Coming soon

Dominion, a new book from Tom Holland exploring Christianity's enduring impact on the West, is coming in Autumn 2019. Find out more here.

‘This extraordinary book is vintage Tom Holland: history boldly and elegantly retold, with fascinating interconnections traced to create a narrative that cannot fail to stimulate, for it leads to a never-ending question’ - Diarmaid MacCulloch

Dynasty is out now in paperback.

Tom Holland’s critically acclaimed, magisterial account of the Roman Empire is out now in paperback – just in time to take away with you on your summer holidays. Dynasty is the story of rise and fall of the house of Caesar, and has been hailed as ‘masterly’, ‘wonderful’ and ‘a compulsively good read’. Now featuring a brand new cover, it’s the perfect way to escape to the drama and intrigue of Ancient Rome, wherever you are this summer.

Watch Tom Holland bring Rome to life through his coin collection

Many readers of Dynasty – and its precursor, Rubicon – have reported the sense of being transported into Ancient Rome, so vivid are Tom Holland’s descriptions of the places and people.

‘Deft and skilful . . . both a formidable effort to compile what we can know about the ancient world and a sensational story’ Nick Cohen, Observer