Secret Lives of the Tsars: Three Centuries of Autocracy, Debauchery, Betrayal, Murder, and Madness from Romanov Russia

Catherine the Great and Potemkin: Power, Love and the Russian Empire

The Plantagenets: The Kings Who Made England

Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar

Escobar: The Inside Story of Pablo Escobar, the World's Most Powerful Criminal

Zero Six Bravo: 60 Special Forces. 100,000 Enemy. The Explosive True Story

H is for Hawk: A BBC2 Between the Covers pick

A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the aftermath of the Columbine tragedy

In The Shadow Of The Sword: The Battle for Global Empire and the End of the Ancient World

Persian Fire: The First World Empire, Battle for the West - 'Magisterial' Books of the Year, Independent

Torn: A terrified girl. A shocking secret. A terrible choice.

Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire

In Search of the Dark Ages

The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Secrets of Britain's Greatest Dynasty

Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble

Magicians of the Gods: Evidence for an Ancient Apocalypse

The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914