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

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