• The best books on Boudica - Boudica Britannia by Miranda Aldhouse-Green
  • The best books on Boudica - Boudica: Iron Age Warrior Queen by Christina Unwin & Richard Hingley
  • The best books on Boudica - The Annals by Tacitus
  • The best books on Boudica - Resist: Stories of Uprising by Ra Page
  • The best books on Boudica - Dreaming the Eagle by Manda Scott

The best books on Boudica, recommended by Richard Hingley

Boudica was an Iron Age queen who led her people into rebellion against Roman rule in the province of Britannia. She was defeated, but only after she had burned several towns, including London, to the ground. Here Richard Hingley, Professor of Archaeology at Durham University, explains how to sift the truth from the myth, and why Boudica has remained an enduring source of fascination down the centuries.

  • The best books on June 4th - Neither Gods nor Emperors by Craig Calhoun
  • The best books on June 4th - The Pro-Democracy Protests in China: Reports from the Provinces by Jonathan Unger
  • The best books on June 4th - New Ghosts, Old Dreams by Geremie Barme and Linda Jaivin
  • The best books on June 4th - The People's Republic of Amnesia by Louisa Lim
  • The best books on June 4th - The Gate of Heavenly Peace by Carma Hinton

The best books on June 4th, 1989, recommended by Jeffrey Wasserstrom

In contrast to Eastern Europe, the 1989 protests in China did not lead to the overthrow of the Communist Party. But if China’s leaders chose the right course on June 4th, 1989, why are they still frightened to come to terms with it? Sinologist and historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom picks the best books to understand events at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and around China on that hot summer night.

  • The best books on The Troubles - Armed Struggle by Richard English
  • The best books on The Troubles - Lost Lives by David McKittrick
  • The best books on The Troubles - Blood-Dark Track by Joseph O’Neill
  • The best books on The Troubles - Killing Rage by Eamon Collins with Mick McGovern
  • The best books on The Troubles - The Beginning of the End by Walter Ellis

The best books on The Troubles, recommended by Timothy Knatchbull

In August 1979, Timothy Knatchbull and his family went out in a boat off the coast of Ireland. Neither his grandparents or his twin brother would return from the IRA bomb attack that shocked Britain and the world. Here he talks about books that helped him better understand ‘the Troubles,’ and his own book, From a Clear Blue Sky, about his own journey to come to terms with that happened that bank holiday weekend.

  • The best books on Uyghur Nationalism - Inner Asian Frontiers of China by Owen Lattimore
  • The best books on Uyghur Nationalism - Pivot of Asia by Owen Lattimore
  • The best books on Uyghur Nationalism - Return to Kashghar by Gunnar Jarring
  • The best books on Uyghur Nationalism - Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia by Andrew D. Forbes
  • The best books on Uyghur Nationalism - Xinjiang by S Frederick Starr (editor)

The best books on Uyghur Nationalism, recommended by Michael Dillon

It’s hard to understand what’s going on in the Xinjiang region of China and the nationalism of the Uyghurs who live there without reading some history. Here Professor Michael Dillon, a historian at King’s College London, suggests books to read on the Uyghurs, focusing in particular on scholars and diplomats whose work gives insight into the period before the Chinese Communist takeover in 1949.