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.
Claude and Madeleine
Edward Marriott
The Coldest Winter
David Halberstam
Hidden Depths
Robin Waterfield
Killing the Rising Sun
Bill O'Reilly
Martin Dugard
Bosnia
Noel Malcolm
The Republic of Pirates
Colin Woodard
The Kamikaze Hunters
Will Iredale
The Longest Kill
Craig Harrison
The Diary of Lena Mukhina
Lena Mukhina
The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot
Blaine Harden
A Curious Friendship
Anna Thomasson
Last Man Standing
Jack Straw
The Angel and the Cad
Geraldine Roberts
King John
Stephen Church
The Way We Wore
Daphne Selfe
An Atlas of Countries That Don't Exist
Nick Middleton
Spitfire Ace
Martin Davidson
James Taylor
Our Story
Reginald Kray
Ronald Kray
Fred Dinenage
Naming Jack the Ripper
Russell Edwards
1946: The Making of the Modern World
Victor Sebestyen
Fire in the Night
C Smith
J Bierman
Civil War
Peter Ackroyd
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill
William Manchester
Paul Reid
The Fall of Paris
Alistair Horne
Chancellors
Roy Jenkins
Unholy War
David I. Kertzer
About The Size Of It
Warwick Cairns
Empire's Crossroads
Carrie Gibson
Some Desperate Glory
Max Egremont
Coming Up Trumps: A Memoir
Jean Trumpington
Churchill's Empire
Richard Toye
Four Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses
Helen Rappaport
I Wish I'd Been There
Byron Hollinshead
Theodore Rabb
Queen of the Desert
Georgina Howell
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Alexandra Fuller
Give Me Ten Seconds
John Sergeant
The Seventies Unplugged
Gerard DeGroot
Act Of God
Graham Phillips
Passions Between Women
Emma Donoghue
Last Letters Home
Tamasin Day-Lewis