*WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2022***A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021, AS CHOSEN BY THE TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, TELEGRAPH AND TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT'A big historical advance. Ours, it turns out, is a very un-insular "Island Story". And its 17th-century chapter will never look quite the same again' John Adamson, Sunday TimesA ground-breaking portrait of the most turbulent century in English history**Among foreign obs...

Winner of the 2026 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical BiographyA Financial Times History Book of the Year 2025'After finishing this beguiling book, there seems no point in reading anything else... In research, analysis and imagination, it’s a masterpiece' Gerard de Groot, The TimesJames VI & I, who died 400 years ago, was one of Britain’s most consequential and interesting monarchs, not least i...

The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulersCharles II has always been one of the most instantly recognisable British kings - both in his physical appearance, disseminated through endless portraits, prints and pub signs, and in his complicated mix of lasciviousness, cynicism and luxury. His father's execution and his own many years of exile made him a guarded, curious, unusually self-conscious ruler. He lived through some...

**The Times [UK] • Best Books of 2025 [So Far]“Beautifully written and supported by a treasure trove of new material” (Amanda Foreman), The Mirror of Great Britain is a major reassessment of King James, revealing the long origins of an uneasily united kingdom.**History has not been kind to King James. A cradle king who was crowned in Scotland in 1567 and England and Ireland in 1603, James VI and I has long been eclipsed in fame and reputation by his predec...

Brought to you by Penguin.**A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021, AS CHOSEN BY THE TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, TELEGRAPH AND TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTA ground-breaking portrait of the most turbulent century in English history**Among foreign observers, seventeenth-century England was known as 'Devil-Land': a diabolical country of fallen angels, torn apart by seditious rebellion, religious extremism and royal collapse. Clare Jackson's dazzling, origina...

**Brought to you by Penguin.A major reassessment of one of Britain’s most strange and fascinating kings, James I of England and VI of Scotland**James VI & I, who died 400 years ago, was one of Britain’s most consequential and interesting monarchs, not least in creating the British monarchy itself by joining the English and Scottish thrones. A major intellectual, James's preoccupations ranged from witchcraft and theological controversy to hunting, diplomacy, poetry and sartor...

Never Have I Ever... done something I shouldn't.'I couldn't turn the pages fast enough' CLARE MACKINTOSH'Absolutely immaculately done, to be read in one breathless sitting' INDIA KNIGHT, SUNDAY TIMES'Wonderful – suspense and surprises, real characters and a scary, ominous backbeat' LEE CHILDIt starts as a game at a book group one night. Never Have I Ever... done something I shouldn'...

From the critically acclaimed author comes an eerie, psychologically thrilling novel about womanhood and bodily autonomy___________________' Pet Sematary meets Rosemary's Baby with a literary sheen' NEW YORK TIMES'A feminist voice for the 21st century' JOYCE CAROL OATES'Prepare to be haunted' RACHEL YODER___________________It's ...

Jackson has always been the brother in the background, but when his mate is threatened, he rises to the occasion.When a phone call sends Jackson to Las Vegas to check on his brother, he's not overly surprised to find Max gone. Jackson's big surprise is waking up with a gorgeous naked Vegas showgirl on top of him.Dani can't believe the hot, hung stud in bed with her isn't her soon-to-be-ex fiancé, Max. But soon the truth appears. They might look alike but Jackson's quiet str...

Rhetoric of Masculinity: Male Body Image, Media, and Gender Role Stress/Conflict lends depth and global nuance to discourse associated with the masculinity concept as it brings to bear on males' self-image, role in society, media representations of them, and the gender role stress/conflict experienced when they fail to measure up to social standards associated with what it means to be manly. Even though the concept of masculine gender role stress/conflict has received substantial scholarly...

The New York Times and Sunday Times best-selling, brilliantly crafted crime-thriller sequel to the no.1 debut of 2019, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES.“Nail-biting, taut and pacy. Jackson [is] a homegrown thriller writer to watch." – GuardianBooktok Author of the Year 2023Pip Fitz-Amobi is not a detective anymore.With the help o...

Revised, restructured and updated to reflect the latest data and debates, this new edition of the widely used, classic textbook offers students an accessible account of the major social divisions that structure social life. Written by internationally known sociologists and experts, the book:• addresses a wide range of social divisions and inequalities in novel ways, with added chapters on education and age;• provides a framework for understanding contemporary social inequal...