A freshly invigorating and illuminating reassessment of W.H.Auden’s early life and poetry that combines his art and thinking with the shifting landscape of inter-war society. SEE MORE

By way of medical studies, novels and scandals, we meet ash-eating mystics, female fasters and feminist philosophers in this enthralling examination of our food habits. SEE MORE

This, the second volume of the biography that began with The Making of Oliver Cromwell, Roger Hutton examines the man at the heart of the bloody period that underpinned the establishment of ... SEE MORE

People who are able to master risk, or believe they can master it, have a unique mindset which often puts them in positions of power. However, as Silver examines in this riveting exploration... SEE MORE

A fascinating look at the medieval precedents for modern sustainable living SEE MORE

The Nazis had hoped to destroy the wonder of Paris - European capital of art, romance and freedom - with the Occupation. So, when liberation finally arrived, there was an explosion of joy an... SEE MORE

Presenting a revelatory portrait of the contemporary world, Anne Applebaum ousts the image of an autocratic state with its dictatorial leader to impress the sophisticated networks of finance... SEE MORE

Charting Fermor’s time spent at the monasteries Abbey of St. Wandrille, Solesmes Abbey and La Grande Trappe, this is a contemplative, sensitive and beautifully evoked work, written in Fermor... SEE MORE

Spike Milligan retells his experiences of the Second World War as only he could. The memoir is a comic classic which has had many a bookseller in peals of laughter. This hardback edition was... SEE MORE

Dyer’s witty analysis of Where Eagles Dare, a firm film favourite among Hatchards booksellers, was published in this limited hardback edition exclusively for Hatchards. SEE MORE