<![CDATA[The Book Company: New Products - Historical]]> https://www.thebookco.com Mon, 11 May 2026 17:40:33 +0000 <![CDATA[Gertrude (The Life and Times of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/gertrude-9780374602765 Mon, 11 May 2026 13:40:13 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/gertrude-9780374602765 A fascinating biography of the sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, the founder of the Whitney Museum of Art, a rebellious woman who remade the art world in her image.

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942) spent her life rebelling against the circumscribed roles society dictate..

Price: $36.00

]]> A fascinating biography of the sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, the founder of the Whitney Museum of Art, a rebellious woman who remade the art world in her image.

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942) spent her life rebelling against the circumscribed roles society dictate..

Price: $36.00

]]> A fascinating biography of the sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, the founder of the Whitney Museum of Art, a rebellious woman who remade the art world in her image.

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942) spent her life rebelling against the circumscribed roles society dictate..]]> <![CDATA[Grand Hotel Abyss (The Lives of the Frankfurt School)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/grand-hotel-abyss-9781836745518 Sun, 10 May 2026 04:18:23 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/grand-hotel-abyss-9781836745518 “Marvelously entertaining, exciting and informative.” —Guardian
“An engaging and accessible history.” —New York Review of Books

This group biography is “an exhilarating page-turner” and “outstanding critical introduction” to the work and legacy of the Frank..

Price: $26.95

]]> “Marvelously entertaining, exciting and informative.” —Guardian
“An engaging and accessible history.” —New York Review of Books

This group biography is “an exhilarating page-turner” and “outstanding critical introduction” to the work and legacy of the Frank..

Price: $26.95

]]> “Marvelously entertaining, exciting and informative.” —Guardian
“An engaging and accessible history.” —New York Review of Books

This group biography is “an exhilarating page-turner” and “outstanding critical introduction” to the work and legacy of the Frank..]]> <![CDATA[Lionessheart (The Life and Times of Joanna Plantagenet)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/lionessheart-9781837052653 Sat, 09 May 2026 19:55:51 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/lionessheart-9781837052653 Lionessheart (The Life and Times of Joanna Plantagenet) by Catherine Hanley, 9781837052653

Richard the Lionheart travelled to far-flung realms, went on crusade, met kings and popes, and exerted a great deal of influence on the world around him … and so did his sister.

The sons of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine have been the subject of much historical attenti..

Price: $23.99

]]> Lionessheart (The Life and Times of Joanna Plantagenet) by Catherine Hanley, 9781837052653

Richard the Lionheart travelled to far-flung realms, went on crusade, met kings and popes, and exerted a great deal of influence on the world around him … and so did his sister.

The sons of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine have been the subject of much historical attenti..

Price: $23.99

]]> Richard the Lionheart travelled to far-flung realms, went on crusade, met kings and popes, and exerted a great deal of influence on the world around him … and so did his sister.

The sons of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine have been the subject of much historical attenti..]]> <![CDATA[Madam V - Virginia Vernon's War (Battling to Bring (ENSA) Entertainment to the British Troops)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/madam-v-virginia-vernons-war-9781837052776 Sat, 09 May 2026 18:17:46 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/madam-v-virginia-vernons-war-9781837052776 Madam V - Virginia Vernon's War (Battling to Bring (ENSA) Entertainment to the British Troops) by Matthew Eaton, Adam Adam Fairclough, 9781837052776

Virginia Vernon was responsible for the welfare of ENSA performers around the world during the Second World War. Her fluent French, a result of studying in Paris as a teenager, and her understanding of theatre after a successful career on Broadway made her an ideal candidate, s..

Price: $48.99

]]> Madam V - Virginia Vernon's War (Battling to Bring (ENSA) Entertainment to the British Troops) by Matthew Eaton, Adam Adam Fairclough, 9781837052776

Virginia Vernon was responsible for the welfare of ENSA performers around the world during the Second World War. Her fluent French, a result of studying in Paris as a teenager, and her understanding of theatre after a successful career on Broadway made her an ideal candidate, s..

Price: $48.99

]]> Virginia Vernon was responsible for the welfare of ENSA performers around the world during the Second World War. Her fluent French, a result of studying in Paris as a teenager, and her understanding of theatre after a successful career on Broadway made her an ideal candidate, s..]]> <![CDATA[The Little Book of Roman Emperors]]> https://www.thebookco.com/the-little-book-of-roman-emperors-9781837052554 Sat, 09 May 2026 18:17:32 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/the-little-book-of-roman-emperors-9781837052554 The Little Book of Roman Emperors by Dorian Bond, 9781837052554

We all know from the Bible about Augustus and Tiberius ruling at the time of Jesus Christ. We are also familiar with Caligula and Claudius and Nero.

But what about the philosopher Marcus Aurelius musing in his favorite villa on the Danube in Austria? How about the wretche..

Price: $25.99

]]> The Little Book of Roman Emperors by Dorian Bond, 9781837052554

We all know from the Bible about Augustus and Tiberius ruling at the time of Jesus Christ. We are also familiar with Caligula and Claudius and Nero.

But what about the philosopher Marcus Aurelius musing in his favorite villa on the Danube in Austria? How about the wretche..

Price: $25.99

]]> We all know from the Bible about Augustus and Tiberius ruling at the time of Jesus Christ. We are also familiar with Caligula and Claudius and Nero.

But what about the philosopher Marcus Aurelius musing in his favorite villa on the Danube in Austria? How about the wretche..]]> <![CDATA[Mary Boleyn (The Queen's Slandered Sister)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/mary-boleyn-the-queens-slandered-sister-9781837051014 Sat, 09 May 2026 18:14:37 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/mary-boleyn-the-queens-slandered-sister-9781837051014 Mary Boleyn (The Queen's Slandered Sister) by Sylvia Barbara Soberton, Sophie Bacchus-Waterman, 9781837051014

Mary Boleyn has long been dismissed as the 'great and infamous whore' - her story overshadowed by scandal and myth. But what if everything we thought we knew about her was wrong?

