# books

isbn_10: 1847925499
title: Shadows At Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century
hb_publish_date: 2023-07-13
author: Joya Chatterji
publisher: Bodley Head
isbn_13: 9781847925497
tags:
💰 Economic;🚽 Social;🕯️ Cultural;🏭 Late Modern;🏗️ Contemporary;🍜 Asia;🇧🇩 Bangladesh;🇮🇳 India;🇵🇰 Pakistan;📀 Wolfson prize shortlisted;🥈 Cundhill prize shortlisted


isbn_10: 1639364072
hb_publish_date: 2023-12-05
author: David Head, Timothy Hemmis
publisher: Pegasus Books
isbn_13: 9781639364077
tags: 🇺🇸 USA;👑 Political;⛪ Early Modern;🍔 North America
title:
A Republic of Scoundrels: The Schemers, Intriguers, and Adventurers Who Created a New American Nation


isbn_10: 0691230153
hb_publish_date: 2023-11-14
author: Julie Kalman
publisher: Princeton University Press
isbn_13: 9780691230153
tags: 🇩🇿 Algeria;🍗 Africa;🏭 Late Modern;🚽 Social
title:
The Kings of Algiers: How Two Jewish Families Shaped the Mediterranean World During the Napoleonic Wars and Beyond


isbn_10: 0198881835
title: A Nation Fermented: Beer, Bavaria, and the Making of Modern Germany
hb_publish_date: 2023-10-26
publisher: Oxford University Press
isbn_13: 9780198881834
tags: 🥐 Europe;🏭 Late Modern;🚽 Social;👑 Political;🇩🇪 Germany
author:
Robert Shea Terrell, Robert Shea (Assistant Professor of History Terrell, Assistant Professor of History Syracuse University)


isbn_10: 1408708582
title: One Fine Day: Britain's Empire on the Brink
hb_publish_date: 2023-09-28
author: Matthew Parker
publisher: Abacus
isbn_13: 9781408708583
review_url: https://popularhistorybooks.com/posts/reviews/2024-02-27-review-one-fine-day/
review_stars: 4
tags:
🇬🇧 UK;🏭 Late Modern;🍭 Global;👑 Political;🍤 Australasia;🇰🇮 Kiribati;🇲🇲 Myanmar;🇲🇾 Malaysia;🇮🇳 India;🇯🇲 Jamaica;🇳🇬 Nigeria;🇰🇪 Kenya


isbn_10: 0300257619
title: Traders in Men: Merchants and the Transformation of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
hb_publish_date: 2023-09-26
author: Nicholas Radburn
publisher: Yale University Press
isbn_13: 9780300257618
tags:
⛪ Early Modern;🏭 Late Modern;🥐 Europe;🍔 North America;🍗 Africa;🌽 Central and S America;💰 Economic;📀 Wolfson prize shortlisted


isbn_10: 1639364196
hb_publish_date: 2023-08-26
author: Meredith Francesca Small
publisher: Pegasus Books
isbn_13: 9781639364190
tags: ⛪ Early Modern;🥐 Europe;🕯️ Cultural;🚽 Social
title:
Here Begins the Dark Sea: Venice, a Medieval Monk, and the Creation of the Most Accurate Map in the World


isbn_10: 030020633X
title: The Age of Atlantic Revolution: The Fall and Rise of a Connected World
hb_publish_date: 2023-07-11
author: Patrick Griffin
publisher: Yale University Press
isbn_13: 9780300206333
review_url: https://popularhistorybooks.com/posts/reviews/2023-10-13-review-age-of-atlantic-revolutions/
review_stars: 2
tags:
🏭 Late Modern;🍔 North America;👑 Political;🥐 Europe;🇺🇸 USA;🇫🇷 France;🌽 Central and S America;🇮🇪 Ireland


isbn_10: 0674279395
hb_publish_date: 2023-05-09
author: Ulbe Bosma
publisher: Harvard University Press
isbn_13: 9780674279391
tags: 🍭 Global;⛩️ All periods;🚽 Social
title:
The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment Over 2,000 Years


isbn_10: 1474616909
title: On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
hb_publish_date: 2023-01-19
author: Caroline Dodds Pennock
publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
isbn_13: 9781474616904
tags:
🚽 Social;🏗️ Contemporary;🥐 Europe;⛪ Early Modern;🏭 Late Modern;🍔 North America;🌽 Central and S America


isbn_10: 0197555845
hb_publish_date: 2022-09-15
author: Samuel K Fisher
publisher: Oxford University Press
isbn_13: 978-0197555842
tags: 🇺🇸 USA;👑 Political;🚽 Social;⛪ Early Modern;🍔 North America
review_url: https://popularhistorybooks.com/posts/reviews/2023-02-13-review-the-gaelic-and-indian_origins/
review_stars: 2
title:
The Gaelic and Indian Origins of the American Revolution: Diversity and Empire in the British Atlantic, 1688-1783


