Laura Thompson

Death on the Dart

John Guy

Imperfect Union

The Sun Rising: James I and the Dawn of a Global Britain

By Anna Whitelock

Christopher Turner

Constructivism & Crumpets

The Alienation Effect: How Central European Emigrés Transformed the British Twentieth Century

By Owen Hatherley

Joan Smith

Doing Harm

The Sleep Room: A Very British Medical Scandal

By Jon Stock

Lee David Evans

Your Secret’s Safe with Me

Ungovernable: The Political Diaries of a Chief Whip

By Simon Hart

David Morgan-Owen

Monarch of the Sea

The Price of Victory: A Naval History of Britain 1815–1945

By N A M Rodger

Ryan Gilbey

Bitter Sweet Memory

Uncommon People: Britpop and Beyond in 20 Songs

By Miranda Sawyer

Adrian Tinniswood

Manors & Menorahs

Jewish Country Houses

By Juliet Carey & Abigail Green (edd)

Richard Davenport-Hines

Prime Ministers I Have Known

Clarissa: Muse to Power – The Untold Story of Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon

By Hugo Vickers

Tanya Harrod

Rags to Riches

Winifred Nicholson: Cumbrian Rag Rugs

By Jovan Nicholson

Richard Vinen

Boris Bunter?

Unleashed

By Boris Johnson

Zoe Guttenplan

Brave New Word

Gliff

By Ali Smith

Will Wiles

Architects Behaving Badly

A Short History of British Architecture, from Stonehenge to the Shard

By Simon Jenkins

Diane Purkiss

King Oliver or Citizen Cromwell?

Republic: Britain’s Revolutionary Decade, 1649–1660

By Alice Hunt

Gillian Tindall

Let the Tills Ring Out

The Bookshop, the Draper, the Candlestick Maker: A History of the High Street

By Annie Gray