Circassian
A Life of Esref Bey, Late Ottoman Insurgent and Special Agent
ISBN: PB: 9781805267171,
ISBN: HB: 9781849045780,
Hurst Publishers,
December 2026
400 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 21 illus.
400 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 21 illus.
A fascinating biography, based on private family papers, of the Young Turks' very own "Lawrence of Arabia", who later fell from grace with Kemal Ataturk.
Esref Kuscubas? remains controversial in Turkey over fifty years after his death. Elsewhere the...
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19.99 GBP
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25.00 GBP
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One Man Against an Empire
M.N. Roy, British Intelligence and the Colonial Surveillance State
ISBN: PB: 9781805265672,
Hurst Publishers,
November 2026
360 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 16 black&white illus.
360 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 16 black&white illus.
The compelling story of the hunt for one enigmatic foe of the British, birthing an entire colonial surveillance network and an Empire-wide intelligence strategy.
Manabendra Nath Roy was the prime focus of British paranoia in the 1920s and '30s. For...
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24.99 GBP
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Plotting for Freedom
An Enslaved Couple's Intimate Letters in the Age of Atlantic Slavery
ISBN: HB: 9781805266778,
Hurst Publishers,
November 2026
272 pp., 19,8x12,9 cm, 19 colour illus.
272 pp., 19,8x12,9 cm, 19 colour illus.
Revealing an enslaved couple's intimate correspondence across the Atlantic world, this haunting book traces how they imagined, planned and pursued freedom - for themselves and their children.
In the late sixteenth century, well before any whispering...
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25.00 GBP
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Realist
The Life and Ideas of Hans Morgenthau
ISBN: HB: 9781805266723,
Hurst Publishers,
November 2026
528 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
528 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
The first biography of Hans Morgenthau, the theoretician who escaped Nazi Germany and pioneered the "realist" approach to international relations, now resurgent in global politics.
"International politics, like all politics, is a struggle for power"...
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30.00 GBP
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Prison Diaries
The Rebel Who Founded a Nation
ISBN: HB: 9781787383999,
Hurst Publishers,
November 2026
256 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
256 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
An unflinching account of life in a Pakistani prison by a founding leader and the first elected prime minister of Bangladesh.
Born in 1920, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman studied law. One of the founders of the Awami League in 1949, he later led his party to...
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20.00 GBP
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Jean Toomer
Writer for a New America
ISBN: HB: 9780300267730,
Yale University Press,
November 2026
352 pp., 23,4x15,5 cm, 12 black&white illus.
352 pp., 23,4x15,5 cm, 12 black&white illus.
A critical biography of Harlem Renaissance writer Jean Toomer and his lifelong struggle to transcend race, by an award-winning author.
The poet and novelist Jean Toomer (1894-1967) was among the most influential figures of the Harlem Renaissance, i...
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25.00 GBP
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Robert Oppenheimer
The Sphinx Without a Secret
ISBN: HB: 9780300180466,
Yale University Press,
November 2026
288 pp., 21,0x14,6 cm, 1 black&white illus.
288 pp., 21,0x14,6 cm, 1 black&white illus.
An original perspective on the father of the atomic bomb, shedding new light on Oppenheimer's personality and psychology.
Both to his contemporaries and to posterity J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) has gone down in history as the "father" of the a...
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16.99 GBP
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Josephine Baker's Secret War
The African American Star Who Fought For France And Freedom
ISBN: PB: 9780300286991,
ISBN: HB: 9780300279986,
Yale University Press,
October 2026
368 pp., 19,6x12,7 cm, 32 black&white illus., 2 maps
368 pp., 19,6x12,7 cm, 32 black&white illus., 2 maps
The full story of Josephine Baker's wartime and intelligence work in France and North Africa.
Before the Second World War, Josephine Baker (1906-1975) was one of the most famous performers in the world. She made her name dancing on the Parisian sta...
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12.99 GBP
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25.00 GBP
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Queen, Warrior, Captain
The Story of Artemisia of Caria
ISBN: HB: 9780300270761,
Yale University Press,
October 2026
368 pp., 23,4x15,5 cm, 27 black&white illus.
368 pp., 23,4x15,5 cm, 27 black&white illus.
The story of Artemisia, queen of the Greek city-state of Halicarnassus, that reveals a version of antiquity in which women played a crucial role.
Herodotus's listeners never doubted that Artemisia I of Caria had commanded a fleet in the naval Battl...
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30.00 GBP
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Livia
Mother of Rome
ISBN: HB: 9780300275100,
Yale University Press,
October 2026
240 pp., 21,5x13,9 cm, 1 black&white illus.
240 pp., 21,5x13,9 cm, 1 black&white illus.
A bold new portrait of Livia, ancient Rome's first First Lady, who shaped the empire from behind the throne.
Livia was no ordinary Roman woman. As wife of Augustus and mother of Tiberius - the first and second Roman emperors - she stood at the hear...
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20.00 GBP
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