isbn_10: 1789146577
hb_publish_date: 2022-09-12
author: Robin Vose
publisher: Reaktion Books
isbn_13: 9781789146578
tags: 🇻🇦 Vatican City;🕯️ Cultural;⛪ Early Modern;🏭 Late Modern;🏗️ Contemporary;🥐 Europe
title:
Index of Prohibited Books: Four Centuries of Struggle Over Word and Image for the Greater Glory of God


isbn_10: 0385543107
hb_publish_date: 2022-05-03
author: Candice Millard
publisher: Doubleday
isbn_13: 9780385543101
tags: 🇪🇬 Egypt;⚔️ Military;🏭 Late Modern;🍗 Africa
title:
River of the Gods: Sir Richard Burton, John Speke, Sidi Mubarak Bombay and the Epic Search for the Source of the Nile


isbn_10: 1529303265
hb_publish_date: 2021-11-11
author: Irving Finkel
publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
isbn_13: 9781529303261
tags: 🚽 Social;🕯️ Cultural;🏛️ Ancient;🍜 Asia
title:
The First Ghosts: A rich history of ancient ghosts and ghost stories from the British Museum curator


isbn_10: 0691225451
hb_publish_date: 2021-11-09
author: Henrietta Harrison
publisher: Princeton University Press
isbn_13: 9780691225456
tags: 🏭 Late Modern;🍜 Asia;👑 Political;🇨🇳 China;🥈 Cundhill prize shortlisted;📀 Wolfson prize shortlisted
title:
The Perils of Interpreting: The Extraordinary Lives of Two Translators Between Qing China and the British Empire


isbn_10: 1541674197
hb_publish_date: 2021-10-19
author: Edward Shawcross
publisher: Basic Books
isbn_13: 9781541674196
tags: 🇲🇽 Mexico;👑 Political;🏭 Late Modern;🌽 Central and S America
title:
The Last Emperor of Mexico: The Dramatic Story of the Habsburg Archduke Who Created a Kingdom in the New World


isbn_10: 1473695708
title: The Ottomans: Sultans, Khans, and Caesars
hb_publish_date: 2021-10-14
author: Marc David Baer
publisher: John Murray
isbn_13: 978-1473695702
tags_bespoke: Ottomans
review_url: https://popularhistorybooks.com/posts/reviews/2022-06-17-review-the_ottomans/
review_stars: 4
tags:
🇹🇷 Turkey;👑 Political;🏰 Middle Ages;⛪ Early Modern;🏭 Late Modern;🥐 Europe;📀 Wolfson prize shortlisted


isbn_10: 1529396425
hb_publish_date: 2021-10-14
author: Peter Stanford
publisher: New International Version
isbn_13: 9781529396423
tags: 🇬🇧 UK;🕯️ Cultural;⛩️ All periods;🥐 Europe
title:
If These Stones Could Talk: The History of Christianity in Britain and Ireland through Twenty Buildings


isbn_10: 024128581X
title: Devil-Land: The English Under Siege, 1588-1688
hb_publish_date: 2021-09-30
author: Clare Jackson
publisher: Allen Lane
isbn_13: 9780241285817
tags:
🇬🇧 UK;🕯️ Cultural;👑 Political;⛪ Early Modern;🥐 Europe;🏆 Wolfson prize winner;📀 Wolfson prize shortlisted


isbn_10: 1908906464
hb_publish_date: 2021-08-12
author: Lynn Innes
publisher: Westbourne Press
isbn_13: 9781908906465
tags: 🇬🇧 UK;🇮🇳 India;🚽 Social;🕯️ Cultural;🏭 Late Modern;🥐 Europe;🍜 Asia
title:
The Last Prince of Bengal: An Indian Family's Journey from Royalty to Obscurity in the Age of Empire


isbn_10: 1786892197
hb_publish_date: 2021-08-05
author: Rebecca Donner
publisher: Canongate Books
isbn_13: 978-1786892195
tags: 🇩🇪 Germany;⚔️ Military;🏗️ Contemporary;🥐 Europe
title:
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler


isbn_10: 1529334012
hb_publish_date: 2021-08-05
author: Helena Merriman
publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
isbn_13: 9781529334012
tags: 🇩🇪 Germany;⚔️ Military;🚽 Social;🏗️ Contemporary;🥐 Europe
title:
Tunnel 29: Love, Espionage and Betrayal: the True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall


isbn_10: 0802149367
hb_publish_date: 2021-08-03
author: Julie Kavanagh
publisher: Black Cat
isbn_13: 9780802149367
tags: 🇬🇧 UK;🇮🇪 Ireland;👑 Political;🚽 Social;🏭 Late Modern;🥐 Europe
title:
The Irish Assassins: Conspiracy, Revenge and the Phoenix Park Murders That Stunned Victorian England


