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.
The Killing Age
Clifton Crais
Eleanor
Alice Loxton
Hope in Action
Sanna Marin
The Enigma of Arrival
V.S. Naipaul
Inside Hitler's Bunker
Joachim Fest
The Rest Is Quiz
Goalhanger
Assad
Con Coughlin
Never
Rick Astley
The Discovery of Britain
Graham Robb
Freedom
Angela Merkel
Crucible of Light
Elizabeth Drayson
From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir
Lisa Marie Presley
Riley Keough
Feminist History for Every Day of the Year
Kate Mosse
Sophie Bass
Putting Myself Together
Jamaica Kincaid
Ungovernable
Simon Hart
Between the Waves
Tom McTague
Charles III
Robert Hardman
Supremacy
Parmy Olson
The Spartans
Paul Cartledge
Ghost Nation
Chris Horton
A Sound So Very Loud
Ted Kessler
Hamish MacBain
The Endless Country
Sami Kent
Notre-Dame
Ken Follett
India: A Wounded Civilization
V.S. Naipaul
Eighteen
Alice Loxton
The Moment of Lift
Melinda French Gates
Fatherhood
Augustine Sedgewick
The Biggar Picture
Dan Biggar
Strangers and Intimates
Tiffany Jenkins
Air and Love
Or Rosenboim
D-Day: The Unheard Tapes
Geraint Jones
That Dark Spring
Susannah Stapleton
Voices of Victory
Geraint Jones
Underdogs
Joel Budd
The Eyes of Gaza
Plestia Alaqad
One Small Step
Paul Sinton-Hewitt
Storm Pegs
Jen Hadfield
Failed State
Sam Freedman
Bad Blood
Colm Tóibín
Homage to Barcelona
Colm Tóibín