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 Watercolourist
Beatrice Masini
Walls Come Tumbling Down
Daniel Rachel
The Art of War
Sun Tzu
Royal Renegades
Linda Porter
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 Kamikaze Hunters
Will Iredale
The Longest Kill
Craig Harrison
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
Dispatches
Michael Herr
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Alexandra Fuller
The Seventies Unplugged
Gerard DeGroot
Editor
Max Hastings
The Places In Between
Rory Stewart
Passions Between Women
Emma Donoghue