History
Essential books illuminating key periods of history, from the Romans to the Tudors to World War 1. Delve into the history of England with Peter Ackroyd, explore Britain’s forgotten multicultural past with David Olusoga, or uncover the violent rise of early Christianity with Catherine Nixey.
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Margaret George’s favourite stories of the Roman Empire.
Is This Working?
Charlie Colenutt
Lily's Promise
Lily Ebert
Dov Forman
Freedom
Angela Merkel
Let's Make Things Better
Gidon Lev
Julie Gray
King Leopold's Ghost
Adam Hochschild
Charles III
Robert Hardman
Blood on the Snow
Robert Service
Going to the Wars
Max Hastings
Editor
Max Hastings
Love Letters of the Great War
Mandy Kirkby
Never
Rick Astley
From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir
Lisa Marie Presley
Riley Keough
In a Free State
V.S. Naipaul
Father and Son
Jonathan Raban
The Biggar Picture
Dan Biggar
Black History for Every Day of the Year
David Olusoga
Yinka Olusoga
Kemi Olusoga
Supremacy
Parmy Olson
Turning Points
Steve Richards
The Stories of Your Life
Ben Ambridge
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
Philip Gourevitch
Eighteen
Alice Loxton
Dispatches
Michael Herr
The Discovery of France
Graham Robb
The Men Who Stare At Goats
Jon Ronson
Storm Pegs
Jen Hadfield
The Sister
Sung-Yoon Lee
Failed State
Sam Freedman
The Endless Country
Sami Kent
Assad
Con Coughlin
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here
Jonathan Blitzer
Air and Love
Or Rosenboim
A Mother's Courage
Malka Levine
D-Day: The Unheard Tapes
Geraint Jones
Das Reich
Max Hastings
Warriors in Scarlet
Ian Knight
Party Lines
Ed Gillett
Literature for the People
Sarah Harkness
The Places In Between
Rory Stewart
Occupational Hazards
Rory Stewart
Divine Might
Natalie Haynes