An extract from Churchill’s Citadel: Chartwell and the Gatherings Before the Storm by Katherine Carter. The magic of... The post Christmas at Chartwell with Churchill appeared first on Yale University Press London Blog ..read more

For those captivated by the intricate power dynamics and compelling personalities of Wolf Hall, these essential reads delve... The post The History Behind Wolf Hall: A Reading List appeared first on Yale University Press London Blog ..read more

Fear was the unacknowledged spectre haunting the streets of London during the Second World War; fear not only... The post Under Cover of Darkness: An Extract appeared first on Yale University Press London Blog ..read more

Explore a curated list of books on Second World War History, offering critical perspectives on one of the... The post Second World War Reading List appeared first on Yale University Press London Blog ..read more

Born in Germany in 1922, Colin Anson’s (Claus Ascher) childhood was marked by the trials of Nazism. His... The post Why I Became an X Troop Commando appeared first on Yale University Press London Blog ..read more

In his lost memoir, Britain’s first Black Olympic medal winner details his experience of competing in the 1920... The post Harry Edward, Athletics and the Olympics appeared first on Yale University Press London Blog ..read more

For Pride Month 2024 we are sharing a series of extracts from our books which look at the history and experiences of LGBT people in Britain. This extract from Rory Muir’s Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen looks at the experiences of gay men in Regency England. Extract from Chapter 8. Spinsters and Bachelors: The Alternative to Marriage from Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen by Rory Muir Men who wanted to have casual sex with other men had many opportunities to do so in Regency London, either by picking up male prostitutes (who were reputedly often soldiers in the Guards, ea ..read more

If you want to find out more about the real Ton, marriage mart and social world that inspired Netflix’s Bridgerton and Jane Austen’s novels, look no further. Here’s a reading list of Georgian and Regency social history books. Jane Austen’s WardrobeHilary Davidson Acclaimed dress historian and Austen expert Hilary Davidson reveals, for the first time, the wardrobe of one of the world’s most celebrated authors. Drawing on Austen’s 161 known letters, as well as her own surviving garments and accessories, this book assembles examples of the variety of clothes she would have possessed—from gowns ..read more

Nicholas Orme’s A History of England’s Cathedrals is the first history of the life and activities of all English cathedrals, from Birmingham and Bury St Edmunds to Worcester and York Minster. England’s sixty-two Anglican and Catholic cathedrals are some of our most iconic buildings, attracting millions of worshippers and visitors every year. In this exclusive blogpost, Nicholas Orme takes us through a timeline of their foundation and development over the centuries. What attracts us about England’s cathedrals? Partly their rarity: there are only 42 Anglican and 19 Catholic ones compared with th ..read more

Eamon Duffy’s landmark account of the pre-Reformation church in England was first published in 1992. The Stripping of the Altars is a major revisionist account of the pre-Reformation church, which recreates how laypeople in fifteenth-century England experienced religion. Duffy shows that late medieval Catholicism was neither decadent nor decayed, but was a strong and vigorous tradition, and that the Reformation represented a violent rupture from a popular and theologically respectable religious system. In this extract, part of the 50 Years in 50 Books series for our 50th Anniversary, Duffy ..read more