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 Men Who Stare At Goats
Jon Ronson
The Mimic Men
V. S. Naipaul
The Man Who Saved Britain
Simon Winder
A Turn in the South
V. S. Naipaul
The Middle Passage
V. S. Naipaul
The Lie of the Land
Ian Vince
Zulu Rising
Ian Knight
Parisians
Graham Robb
Unreliable Sources
John Simpson
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
The Revolt of the Pendulum
Clive James
Man Walks Into A Pub
Pete Brown
Bad Blood
Colm Tóibín
Homage to Barcelona
Colm Tóibín
The Sign of the Cross
Colm Tóibín
The Making of Modern Britain
Andrew Marr
The Great Shark Hunt
Hunter S. Thompson
Lenin
Robert Service
Trotsky
Robert Service
Stalin
Robert Service
The Longest Siege
Robert Lyman
Love Letters of Great Men and Women
Ursula Doyle (Ed.)
Absolute War
Chris Bellamy
Defeat Into Victory
William Slim
The Circuit
Bob Shepherd
Faberge's Eggs
Toby Faber
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
Last Waltz in Vienna
George Clare
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Peter Heather
Stephen Fry's Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music
Tim Lihoreau
Stephen Fry