isbn_10: 0691177112
hb_publish_date: 2021-07-06
author: Tonio Andrade
publisher: Princeton University Press
isbn_13: 978-0691177113
tags: 🇨🇳 China;🚽 Social;🕯️ Cultural;🏭 Late Modern;🍜 Asia;🇳🇱 Netherlands
review_url: https://popularhistorybooks.com/2021/07/16/the-last-embassy/
review_stars: 4
title:
The Last Embassy: The Dutch Mission of 1795 and the Forgotten History of Western Encounters with China


isbn_10: 0691161399
title: Central Asia: A New History from the Imperial Conquests to the Present
hb_publish_date: 2021-07-06
author: Adeeb Khalid
publisher: Princeton University Press
tags:
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan;🇹🇯 Tajikistan;🇹🇲 Turkmenistan;🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan;🇰🇿 Kazakhstan;👑 Political;🏭 Late Modern;🏗️ Contemporary;🍜 Asia


isbn_10: 1784742651
hb_publish_date: 2021-04-01
author: Ross King
publisher: Chatto & Windus
tags: 🇮🇹 Italy;🕯️ Cultural;🏰 Middle Ages;🥐 Europe
title:
The Bookseller of Florence: Vespasiano da Bisticci and the Manuscripts that Illuminated the Renaissance


isbn_10: 030021779X
hb_publish_date: 2021-02-09
author: Ray Takeyh
publisher: Yale University Press
tags: 🇮🇷 Iran;👑 Political;🏗️ Contemporary;🍜 Asia
title:
The Last Shah: America, Iran, and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty (Council on Foreign Relations Books)


isbn_10: 0674238214
title: Empire and Righteous Nation: 600 Years of China-Korea Relations
hb_publish_date: 2021-01-29
author: Odd Arne Westad
publisher: Harvard University Press
isbn_13: 978-0674238213
review_url: https://popularhistorybooks.com/2022/01/21/empire-and-righteous-nation/
review_stars: 4
tags:
🇰🇵 North Korea;🇰🇷 South Korea;🇨🇳 China;👑 Political;🕯️ Cultural;🏗️ Contemporary;🏭 Late Modern;⛪ Early Modern;🍜 Asia


isbn_10: 1541618610
title: Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All
hb_publish_date: 2020-09-08
author: Martha S. Jones
publisher: Basic Books
isbn_13: 9781541618619
tags:
🇺🇸 USA;👑 Political;🚽 Social;🏭 Late Modern;🏗️ Contemporary;🍔 North America;🥈 Cundhill prize shortlisted


isbn_10: 0241293812
title: Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture
hb_publish_date: 2020-09-03
author: Sudhir Hazareesingh
publisher: Allen Lane
isbn_13: 978-0241293812
tags:
🇭🇹 Haiti;👑 Political;🚽 Social;🏭 Late Modern;🍔 North America;🏆 Wolfson prize winner;📀 Wolfson prize shortlisted


isbn_10: 1620974592
title: Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast
hb_publish_date: 2020-08-27
author: Marjoleine Kars
publisher: The New Press
isbn_13: 9781620974599
tags:
🇬🇾 Guyana;👑 Political;🚽 Social;⛪ Early Modern;🌽 Central and S America;🥇 Cundhill prize winner;🥈 Cundhill prize shortlisted


isbn_10: 1108490670
hb_publish_date: 2020-07-09
author: Robert Bartlett
publisher: Cambridge University Press
tags: 👑 Political;🏰 Middle Ages;⛪ Early Modern;🥐 Europe
title:
Blood Royal: Dynastic Politics in Medieval Europe (The James Lydon Lectures in Medieval History and Culture)


isbn_10: 0190860456
title: Atlantic Wars: From the Fifteenth Century to the Age of Revolution
hb_publish_date: 2020-06-29
author: Geoffrey Plank
publisher: Oxford University Press
tags:
⚔️ Military;⛪ Early Modern;🏰 Middle Ages;🥐 Europe;🍔 North America;🌽 Central and S America;📀 Wolfson prize shortlisted


isbn_10: 1789291216
hb_publish_date: 2020-06-25
author: Yijie Zhuang
publisher: Michael O'Mara
tags: 🇨🇳 China;🚽 Social;🏛️ Ancient;🍜 Asia
title:
24 Hours in Ancient China: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There (24 Hours in Ancient History)


isbn_10: 1632869241
hb_publish_date: 2020-04-16
author: David J. Silverman
publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
tags: 🇺🇸 USA;👑 Political;⛪ Early Modern;🍔 North America
title:
This Land Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving


