Books written by Matthew Kneale

Rome: A History in Seven Sackings

This is all the more remarkable considering what the city has endured over the centuries. It has been ravaged by fires, floods, earthquakes, and—most of all—by roving armies.
An Atheist's History of Belief: Understanding Our Most Extraordinary Invention

Religion reflects our deepest hopes and fears; whether you are a believer or, like Matthew Kneale, a non-believer who admires mankind's capacity to create and to imagine, it has shaped our world.
Pilgrims

A sweeping tale of intrigue and suspense from the award-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of Sweet Thames and Rome: A History in Seven Sackings.
English Passengers

As the English passengers haplessly approach his land, their bizarre notions ever more painfully at odds with reality, we know a mighty collision is looming.
Historia de las creencias (contada por un ateo): Cómo comprender nuestro invento más extraordinario

Cuando la decepción se repetía una y otra vez, se animaba a los Testigos con la noticia de que «había sucedido lo equivocado en ... en los davidianos, que tuvieron un célebre final terrible en 1993, durante la masacre de Waco, en Texas.
When We Were Romans

and though I said “I don't remember” I thought “oh dam dam” I thought “I don't know what you are doing Ann brown spider but I know its bad.” Afterwards I told Jemima “what did you tell them?” and Jemima started crying, she said “I ...
Storia di Roma in sette saccheggi

Matthew Kneale, storico inglese che da quindici anni vive con la famiglia nella Città eterna, ha scelto di raccontare le storie dietro i sette più importanti assedi di Roma e rivela, con affascinanti intuizioni, come hanno trasformato la ...
Rome: A History in Seven Sackings

This is all the more remarkable considering what the city has endured over the centuries. It has been ravaged by fires, floods, earthquakes, and—most of all—by roving armies.
The Rome Plague Diaries: Lockdown Life in the Eternal City

He was soon composing daily reports as he tried to comprehend a period of time, when everyone's lives suddenly changed and Italy struggled against an epidemic, that was so strange, so troubling and so fascinating that he found it impossible ...
Rome Plague Diaries: Lockdown Life in the Eternal City

A warm and affectionate portrait of a city and a people under lockdown during the Covid-19 crisis, from the award-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of Rome: A History in Seven Sackings.
An Atheist's History of Belief: Understanding Our Most Extraordinary Invention

The atheist’s poetic synopsis of the history of spirituality and religion from the Man Booker shortlisted author of English Passengers What first prompted prehistoric man, sheltering in the shadows of deep caves, to call upon the realm of ...
Powder

In June, 2006, Picador launch Picador Shots, a new series of pocket-sized books priced at £1. The Shots aim to promote the short story as well as the work...
Pilgrims

A sexually driven noblewoman seeks a divorce so she can marry her new young beau.These are among a ragtag band of pilgrims that sets off on the tough and dangerous journey from England to Rome, where they hope all their troubles and their ...
An Atheist's History of Belief: Understanding Our Most Extraordinary Invention

... wild varieties, not cultivated. Until recently it was widely assumed that organised religion grew from farming. In the Middle East at least, it now seems that the exact opposite was true: farming was a spin-off from organised religion ...