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 Quiet Americans
Scott Anderson
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
The Happiest Man on Earth
Eddie Jaku
Saving Justice
James Comey
How to Be a Refugee
Simon May
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
Emmanuel Acho
Dutch Light
Hugh Aldersey-Williams
A World Beneath the Sands
Toby Wilkinson
Shakespearean
Robert McCrum
A House Through Time
David Olusoga
Melanie Backe-Hansen
Bomber Command
Max Hastings
The Blind Light
Stuart Evers
The Running Book
John Connell
Palace of Palms
Kate Teltscher
Black and British
David Olusoga
Thebes
Paul Cartledge
Pandora's Jar
Natalie Haynes
Endurance
Louis Rudd
Mistresses
Linda Porter
Legionnaire
Simon Murray
Machiavelli
Alexander Lee
Homage to Catalonia
George Orwell
Down and Out in Paris and London
George Orwell
A Place For Everything
Judith Flanders
Colditz
P R Reid
Burmese Days
George Orwell
Correspondents
Tim Murphy
Daily Rituals Women at Work
Mason Currey
The Korean War
Max Hastings
Permanent Record
Edward Snowden
The Song of Simon de Montfort
Sophie Thérèse Ambler
Kremlin Winter
Robert Service
The Lamplighter
Jackie Kay
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
How to Survive
John Hudson
The Russian Job
Douglas Smith
1939
Frederick Taylor