Books published by Yale University Press

A ';gripping [and] splendidly readable' portrait of the battle within the British War Cabinetand Churchill's eventual victoryas Hitler's shadow loomed (The Boston Globe). From May 24 to May 28, 1940, members of Britain's War Cabinet debated whether to negotiate with Hitler or to continue what became known as the Second World War. In this magisterial work, John Lukacs takes us hour by hour into the critical events at 10 Downing Street, where Winston Churchill and his cabinet painfully considered their responsibilities. With the unfolding of the disaster at Dunkirk, and Churchill being in office for just two weeks and treated with derision by many, he did not have an easy time making his casebut the people of Britain were increasingly on his side, and he would prevail. This compelling narrative, a Washington Post bestseller, is the first to convey the drama and world-changing importance of those days. ';[A] fascinating work of historical reconstruction.'The Wall Street Journal ';Eminent historian Lukacs delivers the crown jewel to his long and distinguished career.'Publishers Weekly (starred review) ';A must for every World War II buff.'Cleveland Plain Dealer ';Superbcan be compared to such classics as Hugh Trevor-Roper's The Last Days of Hitler and Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August.'Harper's Magazine

The most ambitious work of fiction by one of the world’s greatest writers

The first comprehensive account of the pioneering ceramic work of Julian Stair

A vivid new history of the criminal underworld in the medieval Holy Land

A revealing examination of how mental illness informs and connects the highly charged work of Edvard Munch and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

A richly crafted tribute to the avant-garde artist and designer Sonia Delaunay, whose boundary-breaking approach is echoed in the volume’s interdisciplinarity and its inspired design

A vivid and musical rendering of the poetry of Catullus, whose passionate verses have captivated readers for centuries

The remarkable story of how a handful of intrepid scientific navigators underpinned British naval dominance in the conflict with Napoleon

A landmark survey of the artistic traditions and cross-cultural exchange of Ethiopia, from the early centuries of our era to today

A beautifully curated and translated collection of the Qur’anic surahs and verses that are most cherished and memorized by Muslims the world over

Two never-before-published novels by Mina Loy, the celebrated modernist poet, artist, and feminist

A lively new history of London told through twenty-five buildings, from iconic Georgian townhouses to the Shard

A revolutionary study of nineteenth-century Parisian cartography and its role in shaping a modern conception of space

The fourth and final volume of Michel Leiris’s renowned autobiography, now available in English for the first time, translated by Richard Sieburth

Charles Holland challenges us to look beyond the day-to-day familiarity of buildings to rediscover the pleasure of experiencing architecture

The newly revised Pevsner guide covering the very best of Staffordshire’s buildings and architectural features

The fascinating story of the so-called “Prayer Book Rebellion” of 1549 which saw the people of Devon and Cornwall rise up against the Crown

A vivid and intimate account of the Ukrainian Revolution, the rare moment when the political became the existential

What remains of Horta’s Art Nouveau, apart from his style and typical plant-related vocabulary?

A rich reappraisal of a key Black American modernist through a lens of cross-cultural engagement

A provocative look at the relationship between the far right and the American conservative movement from the 1930s to the end of the Cold War

The first comprehensive natural history guide to the Connecticut River and its environs, with more than 750 illustrations

The first sustained study of the vibrant links between domestic craft and British colonialism

Exploring the career and legacy of the artist Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, whose sculptural figures embody her uncompromising sovereignty over her work and life

An enchanting and joyous exploration of life and creativity at the geographical edges of the modern world