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\u2022 <\/span>BOOKS & PODCASTS<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n
THIS MONTH\u2019S BEST HISTORICAL READS AND LISTENS<\/span><\/h5>\n\n
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BOOK OF THE MONTH <\/h5>\n\n

Tudor Children <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

By Nicholas Orme <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Yale University Press, \u00a320, hardback, 288 pages <\/p>\n\n

Don\u2019t know your nine men\u2019s morris from your blind man\u2019s buff? Learning about such games, and the ways in which young people spent their leisure time, are just some of the joys of this wide-ranging exploration of childhood in Tudor England. From infancy to adolescence, Nicholas Orme guides us through playtime and mealtimes, the schoolyard and the world of work. It\u2019s not all fun and games: there are hardships and dangers here, but they\u2019re easily matched by love and affection, songs and laughter. <\/p>\n\n

LISTEN<\/h5>\n\n

Nicholas Orme will be discussing Tudor Children <\/em>on a future episode of the HistoryExtra <\/em>podcast: historyextra.com\/podcast<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n

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Great and Horrible News: Murder and Mayhem in Early Modern Britain <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

By Blessin Adams <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

William Collins, \u00a318.99, hardback, 304 pages <\/p>\n\n

This look at the 17th-century obsession with crime and carnage takes its title from the phrase emblazoned on the pamphlets that breathlessly relayed the titillating details of the latest grisly death. Its author, Blessin Adams, is a former police officer turned academic, and she brings a meticulous eye and deep empathy to tales of people coming face to face with extreme and upsetting situations. Together, these case studies offer a compelling picture of the laws, morals and values of Britain four centuries ago. <\/p>\n\n

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Pathogenesis: How Germs Made History <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

By Jonathan Kennedy <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Torva, \u00a325, hardback, 384 pages <\/p>\n\n

As we know only too well from recent experience, germs have the power to upend to an extent hugely disproportionate to their tiny size. Yet, this book argues, microbes have actually shaped the course of human development far more than we give them credit for. Ranging from our species\u2019 earliest days to the birth of Britain\u2019s welfare state via the fall of Rome, the Black Death and the Industrial Revolution, this is big-picture history that aims to make us think anew about the forces behind historical change. <\/p>\n\n

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Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949\u20131990 <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

By Katja Hoyer <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Allen Lane, \u00a325, hardback, 496 pages <\/p>\n\n

The darker aspects of life in East Germany \u2013 the economic hardships, the political repression, the systemic state surveillance \u2013 were so significant that they have, understandably, come to dominate our view of the nation in the decades since its demise. While not diminishing these important threads, Katja Hoyer\u2019s extensively researched account skilfully weaves them into a broader, brighter tapestry, one that also features richer cultural, political and social elements than we sometimes realise. <\/p>\n\n

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The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of US History <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n

By Ned Blackhawk <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Yale University Press, \u00a325, hardback, 576 pages <\/p>\n\n

The experiences of Native American people have, when included in historical accounts at all, tended to be viewed solely through the prisms of victimhood and violence. Leading scholar Ned Blackhawk fits those aspects of the story into a wider whole, making the United States\u2019 diverse Indigenous populations the protagonists. In doing so, he reveals the ways in which they drove the currents of both US history and the nation\u2019s place in the world. <\/p>\n\n

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FICTION <\/h6>\n\n

Sparrow <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

By James Hynes <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Picador, \u00a316.99, hardback, 464 pages <\/p>\n\n

Transporting readers to the very edge of a crumbling Roman empire, James Hynes\u2019 novel charts the life of Sparrow, a young boy being brought up by the women of the town\u2019s brothel. As he grows to understand more about his world \u2013 the sex, the slavery, the cruelty \u2013 his place within it begins to change forever. Dealing with themes that some readers may find difficult, and by turns brutal and tender, this is vivid, atmospheric stuff. <\/p>\n\n

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WHAT TO LISTEN TO… <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Each month we bring you three of our favourite podcasts from the BBC and HistoryExtra<\/em> <\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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History\u2019s Greatest Cities<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

bit.ly\/CitiesPod120<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indulge your historical wanderlust \u2013 if only virtually \u2013 with this new HistoryExtra <\/em>podcast series that roams through some of Europe\u2019s greatest metropolises. Each episode sees travel journalist Paul Bloomfield joined by an expert historian guide as they navigate the streets and sites of cities including Berlin, Madrid, Rome and Prague. It\u2019s a great way of crossing continents and centuries \u2013 without paying the airfare. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lady Killers <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

bit.ly\/LucyPod120<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Historian and broadcaster Dr Lucy Worsley returns with a second run of her podcast series re-examining historical crimes perpetrated by women. Joined by a host of legal experts, psychologists and comedians, along with historical consultant Professor Rosalind Crone, Worsley sets out to view these cases afresh \u2013 and reveal the circumstances that led such women to commit acts that scandalised society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The real Dick Whittington<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

bit.ly\/WhittingtonPod120<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We may now know Dick Whittington through his pantomime incarnation as poor boy turned London mayor, but the yarn does have roots in reality. Those roots may sometimes be on the sketchy side \u2013 Dick\u2019s faithful companion Thomas quickly turns out to be a strictly fictional feline, for instance \u2013 but the real Richard\u2019s exploits, and the reasons they\u2019ve had such staying power, are fascinating in their own right. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n

ROBERT SHIRET X1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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