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What is History, Now? by Suzannah Lipscomb, Helen Carr

What is History, Now?

Suzannah Lipscomb, Helen Carr

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0elliemonks's review
nonfiction essays history informative reflective medium-paced
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

The Silence of the Girls

Women of Troy #1

Pat Barker

325 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0elliemonks's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day by Peter Ackroyd

Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day

Peter Ackroyd

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

4.25elliemonks's review
nonfiction history lgbtqia+ informative medium-paced
Black and British: An Illustrated History by Jake Alexander, Melleny Taylor, David Olusoga

Black and British: An Illustrated History

Jake Alexander, Melleny Taylor, David Olusoga

80 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0elliemonks's review
nonfiction challenging informative medium-paced
Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Children of Edward I by Kelcey Wilson-Lee

Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Children of Edward I

Kelcey Wilson-Lee

364 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

3.75elliemonks's review
nonfiction biography history emotional informative slow-paced
Royal Witches: Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England by Gemma Hollman

Royal Witches: Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England

Gemma Hollman

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction historical history emotional informative slow-paced
Misjustice: How British law is Failing Women by Helena Kennedy

Misjustice: How British law is Failing Women

Helena Kennedy

344 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Into the Spotlight by Carrie Hope Fletcher

Into the Spotlight

Carrie Hope Fletcher

256 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction childrens middle grade adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century England by Keith Thomas

Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century England

Keith Thomas

736 pages • first pub 1971 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy religion informative slow-paced
Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers

Whose Body?

Lord Peter Wimsey #1

Dorothy L. Sayers

6 hours, 2 minutes • first pub 1923 (editions)

fiction classics crime mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced