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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434 books available
A Little Girl in Auschwitz
Lidia Maksymowicz
Lily's Promise
Lily Ebert
Dov Forman
King Leopold's Ghost
Adam Hochschild
Blood on the Snow
Robert Service
Going to the Wars
Max Hastings
Editor
Max Hastings
Love Letters of the Great War
Mandy Kirkby
In a Free State
V.S. Naipaul
Father and Son
Jonathan Raban
Black History for Every Day of the Year
David Olusoga
Kemi Olusoga
Yinka Olusoga
Turning Points
Steve Richards
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
Philip Gourevitch
Dispatches
Michael Herr
The Discovery of France
Graham Robb
The Men Who Stare At Goats
Jon Ronson
The Sister
Sung-Yoon Lee
A Mother's Courage
Malka Levine
Das Reich
Max Hastings
Warriors in Scarlet
Ian Knight
Party Lines
Ed Gillett
The Places In Between
Rory Stewart
Occupational Hazards
Rory Stewart
Divine Might
Natalie Haynes
Overlord
Max Hastings
The Archaeology of Loss
Sarah Tarlow
The Breach
Denver Riggleman
Too Many Reasons to Live
Rob Burrow
An Honourable Exit
Eric Vuillard
Paris: A Literary Anthology
Zachary Seager
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot
The World and All That It Holds
Aleksandar Hemon
The Ship Beneath the Ice
Mensun Bound
Bad Land
Jonathan Raban
Passage To Juneau
Jonathan Raban
India After Gandhi
Ramachandra Guha
The Greatest Invention
Silvia Ferrara
The Yoga Manifesto
Nadia Gilani
The Fall of Boris Johnson
Sebastian Payne
Greek Myths: Gods and Goddesses
Jean Menzies
Greek Myths: Heroes and Heroines
Jean Menzies