Unseen Histories

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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Mummified by Angela Stienne

The stories behind Egyptian mummies in museums

June 8^th, 2022

Mummified investigates matters of life and death, of collecting and viewing, and of interactions - sometimes violent and sometimes emotional - that question the essence of what makes us human.

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Tutankhamun's Trumpet by Toby Wilkinson

The Story of Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects

June 7^th, 2022

On 26 November 1922 Howard Carter first peered into the newly opened tomb of an ancient Egyptian boy-king. When asked if he could see anything, he replied: ‘Yes, yes, wonderful things.’

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The Dangerous Kingdom of Love by Neil Blackmore

Those who understand desire win. And I intend to win.

June 2^nd, 2022

Francis Bacon is an outsider at the court of King James I. When his political enemies form a deadly alliance against him, Bacon has no choice but to fight for his survival.

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Great Hatred by Ronan McGreevy

The Assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson MP

May 26^th, 2022

In 1922, Sir Henry Wilson – the former head of the British army – was killed by IRA members in the most significant political murder to have taken place on British soil for more than a century

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Life and Death on the Eastern Front by Anthony Tucker-Jones and Ian...

Rare Colour Photographs from the Second World War

May 12^th, 2022

Drawing on the PIXPAST Archive's extraordinary collection, these rare images take us behind the lines, of Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union the impact of the harsh Russian winter in vivid detail.

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The Premonitions Bureau by Sam Knight

A journey into the oddest corners of 60s Britain and the outer edges of science and reason

May 11^th, 2022

An enthralling true story, of madness and wonder, science and the supernatural — a journey to the most powerful and unsettling reaches of the human mind.

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The Hated Cage by Nicholas Guyatt

An American Tragedy in Britain's Most Terrifying Prison

May 6^th, 2022

The War of 1812 – the last time Britain and America went to war with each other. British redcoats incarcerate six thousand American sailors in the world’s largest prison: Dartmoor.

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Exiles: Three Island Journeys by William Atkins

A luminous exploration of exile, the people who have experienced it, and the places they inhabit

May 4^th, 2022

This is the story of three unheralded nineteenth-century dissidents, each exiled to a remote island. Each sacrificed freedom and home to larger ideas of freedom and home.

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The Clockwork Girl by Anna Mazzola

A story of obsession, illusion and the price of freedom

April 1^st, 2022

Paris, 1750. In the midst of winter, as birds fall frozen from the sky, Madeleine, a new maid, arrives at the home of a celebrated clockmaker and his clever, unworldly daughter.

Unseen Histories

Mummified by Angela Stienne

The stories behind Egyptian mummies in museums

Tutankhamun's Trumpet by Toby Wilkinson

The Story of Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects

The Dangerous Kingdom of Love by Neil Blackmore

Those who understand desire win. And I intend to win.

Great Hatred by Ronan McGreevy

The Assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson MP

Life and Death on the Eastern Front by Anthony Tucker-Jones and Ian...

Rare Colour Photographs from the Second World War

The Premonitions Bureau by Sam Knight

A journey into the oddest corners of 60s Britain and the outer edges of science and reason

The Hated Cage by Nicholas Guyatt

An American Tragedy in Britain's Most Terrifying Prison

Exiles: Three Island Journeys by William Atkins

A luminous exploration of exile, the people who have experienced it, and the places they inhabit

The Clockwork Girl by Anna Mazzola

A story of obsession, illusion and the price of freedom

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