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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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.

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Edith and Kim by Charlotte Philby

To Betray, You Must First Belong

March 30^th, 2022

A poignant and captivating fictional reconstruction of one of the most important relationships of interwar espionage history.

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The Flames by Sophie Haydock

The electrifying historical debut about four muses and the artist who shocked Vienna

March 24^th, 2022

This is the story of four muses, women whose bodies were shown in intimate detail, depicted by the charming yet controversial artist Egon Schiele. But who were they?

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Shadowlands by Matthew Green

A Journey Through Lost Britain

March 22^nd, 2022

Matthew Green tells the extraordinary stories of Britain's lost settlements, the people who lived, dreamed and died there and how their disappearances explain why Britain looks the way it does today.

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The Aerialists by Katie Munnik

A rich historical novel based on the true story of Louisa Maud Evans, a fourteen-year old girl wh...

March 16^th, 2022

A novel based on the true story of Louisa Maud Evans, who tumbled 8,000 feet into the Bristol Channel in 1896.

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Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Hearts by Nadine Akkerman

The Battle of White Mountain and the Courage of a Queen

March 11^th, 2022

In a dazzling new biography of one of history’s most misunderstood queens, Nadine Akkerman presents an altogether different portrayal of the widely misrepresented and underestimated Elizabeth Stuart.

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Iconicon by John Grindrod

A Journey Around the Landmark Buildings of Contemporary Britain

March 3^rd, 2022

John Grindrod takes us on a captivating (and amusing) historical exploration of the great British institution that is the Out of Town Shopping centre.

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Spymaster by Helen Fry

The Man Who Saved MI6

January 25^th, 2022

A true account of Col. Thomas Kendrick's four decade tenure in the shadows of the British Secret Service, Kendrick's intelligence operations shortened the WW2 and saved millions of lives.

Unseen Histories

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

Edith and Kim by Charlotte Philby

To Betray, You Must First Belong

The Flames by Sophie Haydock

The electrifying historical debut about four muses and the artist who shocked Vienna

Shadowlands by Matthew Green

A Journey Through Lost Britain

The Aerialists by Katie Munnik

A rich historical novel based on the true story of Louisa Maud Evans, a fourteen-year old girl wh...

Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Hearts by Nadine Akkerman

The Battle of White Mountain and the Courage of a Queen

Iconicon by John Grindrod

A Journey Around the Landmark Buildings of Contemporary Britain

Spymaster by Helen Fry

The Man Who Saved MI6

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