The History Behind Wolf Hall: A Reading List
For those captivated by the intricate power dynamics and compelling personalities of Wolf Hall, these essential reads delve into the real histories which inspired…
British History
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Under Cover of Darkness: An Extract
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Why I Became an X Troop Commando
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A Dickensland Extract: The Haunted Bridge
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75 years of Our NHS: an excerpt from Andrew Seaton’s new book
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What is ‘Liveliness’ in Tudor art? By Dr Christina Faraday
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Tracking Down Eighteenth-Century Optimists and Pessimists – By Penelope J. Corfield
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Christmas in London Under Cromwell
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Two Houses, Two Kingdoms by Catherine Hanley: an extract
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Cursed Britain: A History of Witchcraft and Black Magic in Modern Times
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Younger Sons of Regency England (Part I) – The Story of Benjamin Smith
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Under Cover of Darkness: An Extract
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Why I Became an X Troop Commando
Read More -
A Dickensland Extract: The Haunted Bridge
Read More -
75 years of Our NHS: an excerpt from Andrew Seaton’s new book
Read More -
What is ‘Liveliness’ in Tudor art? By Dr Christina Faraday
Read More -
Tracking Down Eighteenth-Century Optimists and Pessimists – By Penelope J. Corfield
Read More -
Christmas in London Under Cromwell
Read More -
Two Houses, Two Kingdoms by Catherine Hanley: an extract
Read More -
Cursed Britain: A History of Witchcraft and Black Magic in Modern Times
Read More -
Younger Sons of Regency England (Part I) – The Story of Benjamin Smith
Read More
Under Cover of Darkness: An Extract
Fear was the unacknowledged spectre haunting the streets of London during the Second World War; fear not only of death from the German bombers…
Why I Became an X Troop Commando
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…
Harry Edward, Athletics and the Olympics
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…
A Georgian and Regency Reading List
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,…
England’s Cathedrals: A Timeline — by Nicholas Orme
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…
The Gardens of the British Working Class – 50 Years in 50 Books
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 – 50 Years in 50 Books
Britons was first published in 1992. In Britons, Linda Colley examines how a more cohesive British nation was invented after 1707 and how this…
The Gentleman’s Daughter – 50 Years in 50 Books
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…
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 have kept it running. Andrew Seaton’s…
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 against Thatcher’s goverment. Exploring mining communities…
A Curious Tour of Dickens’s London
From vanishing coaching inns to submerged riverside stairs, hidden burial grounds to apocryphal shops, tourists have sought out the landmarks, streets, and alleys of…
A Dickensland Extract: The Haunted Bridge
From vanishing coaching inns and submerged riverside stairs to hidden burial grounds and apocryphal shops… In his new book Dickensland, Lee Jackson traces the…
The Story of the Country House by Clive Aslet – 50 Years in 50 Books
Clive Aslet reflects on his years spent working as editor for Country Life Magazine, encountering changes in public attitude towards the complex history of the country house and the fresh perspective he wanted his book to provide.
75 years of Our NHS: an excerpt from Andrew Seaton’s new book
Andrew Seaton’s Our NHS, a History of Britain’s Best-Loved Institution explores the full 75-year history of the NHS, from foundation and modernisation to crisis…