isbn_10: 1250114063
hb_publish_date: 2020-04-14
author: Michael Booth
publisher: St. Martin's Press
tags: 🇨🇳 China;🇰🇷 South Korea;🇰🇵 North Korea;🇯🇵 Japan;👑 Political;🏭 Late Modern;🏗️ Contemporary;🍜 Asia
title:
Three Tigers, One Mountain: A Journey Through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan


isbn_10: 0007558376
hb_publish_date: 2020-03-05
author: Paul Preston
publisher: William Collins
tags: 🇪🇸 Spain;👑 Political;🏭 Late Modern;🏗️ Contemporary;🥐 Europe
title:
A People Betrayed: A History of Corruption, Political Incompetence and Social Division in Modern Spain 1874-2018


isbn_10: 069115077X
hb_publish_date: 2020-02-11
author: Ron Harris
publisher: Princeton University Press
tags: 💰 Economic;⛪ Early Modern;🥐 Europe;🍜 Asia
title:
Going the Distance: Eurasian Trade and the Rise of the Business Corporation, 1400-1700: 82 (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World, 82)


isbn_10: 0190673060
title: Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
hb_publish_date: 2020-01-09
author: Camilla Townsend
publisher: Oxford University Press
isbn_13: 978-0190673062
tags_bespoke: Aztecs
review_url: https://popularhistorybooks.com/2021/12/20/fifth-sun/
review_stars: 5
tags:
🇲🇽 Mexico;👑 Political;⛪ Early Modern;🌽 Central and S America;🥇 Cundhill prize winner;🥈 Cundhill prize shortlisted


isbn_10: 1841883735
hb_publish_date: 2019-11-14
author: Roxane Van Iperen
publisher: Seven Dials
tags: 🇩🇪 Germany;🇳🇱 Netherlands;⚔️ Military;🏗️ Contemporary;🥐 Europe
title:
The Sisters of Auschwitz: The true story of two Jewish sisters’ resistance in the heart of Nazi territory


isbn_10: 1408864371
title: The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
hb_publish_date: 2019-09-10
author: William Dalrymple
publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
tags:
🇬🇧 UK;🇮🇳 India;💰 Economic;👑 Political;🏭 Late Modern;⛪ Early Modern;🍜 Asia;🥈 Cundhill prize shortlisted


isbn_10: 1782439765
hb_publish_date: 2019-04-18
author: Philip Matyszak
publisher: Michael O'Mara
tags: 🇬🇷 Greece;🚽 Social;🏛️ Ancient;🥐 Europe
title:
24 Hours in Ancient Athens: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There (24 Hours in Ancient History)


isbn_10: 1846683874
hb_publish_date: 2019-04-18
author: David Potter
publisher: Profile Books
isbn_13: 9781846683879
tags: 🇮🇹 Italy;👑 Political;🏛️ Ancient;🥐 Europe
title:
The Origin of Empire: Rome from the Republic to Hadrian (264 BC - AD 138) (The Profile History of the Ancient World Series)


isbn_10: 1982111399
hb_publish_date: 2019-03-12
author: Edward Wilson-Lee
publisher: Scribner
tags: 🕯️ Cultural;⛪ Early Modern;🥐 Europe
title:
The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library


isbn_10: 0241003172
title: A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution
hb_publish_date: 2019-01-31
author: Toby Green
publisher: Allen Lane
isbn_13: 9780241003176
tags:
💰 Economic;👑 Political;⛪ Early Modern;🏭 Late Modern;🍗 Africa;🥈 Cundhill prize shortlisted;📀 Wolfson prize shortlisted


isbn_10: 1501103903
hb_publish_date: 2019-01-08
author: Eric Rutkow
publisher: Scribner
isbn_13: 9780198752905
tags: 🇺🇸 USA;🚽 Social;🏭 Late Modern;🍔 North America;🌽 Central and S America
title:
The Longest Line on the Map: The United States, the Pan-American Highway, and the Quest to Link the Americas


isbn_10: 0190681241
title: Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice
hb_publish_date: 2018-10-02
author: Mary Fulbrook
publisher: Oxford University Press
isbn_13: 978-0190681241
tags:
🏆 Wolfson prize winner;🏗️ Contemporary;🥐 Europe;🚽 Social;🇩🇪 Germany;🥈 Cundhill prize shortlisted;📀 Wolfson prize shortlisted


isbn_10: 0199999783
hb_publish_date: 2015-08-31
author: Cyprian Broodbank
publisher: Thames & Hudson
isbn_13: 9780500292082
tags: 🏆 Wolfson prize winner;👑 Political;🚽 Social;🏛️ Ancient;🥐 Europe;📀 Wolfson prize shortlisted
title:
The Making of the Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean from the Beginning to the Emergence of the Classical World


