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.
India After Gandhi
Ramachandra Guha
A Garden of Eden in Hell: The Life of Alice Herz-Sommer
Melissa Muller
Reinhard Piechocki
Dunkirk
Julian Thompson
I Read the News Today, Oh Boy
Paul Howard
Fighting ISIS
Tim Locks
Rasputin
Douglas Smith
The Watercolourist
Beatrice Masini
Royal Renegades
Linda Porter
Walls Come Tumbling Down
Daniel Rachel
The Art of War
Sun Tzu
A Rage for Order
Robert F. Worth
Spain in Our Hearts
Adam Hochschild
A History of Modern Britain
Andrew Marr
Marriages Are Made in Bond Street
Penrose Halson
Wish Lanterns
Alec Ash
Final Solution
David Cesarani
The Coldest Winter
David Halberstam
Killing the Rising Sun
Bill O'Reilly
Martin Dugard
The Republic of Pirates
Colin Woodard
The Longest Kill
Craig Harrison
The Kamikaze Hunters
Will Iredale
The Diary of Lena Mukhina
Lena Mukhina
A Curious Friendship
Anna Thomasson
The Discovery of France
Graham Robb
King John
Stephen Church
The Way We Wore
Daphne Selfe
An Atlas of Countries That Don't Exist
Nick Middleton
Our Story
Reginald Kray
Ronald Kray
Fred Dinenage
1946: The Making of the Modern World
Victor Sebestyen
Civil War
Peter Ackroyd
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill
William Manchester
Paul Reid
The Fall of Paris
Alistair Horne
Empire's Crossroads
Carrie Gibson
Some Desperate Glory
Max Egremont
Overlord
Max Hastings
Armageddon
Max Hastings
Churchill's Empire
Richard Toye
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
Philip Gourevitch
Four Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses
Helen Rappaport
Queen of the Desert
Georgina Howell