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.

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The Strange Wrecking of the Gloucester

'Ship Detective' Nigel Pickford unravels a naval disaster during the Restoration

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Thebes' West Bank

Garry J. Shaw introduces us to the elaborate temples of the Ancient Egyptians, and their close association with myth and legend

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Silk Town and Beyond

Victoria Finlay reveals the hidden history of the material world

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Nature’s Pencil, the Photograph

Susan Denham Wade charts the evolution of the camera