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.
434 books available
Love Letters of Great Men and Women
Ursula Doyle (Ed.)
Absolute War
Chris Bellamy
Defeat Into Victory
William Slim
The Circuit
Bob Shepherd
Faberge's Eggs
Toby Faber
Not Quite World's End
John Simpson
News from No Man's Land
John Simpson
The Himmler Brothers
Katrin Himmler
Comrades
Robert Service
Historic London
Stephen Inwood
Irish Freedom
Richard English
Europe at War 1939-1945
Norman Davies
An Unexpected Light
Jason Elliot
Last Waltz in Vienna
George Clare
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Peter Heather
Stephen Fry's Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music
Tim Lihoreau
Stephen Fry
Roosevelt
Roy Jenkins
The Wonder that was India
A Basham
Strangers
Graham Robb
The Wars Against Saddam
John Simpson
Twelve Cities
Roy Jenkins
Lady Gregory's Toothbrush
Colm Tóibín
The Travels of Ibn Battutah
Ibn Battutah
Tim Mackintosh-Smith
The Imperial War Museum Book of the Somme
Malcolm Brown
Germany Turns Eastwards
Michael Burleigh
The Third Reich
Michael Burleigh
What If?
Robert Cowley
The Isles
Norman Davies
Balzac
Graham Robb
Trench Warfare 1914-18
Tony Ashworth
East and West
Chris Patten
Victor Hugo
Graham Robb
Chechnya
Thomas de Waal
Carlotta Gall
Albert Speer: His Battle With Truth
Gitta Sereny