

East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity

By Philippe Sands

Wendy Moore

Long Goodbye

Beyond the High Blue Air

By Lu Spinney

Frances Wilson

Bin There, Done That

A Life Discarded: 148 Diaries Found in a Skip

By Alexander Masters

Graham Hutchings

Apocalypse Mao

The Cultural Revolution: A People’s History, 1962–1976

By Frank Dikötter

Christopher Bray

Hollywood Inside Out

West of Eden: An American Place

By Jean Stein

Adam Hopkins

Holy Trails

The Santiago Pilgrimage: Walking the Immortal Way

By Jean-Christophe Rufin (Translated by Martina Dervis & Malcolm Imrie)

Nigel Andrew

Putting Down Roots

The Wood for the Trees: The Long View of Nature from a Small Wood

By Richard Fortey

Patrick Scrivenor

Mixing with Vixens

Foxes Unearthed: A Story of Love and Loathing in Modern Britain

By Lucy Jones

Kevin Jackson

Urra=hubbulu

You Could Look It Up: The Reference Shelf from Ancient Babylon to Wikipedia

By Jack Lynch

Eric Ormsby

Eastern Reflections

Persophilia: Persian Culture on the Global Scene

By Hamid Dabashi

Jerry Hayes

Liberal with the Truth

A Very English Scandal: Sex, Lies and a Murder Plot at the Heart of the Establishment

By John Preston

Valerie Grove

Mayfair Lady

Marriages are Made in Bond Street: True Stories from a 1940s Marriage Bureau

By Penrose Halson

Nicholas Foulkes

Making the Cut

The Suit: Form, Function and Style

By Christopher Breward

David Bodanis

Running the Numbers

Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

By Brian Christian & Tom Griffiths

Sam Leith

Compound Interests

Zero K

By Don DeLillo

Ruth Scurr

When Betsy Met Bonaparte

Napoleon's Last Island

By Thomas Keneally

Claire Lowdon

Too Much of a Good Thing

Serious Sweet

By A L Kennedy

David Collard

Ghost Writing

Solar Bones

By Mike McCormack

Jude Cook

Future Imperfect

The Mandibles

By Lionel Shriver

Elspeth Barker

Ancestral Voices

LaRose

By Louise Erdrich

Louis Amis

Stranger than Metafiction

Prodigals: Stories

By Greg Jackson

Pamela Norris

Rooms with a View

The Gustav Sonata

By Rose Tremain

Andrew Irwin

Burning Bridges

How to Set a Fire and Why

By Jesse Ball

Stephen Bates

Teenage Kicks

The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer

By Kate Summerscale