Popular History

Oxford University Press publishes a broad range of quality history titles, from Ancient History to current affairs, and from biography to the History of Science, Ideas and Art.

This section of the OUP website is designed to showcase some of the best new writing for a wide audience: combining quality with accessibility, popular history titles will appeal to general readers of history.

Highlights

Grimoires A History of Magic Books Owen Davies 26 March 2009 | £14.99 | Hardback | 384 pages More details and ordering information

Vietnam at War Mark Philip Bradley 26 March 2009 | £14.99 | Hardback | 256 pages More details and ordering information

The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain Edited by Kenneth O. Morgan 12 March 2009 | £18.99 | Paperback | 670 pages More details and ordering information

On Living in an Old Country The National Past in Contemporary Britain Patrick Wright 26 February 2009 | £8.99 | Paperback | 320 pages More details and ordering information

A Journey Through Ruins The Last Days of London Patrick Wright 26 February 2009 | £9.99 | Paperback | 432 pages More details and ordering information

Barbarism and Civilization A History of Europe in Our Time Bernard Wasserstein 12 February 2009 | £14.99 | Paperback | 928 pages More details and ordering information