 Amanda Vickery - Behind Closed Doors
Amanda Vickery is Professor of Modern British History at Royal Holloway. Her new book Behind Closed Doors unlocks the homes of Georgian England to examine the lives of the people who lived there, revealing what these abodes meant to the inhabitants both physically and psychologically.
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 Philipp Blom - The Vertigo Years
The Vertigo Years is the latest book from German historian, novelist and journalist Philipp Blom. In the book, subtitled 'Change and Culture in the West, 1900-1914', Blom looks at the pre-First World War era and argues that the emergence of the new European world dominated by globalisation, consumerism and other dramatic social shifts thought to have been triggered by the conflict, were already well established...
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 Christian Wolmar - Blood, Iron and Gold
Christian Wolmar's Blood, Iron and Gold tells the story of the people and events that shaped the world's railways. From the vision and determination of the pioneers who designed the railways, to the workers who endured horrific conditions to build them, Wolmar's book shows how the rise of the train paved the way not only for engineering and architectural innovation, but for the rapid movement of people and goods around the world.
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 Lisa Hilton - Queens Consort
Lisa Hilton discusses her title Queens Consort. The books follows the lives of the twenty women who were crowned queen consort of England between 1066 and 1503 from the well-known to the forgotten. Hilton looks at the evolution of the role through the centuries while presenting intimate portraits of the individual women who ultimately helped shape the modern state.
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 Jane Robinson - Bluestockings
In Bluestockings, Jane Robinson tells the story of how women in the 19th and early 20th century determinedly fought for their right to a university education against staunch opposition, paving the way for generations of women to follow in their footsteps.
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 Catharine Arnold - Bedlam
Catharine Arnold discusses her new book Bedlam. The book is an informative and entertaining account of how London has treated its mentally ill. From the foundation of Bethlehem hospital in 1247, the establishment which later gave rise to the term 'bedlam'; through the 18th century mad houses and on to present day.
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 Mary Beard - Pompeii
Listen to Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge, Classics editor of the Times Literary Supplement and author of Pompeii. In this interview, Beard discusses her first visit to to the Roman town, modern restoration of the site and more.
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 Matthew Cobb - The Resistance
Matthew Cobb's Resistance is a fascinating and insightful history of the French Resistance to the Nazis during World War II, a topic that has often been overlooked by historians.
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 Roger Crowley - Empires of the Sea
Roger Crowley's new book Empires of the Sea is the follow-up to the critically acclaimed Constantinople and tells the story of the bloody battle for the control of the Mediterranean sea between the Islamic Ottoman Empire and rival Christian forces during the 16th century
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 Colin Brown - Whitehall
In Whitehall, Colin Brown presents a fascinating behind-closed-doors history of Whitehall and the buildings and figures that have shaped British history.
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 Eamon Duffy - Fires of Faith
In his controversial new book Fires of Faith, Eamon Duffy re-examines the reign of Mary Tudor and argues that her attempt to reimpose Catholicism was neither inept nor backward-looking.
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 Margaret MacMillan - The Uses and Abuses of History
Margaret MacMillan, author of The Uses and Abuses of History, explains how history is not always treated with the respect that it deserves and appeals for extra care and respect to be used when we look back through time.
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 Kate Williams - Becoming Queen
Kate Williams talks about her book Becoming Queen and describes the struggles of the British monarchy in the 19th century.
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 Tom Holland - Millennium
Tom Holland discusses his latest book Millennium and looks at significant events that took place in the year 1000.
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 Ruth Richardson - The Making of Mr Gray's Anatomy
Ruth Richardson, author of The Making of Mr Gray's Anatomy, discusses how the most famous medical book in history came to be.
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 Norman Housley - Fighting for the Cross
Norman Housley talks about his book Fighting for the Cross and describes what it was like to take part in the Crusades.
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