New History Books for January 2026
From the Footlights to the Baltic, the Declaration of Independence to Suleiman the Magnificent
Archive
Demosthenes the Defender of Democracy
James Romm looks back at the story of the famous Athenian orator Demosthenes – a man who gave everything to defend democracy.
Reasons to Live – A Reconciliation with Mahmoud Darwish
Mai Serhan reflects on an encounter with the great Palestinian poet
Our Favourite History Books of 2025
From earthquakes to aeroplanes, Picasso to Thomas More, here are ten of our favourite history books, published over the past year
Meeting the Mavericks with Nick Higham
Nick Higham tells us about his vibrant cast of British servicemen who fought to save Baku from the Turks in 1918
What the Genoese Could Have Told the Dutch
Nicholas Walton finds similarities in the histories of the Genoese and the Dutch
New History Books for November 2025
From the North Sea to Mexico, fossil hunting to the Soviet Union
Exploring the Dark Underbelly of Georgian Britain
From Jane Austen to Mary Wollstonecrat, Katharine Quarmby writes about the pleasures and pains of the late Georgian Era
You Are Elizabeth Bennet with Emma Campbell Webster
The author Emma Campbell Webster invites you to step into a Jane Austen novel
Meet me at the Cemetery Gates
Little spaces, profound stories. Roger Luckhurst tells us about London's hidden cemeteries
