William Collins

The Indefatigable Asa Briggs

Asa Briggs’s energy fuelled him to write more than fifty books, including five formidable volumes on the history of broadcasting. At the zenith of his fame he was one of the best-known historians of his generation, his name on a cover a guarantee of substantial sales.

Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia

** THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER **

A Best Book of the Year in the Financial Times, The Week, Spectator, BBC History Magazine, NPR, History Today, Waterstones and Daunts

‘A sparkling debut by an outstanding young historian’ PETER FRANKOPAN

Forgotten Forests: Twelve Thousand Years of British and Irish Woodlands

Ancient trees, some over a thousand years old, are dotted around the British Isles, the last survivors of a lost world. Now, new scientific studies of these trees and of fossilised forests and of our oldest wooden artifacts can help us to understand the many woodlands that have disappeared from our landscapes.

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