Tinderbox: India’s Slide Towards Turmoil
A devastating critique of India’s failure to fulfil its founding promises.
Asian history
Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia
‘A sparkling debut by an outstanding young historian’ PETER FRANKOPAN
‘This book is a revelation … both original and important’ MISHAL HUSAIN
A history of modern South Asia told through five partitions that reshaped it.
Voice for the Voiceless: Over Seven Decades of Struggle with China for My Land and My People
In this unique book, His Holiness the Dalai Lama tells the full story of his 75-year struggle with China to save Tibet and its people.
The Great Wave: The Era of Radical Disruption and the Rise of the Outsider
An urgent examination of the great wave of change breaking over today’s world – from the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and New York Times bestselling author of The Death of Truth
‘A profoundly inspiring and prophetic perspective on the contemporary world’ Ai Weiwei
Savage Beasts
‘A beautiful and unique retelling of Medea. I loved it!’ Sunday Times bestselling author Sophie Irwin
‘Absorbing and thoughtful…full of page-turning drama and vibrantly drawn characters. Bold and illuminating’ Claire Heywood, author of Daughters of Sparta
Wandering Souls
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION
‘A mighty achievement’ OCEAN VUONG
‘Beautiful, brilliant’ R. F. KUANG
‘Dazzling’ OBSERVER
‘Will shatter your heart’ GLAMOUR
Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India’s Freedom
WINNER OF THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY
‘A narrative of startling originality … As discussions of Britain’s colonial legacy become increasingly polarised, we are in ever more need of nuanced books like this one’ SAM DALRYMPLE, SPECTATOR
Nehru: The Debates that Defined India
‘An important contribution … Delving lucidly into the most significant ideological battles of the era, this book deftly outlines the thinking and dialogue that laid the foundations of the Republic – and which remain deeply relevant and contentious today’Shashi Tharoor, author of Inglorious Empire
The Gate to China: A New History of the People’s Republic & Hong Kong
‘Impressive … Fascinating’ Sunday Times
‘An authoritative history’ Financial Times
‘Gripping and richly researched’ Rana Mitter
A superb new history of the rise of China and the fall of Hong Kong to authoritarian rule.