Life and Death
Sean Lusk's spellbinding tale of one young man’s quest for the truth in the 18th century
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.
The Mummy as Medicine, the Mummy in Medicine
Angela Stienne on the stories behind Egyptian mummies in museums
On the Subject of Power and a Porkchop
Neil Blackmore introduces us to Francis Bacon, a politician in the court of King James I
I am an Irishman
Ronan McGreevy on the assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson MP in 1922, triggering the Irish Civil War
The Aberfan Disaster
Sam Knight on the London piano teacher who foretold one of Wales' most horrific industrial disasters
The World’s Biggest Prison in the Middle of Nowhere
Nick Guyatt explores an 19th century tragedy in Britain's most terrifying prison
Ghost Mountain
William Atkins explores the banishment of the Zulu prince, Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo, to the remote island of St Helena
Sixer for Twenty-seven Years
What happens when an enemy intelligence officer walks through the door?
The Academie
Anna Mazzolla tells a story of obsession, illusion and the price of freedom, inspired by the real-life disappearance of children in pre-revolutionary Paris
The Fact of Who I Was
Drawing on the Secret Intelligence Files on Edith Tudor-Hart, this finely worked, evocative and beautifully tense novel – by the granddaughter of Kim Philby – tells the story of the woman behind the Third Man
The Village of the Damned
Matthew Green revisits the Welsh village of Capel Celyn, and how it ended up beneath 68 million tonnes of water