A selection of new titles published by Harris Manchester alumni. Please get in touch if you have a new title you would like us to mention.
Catherine Coldstream (2002, BA Theology), Cloistered: My Years as a Nun (2025)
After her father’s death, Catherine Coldstream joins a monastery seeking meaning and peace. But dramatic events force her to choose between silence and speaking out.
Catherine Coldstream, William Coldstream Remembered: Portraits of a Painter (2025)
This work celebrates the life and influence of painter William “Bill” Coldstream through essays and personal reflections by students, artists, and historians. Coldstream comes across as a rigorous painter, inspiring teacher, witty raconteur, and generous friend whose impact shaped modern British art and generations at The Slade.
Ben Page (2012, BA Philosophy and Theology), Modelling the Divine (2025)
There are different approaches to modelling the divine, with each raising questions one needs to consider when employing them to produce a model. Outlining some of the most widely used methods is one of the goals of this book, providing an introductory “how-to" guide for divine modelling.
Ben Page (with co-editors Anna Marmodoro and Damiano Migliorini), The Oxford Handbook of Omnipresence (2025)
The Oxford Handbook of Omnipresence explores historical and contemporary ideas of omnipresence across diverse religious and philosophical traditions. Expanding beyond Christian perspectives, it examines ancient to modern thought through Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, feminist, mystical, phenomenological, and other approaches, offering a broad introduction and highlighting new directions for research.
Fiona Sampson (1989, BA PPE), Becoming George (2026)
This book re-examines the life of George Sand, the celebrated nineteenth-century French writer whose unconventional lifestyle shocked Paris. Fiona Sampson portrays Sand not as a scandalous curiosity but as a pioneering intellectual and artistic force whose relationships, independence, and writing placed her far ahead of her time.
Martin Sullivan (2001, BA Jurisprudence), Napoleon’s Undefeated Marshal. Louis Davout and the Art of Leadership (2024)
Napoleon’s 1809 campaign against Austria, ending at Wagram, is often seen as his last great victory. Despite brilliant early manoeuvres, French success was threatened by misjudgements and poor communication that could have led to disaster. Much credit for avoiding this falls to Marshal Louis Davout, the “Iron Marshal.” This study, the first major English work on Davout in over fifty years, examines his leadership, discipline, and battlefield skill during the Wagram campaign. Martin Sullivan analyses Davout’s decisions alongside those of Napoleon and Archduke Charles, highlighting leadership lessons still relevant today.
