William Tyler
Sep 10, 20214 min read
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...
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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...
1913 Charles Emmerson Irish History for Dummies Mike Cronin For other books used in preparation for talk please see earlier booklist
The Proud Tower Barbara Tuchman The War That Ended Peace Margaret MacMillan The Sleepwalkers Christopher Clark
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
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
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
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
Nineteenth Century Britain Harvie & Matthew Victorious Century David Cannadine Revolting Terry Deary And separately,...
You may be interested in this relatively new book on Bismarck and the war with France: Bismarck's War by Rachel Chrastil
The key text for detailed account of 1848, Year of Revolutions, is Christopher Clark's Revolutionary Spring. A truly magisterial account...
Forgotten Continent Michael Reid Americanos John Chasteen Small Earthquakes (British in South America) Shafik Meghji
FRANCE France John Julius Norwich Napoleon the Great Andrew Roberts EUROPE The Pursuit of Power 1815-1914 Richard J Evans...
India after Gandhi Ramachandra Guha Prisoners of Geography Tim Marshall The World in Conflict Tim Marshall...
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...
Crisis of The Raj (Indian Mutiny) Wayne Broehl Empire Jeremy Paxman A Cultural History of The British Empire John...
THE HONOURABLE COMPANY JOHN KEAY RAJ LAWRENCE JAMES EMPIRE NIALL FERGUSON THE BRITISH IN INDIA DAVID GILMOUR
This Land of Promise (refugees & Exiles in Britain) Matthew Lockwood International Migration Khalil Koser The...
Adventurers and Exiles _ The Great Scottish Exodus Marjory Harper A Pocket History of The Irish Famine Fiona Biggs PLUS a book...
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...
The Myth of The Andalusian Paradise Dario Fernandez-Morena The Moors David Nicolle The Ottoman Empire 1326-1699 Stephen...