
Christmas at Chartwell with Churchill
An extract from Churchill’s Citadel: Chartwell and the Gatherings Before the Storm by Katherine Carter. The magic of Christmas at Chartwell was its constancy….
An extract from Churchill’s Citadel: Chartwell and the Gatherings Before the Storm by Katherine Carter. The magic of Christmas at Chartwell was its constancy….
For those captivated by the intricate power dynamics and compelling personalities of Wolf Hall, these essential reads delve into the real histories which inspired…
Fear was the unacknowledged spectre haunting the streets of London during the Second World War; fear not only of death from the German bombers…
Explore a curated list of books on Second World War History, offering critical perspectives on one of the most significant periods in modern history….
Born in Germany in 1922, Colin Anson’s (Claus Ascher) childhood was marked by the trials of Nazism. His father was arrested by the Gestapo…
In his lost memoir, Britain’s first Black Olympic medal winner details his experience of competing in the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp. After winning Olympic…
For Pride Month 2024 we are sharing a series of extracts from our books which look at the history and experiences of LGBT people…
For Pride Month 2024 we are sharing a series of extracts from our books which look at the history and experiences of LGBT people…
For Pride Month 2024 we are sharing a series of extracts from our books which look at the history and experiences of LGBT people…
If you want to find out more about the real Ton, marriage mart and social world that inspired Netflix’s Bridgerton and Jane Austen’s novels,…
Nicholas Orme’s The History of England’s Cathedrals is the first history of the life and activities of all English cathedrals, from Birmingham and Bury…
Eamon Duffy’s landmark account of the pre-Reformation church in England was first published in 1992. The Stripping of the Altars is a major revisionist…
The Gardens of the British Working Classes is an illustrated people’s history of gardening in Britain. Margaret Willes’s book celebrates the extraordinary feats of…
Britons was first published in 1992. In Britons, Linda Colley examines how a more cohesive British nation was invented after 1707 and how this…
Winner of the 1999 Wolfson History Prize, The Gentleman’s Daughter invokes women’s own accounts of their intimate and public lives to reveal what the…