Books by Carole Hillenbrand
Carole Hillenbrand is Professor Emerita of Islamic History at the University of Edinburgh and Professorial Fellow of Islamic History at the University of St Andrews. In 2005 she was awarded the King Faisal Prize for Islamic Studies, the first non-Muslim to be awarded this prize.
“It’s a classic. It covers the whole period of the struggle. It shows how the Muslims saw ‘the Franks’, and all the religious and ethnic stereotypes that were being bandied about during this long period of cultural interaction.” Read more...
The best books on The Crusades
Guy Perry, Historian
Interviews with Carole Hillenbrand
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The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars and Caliphs
by Marc David Baer -
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The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World
by Malcolm Gaskill -
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Devil-Land: England Under Siege, 1588-1688
by Clare Jackson -
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Going to Church in Medieval England
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God: An Anatomy
by Francesca Stavrakopoulou -
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Fallen Idols: Twelve Statues That Made History
by Alex von Tunzelmann
The Best History Books: the 2022 Wolfson Prize Shortlist, recommended by Carole Hillenbrand
The Best History Books: the 2022 Wolfson Prize Shortlist, recommended by Carole Hillenbrand
Every year the Wolfson History Prize celebrates books that combine meticulous and original research with great writing, accessible to the general reader. Here, one of the 2022 judges, the eminent Islamic scholar Carole Hillenbrand, guides us through the shortlist to explain why each book is a must-read.
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Out of China: How the Chinese Ended the Era of Western Domination
by Robert Bickers -
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The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister’s Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
by Lindsey Fitzharris -
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A Deadly Legacy: German Jews and the Great War
by Tim Grady -
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Black Tudors: The Untold Story
by Miranda Kaufmann -
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Heretics and Believers: A History of the English Reformation
by Peter Marshall -
6
Heligoland: Britain, Germany, and the Struggle for the North Sea
by Jan Rüger
The Best History Books: the 2018 Wolfson Prize shortlist, recommended by Carole Hillenbrand
The Best History Books: the 2018 Wolfson Prize shortlist, recommended by Carole Hillenbrand
Which were the best history books published this past year? Each year, the UK’s Wolfson Prize tries to sort through the hundreds of history books that are published to find outstanding books that are both important and readable. Wolfson Prize judge Carole Hillenbrand introduces the six books that made 2018 shortlist.
Interviews where books by Carole Hillenbrand were recommended
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God’s War
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The Making of Europe: Conquest, Colonization and Cultural Change, 950-1350
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The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives
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Chronicles of the Crusades
by Geoffroy de Villehardouin and Jean de Joinville, edited by Caroline Smith -
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Seven Myths of the Crusades
edited by Alfred J. Andrea and Andrew Holt
The best books on The Crusades, recommended by Guy Perry
The best books on The Crusades, recommended by Guy Perry
Once seen as a great romantic adventure, the Crusades tend to be viewed now as an early venture in Western imperialism. But, as the Oxford historian Guy Perry explains, there is nothing so simple about them. He chooses five books that get to the complex truth of the Crusades as historical phenomena.
