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.
Blood on the Snow
Robert Service
The Ship Beneath the Ice
Mensun Bound
Divine Might
Natalie Haynes
Father and Son
Jonathan Raban
The Making of the Modern Middle East
Jeremy Bowen
Bad Land
Jonathan Raban
Passage To Juneau
Jonathan Raban
A Mother's Courage
Malka Levine
Warriors in Scarlet
Ian Knight
Party Lines
Ed Gillett
India After Gandhi
Ramachandra Guha
Assad
Con Coughlin
The Sister
Sung-Yoon Lee
The Greatest Invention
Silvia Ferrara
The Yoga Manifesto
Nadia Gilani
The Fall of Boris Johnson
Sebastian Payne
Greek Myths: Gods and Goddesses
Greek Myths: Heroes and Heroines
The Greatest Escape
Neil Churches
Tutankhamun's Trumpet
Toby Wilkinson
Queen of Our Times
Robert Hardman
The Archaeology of Loss
Sarah Tarlow
An Honourable Exit
Eric Vuillard
The Accidental Duchess
Emma Manners, Duchess of Rutland
A Prison Diary Volume I
Jeffrey Archer
A Prison Diary Volume II
Jeffrey Archer
A Prison Diary Volume III
Jeffrey Archer
Who Are We Now?
Jason Cowley
France: An Adventure History
Graham Robb
The World and All That It Holds
Aleksandar Hemon
The Little Girl Who Could Not Cry
Lidia Maksymowicz
Paolo Luigi Rodari
In Defence of Witches
Mona Chollet
In the Midst of Civilized Europe
Jeffrey Veidlinger
On Consolation
Michael Ignatieff
Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries
Kate Mosse
All Things Wise and Wonderful
James Herriot
The Breach
Denver Riggleman
A (Very) Short History of Life On Earth
Henry Gee
God
Francesca Stavrakopoulou
The Real Middle-Earth
Brian Bates