The Late Bronze Age Collapse
Paul Cooper confronts one of the great puzzles of ancient history
Bookshelf
Welcome to the Unseen Histories bookshelf. Here you can read excerpts from new history books as well as browsing our archive of previews. These, published monthly, showcase the boldest and best new history writing across all eras of the past.
Before the Tourists: The Unseen History of the Venice Ghetto
Harry Freedman on a 'dark and unhappy' chapter in Venetian history
Anna May Wong's Performance of a Lifetime
Katie Gee Salisbury takes us to London in 1928, as Anna May Wong prepared to give the performance of her life
From the Boy Who Never Grew Up to the Woman Who Lived with the Dead
Judith Flanders turns her attention on the Victorians' peculiar obsession with dying
A Thousand Golden Cities
Justin Marozzi introduces us to a ‘Description of Kabul’ from the Bāburnāma, the memoirs of 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 Rentola explains, it turned out to be a strategic blunder