Unseen Histories - Excerpts

Why are we drawn to the mountains?

George Mallory, one of the central figures in the history of mountaineering, was haunted by this ...

September 6^th, 2024

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The Late Bronze Age Collapse: One of history’s great mysteries ...

In this excerpt from Fall of Civilizations, Paul Cooper confronts one of the great puzzles of anc...

May 3^rd, 2024

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Anna May Wong's Performance of a Lifetime

Read an exclusive extract from Katie Gee Salisbury's new book 'Not Your China Doll'

April 22^nd, 2024

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Excerpt: Battle of Barnet – The Wars of the Roses: The Medieval Art of...

The artist Graham Turner casts an eye back to 1471 and one of the decisive moments of the Wars of...

March 19^th, 2024

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Excerpt: Psychonauts: Drugs and the Makings of the Modern Mind

Mike Jay on Sherlock Holmes and the detective's changing relationship with cocaine

March 13^th, 2024

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From the Boy Who Never Grew Up to the Woman Who Lived with the Dead

An exclusive extract from'Rites of Passage: Death & Mourning in Victorian London' by Judith Flanders

March 1^st, 2024

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Excerpt: A Thousand Golden Cities

‘Description of Kabul’ from Bāburnāma by Bābur

December 14^th, 2023

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Why did Joseph Stalin decide to invade Finland in 1939?

The Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland began in late 1939. For Stalin, as Kimmo Rent...

November 30^th, 2023

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Excerpt: The Race to the Future

Kassia St Clair on the adventure that accelerated the twentieth century

November 21^st, 2023

In Excerpts

Excerpts

Why are we drawn to the mountains?

George Mallory, one of the central figures in the history of mountaineering, was haunted by this ...

The Late Bronze Age Collapse: One of history’s great mysteries ...

In this excerpt from Fall of Civilizations, Paul Cooper confronts one of the great puzzles of anc...

Anna May Wong's Performance of a Lifetime

Read an exclusive extract from Katie Gee Salisbury's new book 'Not Your China Doll'

Excerpt: Battle of Barnet – The Wars of the Roses: The Medieval Art of...

The artist Graham Turner casts an eye back to 1471 and one of the decisive moments of the Wars of...

Excerpt: Psychonauts: Drugs and the Makings of the Modern Mind

Mike Jay on Sherlock Holmes and the detective's changing relationship with cocaine

From the Boy Who Never Grew Up to the Woman Who Lived with the Dead

An exclusive extract from'Rites of Passage: Death & Mourning in Victorian London' by Judith Flanders

Excerpt: A Thousand Golden Cities

‘Description of Kabul’ from Bāburnāma by Bābur

Why did Joseph Stalin decide to invade Finland in 1939?

The Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland began in late 1939. For Stalin, as Kimmo Rent...

Excerpt: The Race to the Future

Kassia St Clair on the adventure that accelerated the twentieth century

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