When I Passed the Statue of Liberty I Turned Black – 50 Years in 50 Books
When I Passed the Statue of Liberty I Became Black is the lost memoir of Britain’s first Black…
50 Years in 50 Books
The Vory – 50 Years in 50 Books
Mark Galeotti’s book The Vory is the first English-language book to document the men who emerged from the…
Learning to Love Pevsner – 50 Years in 50 Books
Pevsner Production Editor Linda McQueen gives her personal insights into what it has been like working in the Pevsner team since 2015.
Henry III – 50 Years in 50 Books
Writing in The Times, Dan Jones said, “Taken together, the two volumes of Henry III are more than…
Our NHS – 50 Years in 50 Books
Our NHS is an engaging, inclusive history of the NHS, exploring its surprising survival and the people who…
Cuba – 50 Years in 50 Books
In Cuba: A New History, Richard Gott looks at the history of Cuba and illuminates the island’s entire…
A Little History of Philosophy – 50 Years in 50 Books
In A Little History of Philosophy, Nigel Warburton guides us on a chronological tour of the major ideas…
Volcanic – 50 Years in 50 Books
Volcanic is a vibrant, diverse history of Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples in the age of Romanticism….
A Little History of the World – 50 Years in 50 Books
Rather than focusing on dry facts and dates, E. H. Gombrich’s A Little History of the World vividly…
Heretics and Believers – 50 Years in 50 Books
Heretics and Believers, a history of the English Reformation, was first published in 2017. Centuries on, what the…
Backbone of the Nation – 50 Years in 50 Books
In his groundbreaking new history, Robert Gildea interviews the miners and their families who fought to defend themselves…
The Master and His Emissary – 50 Years in 50 Books
The Master and His Emissary offers a pioneering exploration of the differences between the brain’s right and left…
Women Artists Together by Amy Tobin – 50 Years in 50 books
Women Artists Together is a thought-provoking study of how the women’s liberation movement galvanised a generation of women artists….
The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes – 50 Years in 50 Books
The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes draws on workers’ memoirs, social surveys, library registers, and more,…
A Little History of Art – 50 Years in 50 Books
A Little History of Art is a thrilling journey through centuries of art, from the first artworks ever…