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.
Thebes
Paul Cartledge
Daily Rituals Women at Work
Mason Currey
A World Beneath the Sands
Toby Wilkinson
Pandora's Jar
Natalie Haynes
The Running Book
John Connell
Dutch Light
Hugh Aldersey-Williams
Shakespearean
Robert McCrum
The Song of Simon de Montfort
Sophie Thérèse Ambler
Kremlin Winter
Robert Service
The Pull of the Stars
Emma Donoghue
Palace of Palms
Kate Teltscher
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands
Mary Seacole
Eight Days at Yalta
Diana Preston
Brothers in Arms
Geraint Jones
The Bells of Old Tokyo
Anna Sherman
The Russian Job
Douglas Smith
Mistresses
Linda Porter
1939
Frederick Taylor
The Age of Light
Whitney Scharer
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
The Map of Knowledge
Violet Moller
Daughters of Chivalry
Kelcey Wilson-Lee
Lotharingia
Simon Winder
The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective
Susannah Stapleton
The Book of Tea
Okakura Kakuzo
Sayuri Romei
Nature's Mutiny
Philipp Blom
War Doctor
David Nott
Dominion
Peter Ackroyd
The Skripal Files
Mark Urban
The Prince
Niccolò Machiavelli
Kafka's Last Trial
Benjamin Balint
Handel in London
Jane Glover
Her Father's Daughter
Beezy Marsh
The World in Thirty-Eight Chapters or Dr Johnson’s Guide to Life
Henry Hitchings
Mrs Gaskell and Me
Nell Stevens
A Daughter's Choice
Margaret Ford
The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram
David M. Guss
Carrying the Fire
Michael Collins
Milk of Paradise
Lucy Inglis
A World on Edge
Daniel Schönpflug