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 Last Days of Hitler
Hugh Trevor Roper
Spies and Commissars
Robert Service
The Diamond Queen
Andrew Marr
The Opium War
Julia Lovell
Armed Struggle
Richard English
Forgotten Land
Max Egremont
Foundation
Peter Ackroyd
To End All Wars
Adam Hochschild
Bury the Chains
Adam Hochschild
Titanic Thompson
Kevin Cook
The Men Who Stare At Goats
Jon Ronson
The Man Who Saved Britain
Simon Winder
Facing the Frozen Ocean
Bear Grylls
A Turn in the South
V. S. Naipaul
Zulu Rising
Ian Knight
Parisians
Graham Robb
Katherine the Queen
Linda Porter
The Bridge
David Remnick
India: A Wounded Civilization
V. S. Naipaul
The Loss of El Dorado
V. S. Naipaul
India: A Million Mutinies Now
V. S. Naipaul
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
William Shawcross
Edinburgh
Michael Fry
Bad Blood
Colm Toibin
Homage to Barcelona
Colm Toibin
The Sign of the Cross
Colm Toibin
The Making of Modern Britain
Andrew Marr
The Battle for the Falklands
Max Hastings
Simon Jenkins
Lenin
Robert Service
Trotsky
Robert Service
Stalin
Robert Service
The Longest Siege
Robert Lyman
Love Letters of Great Men and Women
Ursula Doyle (Ed.)
Das Reich
Max Hastings
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