The Past, Fully Present.Welcome to Unseen Histories, a place where you can find out about the very best new history books, read author interviews and long-form pieces by the world’s leading historians. Our aim, as our name suggests, is to present history in an original, provoking and beautiful way. All our written pieces are accompanied by high quality visual material.
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From Paris to India, King Richard II to the Commonwealth of England
November 29th, 2024
Our favourite history books, published in 2024.
Brendan McNally describes the strange sequence of events that took a girl from Chicago to Nazi Be...
November 20th, 2024
Writer Brendan McNally evokes the forgotten story of Martha Dodd, the vivacious Soviet spy.
Japan in the Age of the Shoguns was a dynamic place, full of colour, energy and movement. Here Le...
October 1st, 2024
The shoguns sought to subdue their subjects by curtailing their movements, as Lesley Downer explains.
Dr Nicola Presley traces the hope and despair of William Golding's novel back to the years of war
November 14th, 2024
The Nobel Prize winning author, William Golding, responded powerfully to his experiences in World War Two.
From South America to Castile, Handel to Wallis Simpson
November 1st, 2024
Our picks of a range of vibrant new history books that will be released over the month ahead.
Historian Kathleen DuVal is awarded one of the most prestigious history prizes
October 31st, 2024
Professor Kathleen DuVal is presented with the Cundill Prize for her book Native Nations.
165 years ago, in 1859, hundreds of people were lost in a disastrous shipwreck
October 25th, 2024
We look back at the loss of the Royal Charter steam clipper in October 1859
Helen Crisp and Jules Stewart take us back to a revolutionary moment in European history
October 24th, 2024
Authors Helen Crisp and Jules Stewart explain the revolutionary significance of the 1812 Constitution of Cádiz.
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The Past, Fully Present.Welcome to Unseen Histories, a place where you can find out about the very best new history books, read author interviews and long-form pieces by the world’s leading historians. Our aim, as our name suggests, is to present history in an original, provoking and beautiful way. All our written pieces are accompanied by high quality visual material.