Books by David Woodman
The First King of England: Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom
by David Woodman
The First King of England, by Cambridge historian David Woodman, tells the story of Æthelstan, grandson of Alfred the Great, who unified the kingdoms that make up today's England after defeating the Viking kingdom of York in 927. There's not much of a contemporary narrative source about Æthelstan's life, so this book is a careful piecing together of other sources and evidence, making for a really interesting read about late 9th-, early 10th-century Britain.
Interviews where books by David Woodman were recommended
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King of Kings: The Fall of the Shah, the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the Unmaking of the Modern Middle East
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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
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The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of the Modern World
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The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb
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The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life
by Sophia Rosenfeld
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.
