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History of Coin Collecting

This is a shortened version of a talk delivered to The Sussex Coin Club, 9.9.21 (formerly Worthing Coin Club) Collecting can be traced...

Towards World War 1: A Short Booklist

The Proud Tower Barbara Tuchman The War That Ended Peace Margaret MacMillan The Sleepwalkers Christopher Clark

Darwin & Freud: A Very Short Booklist

The Voyage of The Beagle Charles Darwin The Origin of Species Charles Darwin Short essay in Sebag Montefiore's Titans of History Guide to Down House National Trust Freud for Beginners Appignanesi & Zarate Freud Anthony Storr

Short list of books for lecture on Democracy

Populism Michael Burleigh How Democracies Die Levitsky & Ziblatt The End of Enlightenment Richard Whatmore Twilight of Democracy Anne Applebaum Frontlash/Backlash Jeffrey Alexander My recommendations, but NB Alexander's book requires careful reading, this is not a light bedtime read. On Weimar, you might like to have details of two new books Vertigo: The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany by Harald Jahner Fateful Hours: The Collapse of The Weimar Republic by Volker Ulric

Two books on Nationalism and Socialism

Nationalism Steven Grosby Socialism Michael Newman I also mentioned in this week's lecture a book on the first Labour Government in Britain in 1924: Wild Men by David Torrance TWO BOOKS REFERRED TO IN NEXT MONDAY'S LECTURE FOR LOCKDOWN The Library Pettegree & der Weduwen The Uses of Literacy Richard Hoggart

More book references: Italy and Germany

The Shortest History of Italy Ross King The Pursuit of Italy David Gilmour Garibaldi: Hero of Italian Unification Christopher Hibbert Cavour Denis Mack Smith The Nation of the Risorgimento Alberto Banti ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The Iron Kingdom Christopher Clark Imperial; Germany 1850-1918 Edgar Feuchtwanger Bismarck Volker Ullrich Bismarck Edgar Feuchtwanger A Scandal in Konigsberg `Christo

A Book Recommendation

You may be interested in this relatively new book on Bismarck and the war with France: Bismarck's War by Rachel Chrastil

Two books : Lockdown 25.9.25 Lecture on 1848

The key text for detailed account of 1848, Year of Revolutions, is Christopher Clark's Revolutionary Spring. A truly magisterial account...

Booklist + Some more general books

FRANCE France John Julius Norwich Napoleon the Great Andrew Roberts EUROPE The Pursuit of Power 1815-1914 Richard J Evans...

Addition to Indian Booklists

We have mentioned in recent weeks the novels of Abir Mukherjee, so here is the current up to date list of his detective novels set in the...

Two Books on Scottish and Irish Migration

Adventurers and Exiles _ The Great Scottish Exodus Marjory Harper A Pocket History of The Irish Famine Fiona Biggs PLUS a book...

Three Books on Forced Migration Stories

I have consulted a number of sources for the lecture, 12th May, but here are three books you might enjoy. The Mammoth Book of Native...

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