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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Entertaining America: The Federal Theatre Project

The origins of today's Culture Wars can be found in the 1930s, argues James Shapiro

June 13^th, 2024

We speak to the award winning literary scholar about his new study of 1930s America, The Playbook.

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In Interviews

D-Day: Nineteen Forty-Four

Nineteen historians tell the story of Operation Overlord, or D-Day, in forty-four images

June 6^th, 2024

For the 80th anniversary of D-Day, we have asked nineteen expert historians to tell the story of Operation Overlord through forty-four specially selected images.

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In Features

New History Books for June 2024

From King James I to New Deal America, invisible ink to London pubs

June 3^rd, 2024

Our picks of a range of vibrant new history books that will be released over the month ahead.

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In Features

Mill District, Pittsburgh, by Jack Delano (1941)

We search for the source of this classic image by one of twentieth century's great documentary ph...

December 2^nd, 2024

A look back at one of Jack Delano's classic photographs of Pittsburgh.

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In Snapshot

Magnificent Power: the monuments of Ancient Rome

Paul Roberts tells us all about his revealing new history of the Eternal City

May 31^st, 2024

This new history of Ancient Rome focusses on its building and monumnets.

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In Interviews

The most famous actress in the Georgian world

On her retirement the television producer Jo Willett set out to write a biography of Sarah Siddons

May 30^th, 2024

In her day Sarah Siddons was a star who outshone all others.

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Double Crossing Hitler

Taylor Downing on the campaign of deception and disinformation that preceded D-Day in 1944

May 23^rd, 2024

As D-Day approached in 1944, the subterfuge increased. The historian Taylor Downing tells us about 'the army that never was'.

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Welcome to the Migrants' Supper Club

A visit to her ancestral home in Samarkand inspired Or Rosenboim to establish a dining club on he...

May 22^nd, 2024

Or Rosenboim on the genesis of the Migrants' Supper Club.

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Is the British Museum Haunted?

Writer Noah Angell on the ghosts of the British Museum

May 20^th, 2024

Writer Noah Angell explains the unseen and unsettling history of the British Museum in London.

Unseen Histories

Entertaining America: The Federal Theatre Project

The origins of today's Culture Wars can be found in the 1930s, argues James Shapiro

D-Day: Nineteen Forty-Four

Nineteen historians tell the story of Operation Overlord, or D-Day, in forty-four images

New History Books for June 2024

From King James I to New Deal America, invisible ink to London pubs

Mill District, Pittsburgh, by Jack Delano (1941)

We search for the source of this classic image by one of twentieth century's great documentary ph...

Magnificent Power: the monuments of Ancient Rome

Paul Roberts tells us all about his revealing new history of the Eternal City

The most famous actress in the Georgian world

On her retirement the television producer Jo Willett set out to write a biography of Sarah Siddons

Double Crossing Hitler

Taylor Downing on the campaign of deception and disinformation that preceded D-Day in 1944

Welcome to the Migrants' Supper Club

A visit to her ancestral home in Samarkand inspired Or Rosenboim to establish a dining club on he...

Is the British Museum Haunted?

Writer Noah Angell on the ghosts of the British Museum

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