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 Glass Wall
Max Egremont
Until Proven Safe
Geoff Manaugh
Nicola Twilley
The Utopians
Anna Neima
Thebes
Paul Cartledge
Going with the Boys
Judith Mackrell
Day of the Assassins
Michael Burleigh
Pandora's Jar
Natalie Haynes
The Pull of the Stars
Emma Donoghue
Mistresses
Linda Porter
Revolt
Nadav Eyal
Broken
Jenny Lawson
Machiavelli
Alexander Lee
The Book Collectors of Daraya
Delphine Minoui
The Quiet Americans
Scott Anderson
A Place For Everything
Judith Flanders
How to Be a Refugee
The Happiest Man on Earth
Eddie Jaku
Daily Rituals Women at Work
Mason Currey
A World Beneath the Sands
Toby Wilkinson
The Korean War
Max Hastings
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
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
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