The History of Europe’s Cities: A Reading List
Explore this collection on the history of Europe’s cities featuring books by Margarette Lincoln, Richard Cockett, Marek Kohn and more. You can shop this…
European History
Six People Who Shaped Madrid
by Luke Stegemann, cultural historian and author of Madrid: A New Biography — Unsurprisingly given its 1200 years of settlement and its role in…
Fairytale of Rothenburg – Marek Kohn
Marek Kohn, the author of The Stories Old Towns Tell, describes the Christmas market in the medieval German town of Rothenburg and reveals a…
The European Union at 30 – an extract from ‘Circle of Stars’
November 1st 2023 marks the 30th anniversary since the entry into force of the Maastricht Treaty, which established the European Union. This extract from…
What Stories Do Old Towns Tell?
Join Marek Kohn, author of The Stories Old Towns Tell, on a journey across Europe as he explores his favourite Old Towns and the…
Martin Walser’s Death – by Michael H. Kater
Michael H. Kater, author of After the Nazis, contends with the legacy of controversial novelist Martin Walser, within the context of the emergence of…
Survivors by Rebecca Clifford – 50 Years in 50 Books
Survivors follows the lives of one hundred Jewish children who survived the Holocaust through their adulthood and into old age. First published in 2020,…
In Search of the River Jordan
Access to water has played a pivotal role in the Israel-Palestine dispute. Israel has diverted the River Jordan via pipes and canals to build…
Henry III’s Westminster Abbey as a Coronation Church
Henry III rebuilt Westminster Abbey during his reign. He designed it from the start as a Coronation church. This extract from Henry III, Volume 2: Reform, Rebellion,…
Stalin: A Reading List
Joseph Stalin led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953 in a reign marked by ruthless tyranny and the deaths of…
Candlemas: An Extract from ‘The Stripping of the Altars’
In The Stripping of the Altars, Eamon Duffy recreates lay people’s experience of religion in the pre-Reformation church, showing that late-medieval Catholicism was neither…
2022 Gift Guide: History Books
This selection of history books will make a great gift to gain expert knowledge, no matter which areas of history they are interested in!
Two Dresden Nights – an extract from ‘Not One Inch’ by M. E. Sarotte
In his annual press conference in December 2021, Vladimir Putin said, “‘Not one inch to the East,’ they told us in the nineties. So…
Women Rulers – Queens, Empresses, Regents
To mark the occasion of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest reigning British monarch, we have collected selected free chapters from our…
Two Houses, Two Kingdoms by Catherine Hanley: an extract
Two Houses, Two Kingdoms is an exhilarating, accessible chronicle of the ruling families of France and England, showing how two dynasties formed one extraordinary…