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History

Meet the controversial and influential Erasmus Darwin and take a tour of the late eighteenth century English Enlightenment with prize-winning Patricia Fara as your guide. Discover the story of Udo Klausa and the events in a small town near Auschwitz that helped the murderous plans of the Nazi elite succeed. Find out who or what was responsible for the catastrophic burning of Parliament in 1834. This page brings you the widest range of accessible history books from the sharpest minds.

Read blog articles on a range of history topics and watch videos of OUP authors such as Caroline Shenton and Mary Fulbrook discuss their work.

Browse some of the best history books available including bestsellers by Peter Longerich on Heinrich Himmler and Jonathan Steinberg on Bismarck.

Features...

The Classic Horror Stories
Roger Luckhurst discusses H. P. Lovecraft's influence on Western cinema, television and literature.
From The New Statesman
Read a review of Stalin's Curse: Battling for Communism in War and Cold War by Robert Gellately in The New Statesman.
The Elightenment
Read the first chapter of Anthony Pagen's The Enlightenment: And Why it Still Matters.
America Bewitched
Watch a video where author Owen Davies talks about the impact of the Salem witch trials in 1962.
The Castrato and His Wife
Helen Berry writes for the OUPblog about Grayson Perry's recently completed six tapestries entitiled The Vanity of Small Differences.
Flower of Empire
What were the first reactions to Robert Schomburgk's sketches of the Victoria Regia waterlily? Author Tatiana Holway discusses the atmosphere in London following the discovery.
The Water Babies
Who was Charles Kingsley? On the 150th anniversary of The Water Babies, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst discuss the eccentricities of the author.
The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon
Read a review of Stephanie Dalley's The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon in the Daily Mail.

History Clips...

Gill Bennett gives an insight into British foreign policy.

Gordon Campbell, on the cultural decline of hermits, and the arrival of garden gnomes.

OUPBlog articles from the sharpest minds...

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Articles archive on the OUPblog

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