Unseen Histories

The Past, Fully Present.

Welcome to Unseen Histories, a place where you can find out about the very best new history books, read author interviews and long-form pieces by the world’s leading historians. Our aim, as our name suggests, is to present history in an original, provoking and beautiful way. All our written pieces are accompanied by high quality visual material.

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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

Paul Cooper tells the story of a mysterious societal collapse in ancient times.

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New History Books for May 2024

From D-Day to the Georgian theatre, Joseph Stalin to Sappho

May 2^nd, 2024

Our picks of a range of vibrant new history books that will be released over the month ahead.

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Interview: England Arising (1199 - 1399)

The medieval historians Caroline Burt and Richard Partington tell us about a decisive two centuri...

April 25^th, 2024

England in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries was a tumultuous place but, as we find out, it was developing fast.

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In Interviews

Before the Tourists: The Unseen History of the Venice Ghetto

Harry Freedman on a 'dark and unhappy' chapter in Venetian history.

April 23^rd, 2024

The first Jewish ghetto was established in Venice in the early 1500s.

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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

In the summer of 1928, the Hollywood star Anna May Wong reached new heights in her glittering career.

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In Excerpts

New History Books for April

From King John to the Red Devils, Hollywood to Captain Cook

April 1^st, 2024

Our picks of a range of vibrant new history books that will be released over the month ahead.

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In Features

Herbert Ponting's Photographs of Antarctica in Colour

Colourised and remastered images from Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition

March 29^th, 2024

Herbert Ponting's photographs of Antarctica have been treasured for a century. Here you can see a selection of them in colour for the very first time.

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Walking the Streets of London in the 1660s

The author of the novel 'All the Colours You Cannot Name', Joad R. Wren, explains how he found in...

March 22^nd, 2024

Joad R. Wren explains how studying old maps can help a writer to evoke the past.

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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

See a richly evoked portrayal of one of great battles of the Wars of the Roses

Unseen Histories

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...

New History Books for May 2024

From D-Day to the Georgian theatre, Joseph Stalin to Sappho

Interview: England Arising (1199 - 1399)

The medieval historians Caroline Burt and Richard Partington tell us about a decisive two centuri...

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

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

New History Books for April

From King John to the Red Devils, Hollywood to Captain Cook

Herbert Ponting's Photographs of Antarctica in Colour

Colourised and remastered images from Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition

Walking the Streets of London in the 1660s

The author of the novel 'All the Colours You Cannot Name', Joad R. Wren, explains how he found in...

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...

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