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
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Six People Who Shaped Madrid
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What Stories Do Old Towns Tell?
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In Search of the River Jordan
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Two Houses, Two Kingdoms by Catherine Hanley: an extract
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Bletchley Park and D-Day: A Q&A with David Kenyon
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Nazi Germany and Modernist art
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Hitler’s Obsession with the Occult – by Eric Kurlander
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Six People Who Shaped Madrid
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What Stories Do Old Towns Tell?
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In Search of the River Jordan
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Two Houses, Two Kingdoms by Catherine Hanley: an extract
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Bletchley Park and D-Day: A Q&A with David Kenyon
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Nazi Germany and Modernist art
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Hitler’s Obsession with the Occult – by Eric Kurlander
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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!
The Problem of Resources in Early Modern Times
Henry Kamen, author of Early Modern European Society recounts the debate over resources and the themes of conservation taking root across Europe in early…
A Schoolmaster’s War – an extract from Harry Rée’s wartime diaries
Escape Into Art, Look Through the Lens of History, Seek Certainty in Science … To help us all keep on reading over the coming…
Bletchley Park and D-Day: A Q&A with David Kenyon
Since the secret of Bletchley Park was revealed in the 1970s, the work of its codebreakers has become one of the most famous stories…
Nazi Germany and Modernist art
Culture was integral to the smooth running of the Third Reich. During the war, the arts were closely tied to the Nazi propaganda machine…
Peace at Last: A Portrait of Armistice Day by Guy Cuthbertson – An Extract
Armistice Day was declared on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 1918. In Peace at Last, author Guy Cuthbertson,…
Mussolini and Hitler – Christian Goeschel
Christian Goeschel- On 20 July 1944, a bomb exploded in the Wolf’s Lair, Adolf Hitler’s East Prussian Headquarters. The Nazi leader survived. Hours later,…
Accidental Circumnavigators: A story of anonymous sailors, soldiers, slaves, missionaries & adventurers
Harry Kelsey’s new book The First Circumnavigators contains fascinating stories of treachery, greed, murder, desertion and disaster, but also shows the courage, dogged persistence, leadership and…
The Battle of Britain: The Battle Won
‘How did the British achieve this victory? Statistics can often illustrate the decline of one side as against the other. Here the statistics tell…
The Battle of Britain: The Crisis
‘On 1 August Hitler issued Führer Directive No. 17 … The RAF must be eliminated as well as its ground installations and the aircraft industry.’…
The Battle of Britain: Overture
‘Germany had every reason to be confident of victory in the ensuing battle.’ On 15 September 1940 Britain came under air attack from the German…
Wellington after Waterloo – An Article by Rory Muir
Wellington after Waterloo by Rory Muir The Duke of Wellington felt far from triumphant after defeating Napoleon at Waterloo, famously remarking that “I don’t…
Bastille Day: Philip Nord reflects on France’s past
‘What happened to France in 1940 was what happened to every power that went up against Germany in the first years of the war.’…
Wellington & The Battle of Waterloo: A Timeline
This year marks the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo – Waterloo200 – a great turning point in British history that helped to establish…
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