The History Book Buffs
The History Book Buffs
Podcast Description
Welcome to The History Book Buffs. For reviews and chat about history books, fact and fiction, hosted by award-winning historian Roger Moorhouse, and novelist and critic Antonia Senior.
🔎 Discover new and classic titles, with two history-obsessed writers
💬 Join a community of readers who love history as much as you do
Subscribe and turn on notifications to explore the past with us!
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on a wide range of history-related topics, including military conflicts, ethical dilemmas in history, and the interpretation of past events through literature. Specific episodes explore themes such as the American bombing campaign during WWII, discussing books like Rain of Ruin, and cover diverse dimensions of history, such as wartime propaganda and personal narratives.
Welcome to The History Book Buffs. For reviews and chat about history books, fact and fiction, hosted by award-winning historian Roger Moorhouse, and novelist and critic Antonia Senior.
🔎 Discover new and classic titles, with two history-obsessed writers
💬 Join a community of readers who love history as much as you do
Subscribe and turn on notifications to explore the past with us!
Happy New Year from History Book Buffs! After our 21 Days of Christmas Book Gifts, we’re back with a special episode looking ahead to the most exciting history and historical fiction books coming out in 2026.
From Soviet assassins and Baltic crusades to Cromwells, Bolsheviks, Weimar Germany and the Cambridge Five, this episode is packed with bookish fireworks. These are the titles we’re genuinely excited about as historians, writers, reviewers, and unapologetic history obsessives.
📚 Books discussed include:
The Death of Trotsky by Josh Ireland
Rasputin by Antony Beevor
The Black Cross: A History of the Baltic Crusades by Alexander Pluszkowski
The House of Cromwell by Miranda Malins
Red Dawn Over China by Frank Dikötter
White River Crossing by Ian McGuire
Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe by Katja Hoyer
The House of Boleyn by Tracy Borman
Stalin’s Apostles by Antonia Senior (out April 2026)
We talk serious history, brilliant storytelling, fresh angles, and why these books matter now—from espionage and ideology to power, betrayal, and the human cost of history.
If you love:
✔️ narrative history
✔️ Cold War & Soviet history
✔️ Tudor, Civil War & medieval Europe
✔️ historical fiction that actually knows its facts
✔️ smart, opinionated book chat
…this episode is for you.
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👉 Let us know in the comments which 2026 history books you’re most excited about
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