Drawing on newly re-translated original sources and rare archival material, this ground-break..

Price: $33.99

]]> Mary Boleyn (The Queen's Slandered Sister) by Sylvia Barbara Soberton, Sophie Bacchus-Waterman, 9781837051014

Mary Boleyn has long been dismissed as the 'great and infamous whore' - her story overshadowed by scandal and myth. But what if everything we thought we knew about her was wrong?

Drawing on newly re-translated original sources and rare archival material, this ground-break..

Price: $33.99

]]> Mary Boleyn has long been dismissed as the 'great and infamous whore' - her story overshadowed by scandal and myth. But what if everything we thought we knew about her was wrong?

Drawing on newly re-translated original sources and rare archival material, this ground-break..]]> <![CDATA[Outsider Everywhere (Witold Gombrowicz in Argentina)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/outsider-everywhere-9781804272350 Fri, 08 May 2026 01:34:33 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/outsider-everywhere-9781804272350 Outsider Everywhere (Witold Gombrowicz in Argentina) by Mercedes Halfon, Rahul Bery, 9781804272350A gripping portrait of Witold Gombrowicz, a literary figure on the margins who rose to prominence late in life to become ‘one of the greatest novelists of our century’ (Milan Kundera). 

 In August 1939, a ship flying the Polish flag docked in Buenos Aires. On board was a delegation of bus..

Price: $18.95

]]> Outsider Everywhere (Witold Gombrowicz in Argentina) by Mercedes Halfon, Rahul Bery, 9781804272350A gripping portrait of Witold Gombrowicz, a literary figure on the margins who rose to prominence late in life to become ‘one of the greatest novelists of our century’ (Milan Kundera). 

 In August 1939, a ship flying the Polish flag docked in Buenos Aires. On board was a delegation of bus..

Price: $18.95

]]> A gripping portrait of Witold Gombrowicz, a literary figure on the margins who rose to prominence late in life to become ‘one of the greatest novelists of our century’ (Milan Kundera). 

 In August 1939, a ship flying the Polish flag docked in Buenos Aires. On board was a delegation of bus..]]> <![CDATA[Mi niñera de la KGB / My KGB Nanny (Spanish Edition)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/mi-niera-de-la-kgb-my-kgb-nanny-9788426433497 Wed, 06 May 2026 07:40:23 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/mi-niera-de-la-kgb-my-kgb-nanny-9788426433497 Mi niñera de la KGB / My KGB Nanny (Spanish Edition) by Laura Ramos, 9788426433497Coming Soon..

Price: $19.95

]]> Mi niñera de la KGB / My KGB Nanny (Spanish Edition) by Laura Ramos, 9788426433497Coming Soon..

Price: $19.95

]]> <![CDATA[Alejandro Malaspina (Portrait of a Visionary)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/alejandro-malaspina-portrait-of-a-visionary-9780773526525 Sat, 02 May 2026 13:32:25 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/alejandro-malaspina-portrait-of-a-visionary-9780773526525 Alejandro Malaspina (Portrait of a Visionary) by John Kendrick, 9780773526525

The thirst for knowledge and adventure have always been at the forefront of human imagination. In this engrossing tale John Kendrick takes us on a voyage across the Pacific via the Philippines, New Zealand, the infant British colony at Sydney Cove, and the Tonga Islands, chronicling the life o..

Price: $34.95

]]> Alejandro Malaspina (Portrait of a Visionary) by John Kendrick, 9780773526525

The thirst for knowledge and adventure have always been at the forefront of human imagination. In this engrossing tale John Kendrick takes us on a voyage across the Pacific via the Philippines, New Zealand, the infant British colony at Sydney Cove, and the Tonga Islands, chronicling the life o..

Price: $34.95

]]> The thirst for knowledge and adventure have always been at the forefront of human imagination. In this engrossing tale John Kendrick takes us on a voyage across the Pacific via the Philippines, New Zealand, the infant British colony at Sydney Cove, and the Tonga Islands, chronicling the life o..]]> <![CDATA[Blatant Injustice (The Story of a Jewish Refugee from Nazi Germany Imprisoned in Britain and Canada during World War II)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/blatant-injustice-9780228023951 Sat, 02 May 2026 13:26:52 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/blatant-injustice-9780228023951 Blatant Injustice (The Story of a Jewish Refugee from Nazi Germany Imprisoned in Britain and Canada during World War II) by Walter W. Igersheimer, Ian Darragh, 9780228023951

Grossly unsanitary living conditions, cruel and abusive treatment by camp officials, the withholding of medical treatment - these were common experiences for refugees imprisoned at internment camps in Britain and Canada. Walter Igersheimer's memoir exposes this bleak period in the British and C..

Price: $32.95

]]> Blatant Injustice (The Story of a Jewish Refugee from Nazi Germany Imprisoned in Britain and Canada during World War II) by Walter W. Igersheimer, Ian Darragh, 9780228023951

Grossly unsanitary living conditions, cruel and abusive treatment by camp officials, the withholding of medical treatment - these were common experiences for refugees imprisoned at internment camps in Britain and Canada. Walter Igersheimer's memoir exposes this bleak period in the British and C..

Price: $32.95

]]> Grossly unsanitary living conditions, cruel and abusive treatment by camp officials, the withholding of medical treatment - these were common experiences for refugees imprisoned at internment camps in Britain and Canada. Walter Igersheimer's memoir exposes this bleak period in the British and C..]]>