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
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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.
Serious history. Serious books.
Hosted by bestselling historian Roger Moorhouse and novelist & critic Antonia Senior, The History Book Buffs helps you discover the best history books — new releases and classic must-reads.
We publish across three strands:
📖 Book Reviews
Deep dives into major historical topics — WW2, the Cold War, Tudor intrigue, empire, revolution and more — with sharp analysis and curated reading recommendations.
⚡ Buffs in Brief
Short, focused episodes on events that happened this day or this week in history .
🎙 Beyond the Book
In-depth Author Interviews.
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Forget the latest releases.
For this special summer edition, The History Book Buffs are joined by Ollie Webb-Carter from the History Book Club to recommend the history books they've returned to again and again—the classics that have earned a permanent place on their bookshelves.
From the Black Sea to Ancient Greece, from the English Civil War to Alexander the Great, from the American Revolution to Flashman, this episode is packed with books that combine outstanding scholarship with brilliant storytelling.
Whether you're reading on a beach, in the garden or on a long train journey, these are the history books we think every history lover should own.
📚 Black Sea – Neil Asherson
📚 Alexander the Great – Robin Lane Fox
📚 God's Fury, England's Fire – Michael Braddick
📚 The March of Folly – Barbara Tuchman
📚 Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War – Robert K. Massie
📚 Flashman and the Redskins – George MacDonald Fraser
📚 Captain Corelli's Mandolin – Louis de Bernières
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