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.
Zulu Rising
Ian Knight
Parisians
Graham Robb
Katherine the Queen
Linda Porter
The Bridge
David Remnick
Bomber Command
Max Hastings
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 Battle for the Falklands
Max Hastings
Simon Jenkins
The Making of Modern Britain
Andrew Marr
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
Colditz
P R Reid
Love Letters of Great Men
Various
Ursula Doyle (Ed.)
The Himmler Brothers
Katrin Himmler
Comrades
Robert Service
Historic London
Stephen Inwood
Irish Freedom
Richard English
Europe at War 1939-1945
Norman Davies
Occupational Hazards
Rory Stewart
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Peter Heather
The Shackled Continent
Robert Guest
Strangers
Graham Robb
Lady Gregory's Toothbrush
Colm Toibin
The Travels of Ibn Battutah
Ibn Battutah
The Third Reich
Michael Burleigh
The Isles
Norman Davies
Balzac
Graham Robb
Victor Hugo
Graham Robb
Albert Speer: His Battle With Truth
Gitta Sereny