History

Reviews of history books.

Book review: ‘Horizon’ by Barry Lopez

Memoir, place and empathy.
Book review: ‘Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere’ by Jan Morris

Place writing at its finest, and most personal.
Book review: ‘The Enlightenment’ by Ritchie Robertson

The pursuit of happiness, 1680–1790.
Book review: ‘Etta Lemon’ by Tessa Boase

The woman who saved the birds.
Book review: ‘Unofficial Britain’ by Gareth E. Rees

Journeys through unexpected places.
Book review: ‘Thames Mudlarking’ by Jason Sandy & Nick Stevens

Searching for London’s Lost Treasures.
Book review: ‘Gone’ by Michael Blencowe

A search for what remains of the world’s extinct creatures.
Book review: ‘The Sea View Has Me Again’ by Patrick Wright

Uwe Johnson in Sheerness (1974–1984).
Book review: ‘Empire Antarctica’ by Gavin Francis

Ice, silence and emperor penguins.
Book review: ‘Tamed’ by Alice Roberts

Ten species that changed our world.
Book review: ‘Mountains of the Mind’ by Robert Macfarlane

A history of a fascination.
Book review: ‘Ghosts on the Shore’ by Paul Scraton

Travels along Germany’s Baltic coast.