Edmund Phipps

"Thoughtful, suggestive and highly readable."-New York Times Book Review

Every so often a novel comes along that is so ambitious in its intention and so confident of its voice that it reminds us what a singular and potent t

______________ 'Elegant, filthy - and quite possibly the queerest thing you will read all year.' - Guardian 'Intriguing and inventive.' -

**WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD**Edmund de Waal uncovers the history of a family through a turbulent century through 264 objects.264 wood and iv

A middle-aged American works out in a Paris gym - an ordinary day, except that he catches the eye of a stranger, Julien, a young French architect with

Eeuwenlang was Alexandrië onder de Bergen een kruispunt tussen Oost en West. Totdat de stad spoorloos verdween. In 1833 werd de stad teruggevonden doo

A fresh and sharp-eyed history of political conservatism from its nineteenth-century origins to today’s hard RightFor two hundred years, conservatism

Can an unexpected encounter give them the second chance they need? Four women, each with a personal connection to the devastating effects of abuse,

This book offers snapshots of sex work in global history, examining how it has differed in different places around the world at different points in ti

A photographic exploration of post-war modernist architecture in Wales.

Tegen het einde van de negentiende eeuw koopt Charles Ephrussi, een schatrijke graanhandelaar en kunstliefhebber, een verzameling netsukes: tradition

De joodse bankiersfamilie Camondo vestigde zich in de jaren 1870 in Parijs. Ze betrokken een spectaculair stadspaleis aan het Parc Monceau, enkele d

Monumental cornerstone work on the Revolutionary/Napoleonic Army and its commanders. This is a thoroughly documented work of immense scholarship. It i