The military histories of Ancient Greece and Rome, the extraordinary lives of Medieval Kings to the politics of the World Wars, the Folio Society publishes an extensive collection of history titles. Each book includes carefully researched photographs and comes in a unique hardback cover. See below for the full list of Folio History books.
Based on the prize-winning exhibition and BBC radio programme, this book uses 100 objects from the British Museum’s collection to illustrate human history from its earliest beginnings right up to the present day.
Add to basket Add to Wish ListPrice: US$ 42.00
A feat of Elizabethan scholarship and printing, this towering work traces the history of Great Britain – from the bravery of Boudicca to the troubled reign of Mary, Queen of Scots. This Folio edition includes all the most famous and significant passages.
Add to basket Add to Wish ListPrice: US$ 69.95
The Holocaust is the definitive account of the Jewish genocide, by one of the foremost authorities on the Second World War. This Folio edition features artwork from the period by Jewish artists, as well as a new introduction by author Sir Martin Gilbert.
Add to basket Add to Wish ListPrice: US$ 170.00
The first two volumes in this acclaimed and unprecedented work, historian and archaeologist Peter Watson gives us a new history of the world, by explaining the ideas that have shaped civilisation.
Sold out Price: US$ 149.95
Before the modern age, only the intrepid, foolhardy or mad would undertake a voyage of exploration. Impossible Journeys tells the stories of 24 of these extraordinary journeys, from the Middle Ages to the Victorian era.
Add to basket Add to Wish ListPrice: US$ 44.95
The middle ages have often been depicted as a period in which life had few comforts. Nonsense, says the great medieval scholar Chiara Frugoni, in this delightful examination of the many inventions we owe to the Middle Ages.
Add to basket Add to Wish ListPrice: US$ 42.95
Flora Thompson's beautifully detailed chronicle of country life at the close of the 19th century is at once an exceptional piece of social history and a magical elegy to a vanished world.
Add to basket Add to Wish ListPrice: US$ 67.95
Vibrant with wit and charm, covering the great events of history, but always interested in day-to-day life, Cooke's legendary broadcasts provide a remarkable portrait of the United States in the second half of the 20th century.
Add to basket Add to Wish ListPrice: US$ 59.95
Queen Victoria was 39 when her daughter Vicky left home as the bride of Prince Frederick of Prussia. Edited by Andrew Roberts for The Folio Society, this edition of their extraordinary correspondence provides an unparalleled insight into the lives and times of two queens.
Add to basket Add to Wish ListPrice: US$ 89.95
They were giants whose works still dominate the British landscape; self-made men who became the architects of the industrial revolution. This single volume edition brings together the exceptional individuals of an age when Britain was 'the workshop of the world'.
Add to basket Add to Wish ListPrice: US$ 89.95
The most fascinating work of oral and documentary history ever written about Victorian London, and an influence on many writers, most notably Dickens.
Add to basket Add to Wish ListPrice: US$ 89.95
Sebastian Haffner’s penetrating study helps us understand Hitler’s rise from obscure failure to powerful dictator, examining his motives and his ultimate downfall. Mark Roseman, prize-winning author of books on Nazism, introduces the Folio edition.
Add to basket Add to Wish ListPrice: US$ 44.95
Containing hundreds of colour photographs and numerous insightful essays, this is the definitive overview of the art of the Middle Ages. This edition is available for the first time in English, exclusively from The Folio Society.
Add to basket Add to Wish ListPrice: US$ 265.00
The crowning achievement of one of Europe’s greatest historians, Medieval Civilisation covers over a thousand years of medieval life and society in a single enthralling account. It combines great erudition with the utmost clarity of expression, and since its publication in 1964 it has proved a seminal work.
Add to basket Add to Wish ListPrice: US$ 89.95
A wonderful collection of bawdy and playful tales of foolish monks and cunning wives, illustrated by Becca Thorne and introduced by Peter Ackroyd
Add to basket Add to Wish ListPrice: US$ 49.95
