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Shakespeare's Restless World and A History of the World in 100 Objects

By Neil MacGregor

The bestselling history, archaeology and historical reference books, plus our recommendations in this category.

Guardian branded history books View all >>

Pathways
by Nicholas Rudd-Jones & David Stewart
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True North
by Martin Wainwright
RRP: £8.99
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Women of the Revolution
by Kira Cochrane
RRP: £18.99
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Clue to Our Lives
by Sandy Balfour
RRP: £8.99
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Bluestockings
by Jane Robinson
RRP: £9.99
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Gomorrah
by Roberto Saviano
RRP: £8.99
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Family Britain, 1951-1957
by David Kynaston
RRP: £10.99
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Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire
by Iain Sinclair
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Military history View all >>

Drone Warfare
by Medea Benjamin
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Very British Killing
by A T Williams
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Return of a King
by William Dalrymple
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Birds in a Cage
by Derek Niemann
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British history View all >>

5 Days in May
by Andrew Adonis
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Perilous Question
by Antonia Fraser
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On Glasgow and Edinburgh
by Robert Crawford
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Servants
by Lucy Lethbridge
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World history View all >>

Invention of the Land of Israel
by Shlomo Sand
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1913: The Last Year
by Charles Emmerson
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Fractured Times
by Eric Hobsbawm
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Children of the Days
by Eduardo Galeano
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Archaeology View all >>

Britain Begins
by Barry Cunliffe
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Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon
by Stephanie Dalley
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Medieval Roads and Tracks
by Brian Hindle
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Land
by Jacquetta Hawkes
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Ancient history View all >>

Confronting the Classics
by Mary Beard
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Britain Begins
by Barry Cunliffe
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Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon
by Stephanie Dalley
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Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy
by Michael Baxandall
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American history View all >>

Untold History of the United States
by Oliver Stone
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Girl with No Name
by Marina Chapman
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Last Days of Detroit
by Mark Binelli
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Letter from America
by Alistair Cooke
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European View all >>

Diary of a Man in Despair
by Friedrich Reck
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Confronting the Classics
by Mary Beard
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Sketches of Spain
by Federico Garcia Lorca
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Birds in a Cage
by Derek Niemann
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General/Reference View all >>

Tour De France
by Francoise Laget
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