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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Katharine Quarmby writes about the pleasures and pains of the late Georgian Era
November 6th, 2025
Katharine Quarmby, the author of The Low Road, casts an eye over Georgian England.
The author Emma Campbell Webster invites you to step into a Jane Austen novel
October 23rd, 2025
We speak to the author of You Are Elizabeth Bennet, Emma Campbell Webster, about being a young lady in the late Georgian Age..
Little spaces, profound stories. Roger Luckhurst tells us about London's hidden cemeteries
October 21st, 2025
Roger Luckhurst, the author of the book, Graveyards, takes us back to St Pancras Old Church.
The true story of Vlad Dracula the Impaler
October 15th, 2025
Elizabeth Drayson, author of Crucible of Light, tells us all Vlad the Impaler - a real life Dracula.
David Tuch pinpoints the beginning of the US war on narcoterrorism
October 9th, 2025
David Tuch, author of the book The Wireless Operator, tells us about Operation Stopgap.
From the Caspian Sea to Burma, the Regency to U Boats
October 3rd, 2025
Our picks of a range of vibrant new history books that will be released over the month ahead.
Catherine Hanley considers the legacy of a brilliant leader
October 2nd, 2025
Everyone remembers the Plantagenets, but who knows much of their nemesis, King Philip II of France? Catherine Hanley sets out his achievements.
250 years after she was born, Jane Austen continues to outwit her readers, as John Mullan explains
September 30th, 2025
We speak to the author of What Matters in Jane Austen, John Mullan, about one of England's great novelists.
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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.