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.
A Garden of Eden in Hell: The Life of Alice Herz-Sommer
Melissa Muller
Reinhard Piechocki
Dunkirk
Julian Thompson
I Read the News Today, Oh Boy
Paul Howard
Fighting ISIS
Tim Locks
Kind of Blue
Ken Clarke
Rasputin
Douglas Smith
The Watercolourist
Beatrice Masini
Walls Come Tumbling Down
Daniel Rachel
The Art of War
Sun Tzu
A Rage for Order
Robert F. Worth
Spain in Our Hearts
Adam Hochschild
A History of Modern Britain
Andrew Marr
Marriages Are Made in Bond Street
Penrose Halson
Wish Lanterns
Alec Ash
Final Solution
David Cesarani
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
King of the World
David Remnick
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