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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Unseen Histories

The Ruin of All Witches by Malcolm Gaskill

Life and Death in the New World

December 16^th, 2021

Read an abridged excerpt from Malcolm Gaskill's telling of a New England folktale of witch-hunting, when English settlers' dreams of love and liberty gave way to paranoia and terror, enmity and rage.

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The Battle of Fredericksburg: Storming Marye's Heights

Saturday, December 13th, 1862

December 13^th, 2021

On December 13th, 1862, one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War was fought on the slopes of Marye’s Heights. Unseen Histories presents eye-witness accounts of the battle.

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The Battle of Fredericksburg: Crossing the Rappahannock

Thursday, December 11th, 1862

December 11^th, 2021

Union Major General Burnside's failed invasion of the city of Fredericksburg began on December 11th, 1862. Unseen Histories presents eye-witness accounts of the first day of the battle.

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Samuel Pepys and the Strange Wrecking of the Gloucester by Nigel Pickford

A True Restoration Tragedy

December 10^th, 2021

An excerpt from Nigel Pickford's fascinating account from 1682 of a ship carrying the future King James II returned from exile which sank off the coast of Norfolk.

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Amsterdam Slum, 1899

by C.J. Schmidt, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

November 23^rd, 2021

A rare photograph from 1899 shows four women inhabiting the slums of Amsterdam.

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Egyptian Mythology by Garry J. Shaw

A Traveller's Guide from Aswan to Alexandra

November 19^th, 2021

Join Egyptologist Garry J. Shaw on a tour up the Nile, through a beautiful and fascinating landscape populated with a rich mythology.

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Parliament Square, 1918

by the American Red Cross, London, United Kingdom

November 11^th, 2021

Recovering American soldiers tour London shortly after the end of the Great War.

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Fabric by Victoria Finlay

The Hidden History of the Material World

November 10^th, 2021

In this abridged excerpt from Fabric, bestselling author Victoria Finlay spins us around the globe, weaving stories of our own relationship with cloth.

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