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 Breach
Denver Riggleman
Too Many Reasons to Live
Rob Burrow
An Honourable Exit
Eric Vuillard
Paris: A Literary Anthology
Zachary Seager
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot
The World and All That It Holds
Aleksandar Hemon
A Little Girl in Auschwitz
Lidia Maksymowicz
The Ship Beneath the Ice
Mensun Bound
The Making of the Modern Middle East
Jeremy Bowen
Bad Land
Jonathan Raban
Passage To Juneau
Jonathan Raban
India After Gandhi
Ramachandra Guha
The Greatest Invention
Silvia Ferrara
The Yoga Manifesto
Nadia Gilani
The Fall of Boris Johnson
Sebastian Payne
Greek Myths: Gods and Goddesses
Jean Menzies
Greek Myths: Heroes and Heroines
Jean Menzies
The Greatest Escape
Neil Churches
Tutankhamun's Trumpet
Toby Wilkinson
Queen of Our Times
Robert Hardman
The Accidental Duchess
Emma Manners, Duchess of Rutland
A Prison Diary Volume I
Jeffrey Archer
A Prison Diary Volume II
Jeffrey Archer
A Prison Diary Volume III
Jeffrey Archer
Who Are We Now?
Jason Cowley
France: An Adventure History
Graham Robb
The Little Girl Who Could Not Cry
Lidia Maksymowicz
Paolo Luigi Rodari
In Defence of Witches
Mona Chollet
In the Midst of Civilized Europe
Jeffrey Veidlinger
All Things Wise and Wonderful
James Herriot
A (Very) Short History of Life On Earth
Henry Gee
God
Francesca Stavrakopoulou
The Real Middle-Earth
Brian Bates
Day of the Assassins
Michael Burleigh
Facing the Frozen Ocean
Bear Grylls
The Utopians
Anna Neima
Going with the Boys
Judith Mackrell
Innovation
Peter Ackroyd
The Glass Wall
Max Egremont
Cultural Amnesia
Clive James