Books by Geoffrey Plank
“It’s the way in which he’s managed to integrate themes across the book with a constant progress through the centuries that is really clever. It’s compellingly written, it’s clearly written. And that’s not always the case with books covering such a wide area.” Read more...
The Best History Books: The 2021 Wolfson Prize Shortlist
Diarmaid MacCulloch, Theologians & Historians of Religion
Interviews where books by Geoffrey Plank were recommended
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Survivors: Children’s Lives after the Holocaust
by Rebecca Clifford -
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Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture
by Sudhir Hazareesingh -
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Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe
by Judith Herrin -
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Double Lives: A History of Working Motherhood
by Helen McCarthy -
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Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge
by Richard Ovenden -
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Atlantic Wars: From the Fifteenth Century to the Age of Revolution
by Geoffrey Plank
The Best History Books: The 2021 Wolfson Prize Shortlist, recommended by Diarmaid MacCulloch
The Best History Books: The 2021 Wolfson Prize Shortlist, recommended by Diarmaid MacCulloch
Every year the Wolfson History Prize seeks out books that combine careful research with good writing, aimed at the general reader. Here, Diarmaid MacCulloch, historian and chair of the judges, talks us through the outstanding history books that made the 2021 shortlist, and why, in his view, they’re all must-reads.
