Books by Catherine Fletcher
“Another book that captured my attention was The Roads to Rome by Catherine Fletcher, which looks at the ancient road network across the Roman Empire but also across the centuries since they were built. It’s a travelogue, kind of: you join her going around Rome—including to the Via Appia Antica where, even today, the giant stones continue to give an idea of what parts of this 100,000-kilometer network of roads once looked like—and then out across 14 countries. It’s an account of how the roads captured people’s imagination, from writers like Goethe to dictators like Hitler.” Read more...
Notable Nonfiction Books of Mid-2024
Sophie Roell, Journalist
Interviews where books by Catherine Fletcher were recommended
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The First King of England: Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom
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The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century
by Tim Weiner -
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The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of the Modern World
by Selena Wisnom -
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The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb
by Garrett Graff -
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The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life
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Augustine the African
by Catherine Conybeare
New History Books
New History Books
It’s a golden age for historical writing, as well-researched and sometimes quite specialist books by historians are written in an engaging style for a broad audience. History books out in recent months range from ancient Assyria to the CIA in the 21st century.
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The Cleopatras: The Forgotten Queens of Egypt
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The Roads to Rome: A History of Imperial Expansion
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Spice: The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World
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The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
by Erik Larson -
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Default: The Landmark Court Battle over Argentina's $100 Billion Debt Restructuring
by Gregory Makoff
Notable Nonfiction Books of Mid-2024, recommended by Sophie Roell
Notable Nonfiction Books of Mid-2024, recommended by Sophie Roell
From a dynasty that ruled ancient Egypt to the 1986 space shuttle disaster, from the fight to get rich from spices in the 16th century to making billions from bankrupt countries in the 21st century, Five Books editor Sophie Roell gives an overview of the new nonfiction books that have appeared since April.
