History Book Club
Welcome to the History Book Club - the club for all lovers of history, presented by writer and historian Oliver Webb-Carter. Oliver interviews authors of the best historical writing, to draw out the stories that you'll be interested in.
Every month will also feature the History Film Club, as historian Roger Moorhouse and director Tim Hewitt join to discuss a historical movie.
Get in touch if you want a particular area of history to be covered, because at the History Book Club, members are the most important people of all.
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36. Alexander the Great with Edmund Richardson
57 min
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Bonus Film Club: The Odyssey (2026)
The Odyssey is the new epic from Christopher Nolan, starring Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson.
65 min
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35. Film Club: Zulu
52 min
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34. Film Club: Zulu Dawn
47 min
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33. Agent Running in the Troubles with John Ware
36 min
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32. Pericles with Paul Cartledge
49 min
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Bonus: Trent Park, House of Secrets with Helen ...
29 min
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31. Homer Haunted & ODYSSEYMANIA with Henry Power
45 min
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30. The Greatest: Favourite Books for Summer wi...
47 min
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29. The SAS & the General: Sir George Lea with ...
After the Second World War the SAS was disbanded, but when a communist insurgency broke out in the British Imperial possession of Malaya, the SAS was reformed. In the years following the Regiment came under the command of an extraordinary soldier, George Lea, veteran of Arnhem and known as the soldier’s General.
40 min
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28. India & the British Empire: 1945 with Phil ...
43 min
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27. The Generals with Iain Dale
40 min
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Bonus: HBC @ Chalke History Festival
40 min
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Bonus: The British Defence Disaster with Robert...
39 min
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26. The Black Death with Thomas Asbridge
40 min
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25. Film Club: Lawrence of Arabia
66 min
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24. The History of English Poetry with Mark For...
40 min
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23. Killing Thatcher with Rory Carroll
At 2.52am on 12 October 1984 Margaret Thatcher returned to her desk from visiting the lavatory of her suite at the Grand Hotel in Brighton.
39 min
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22. Ancient Sparta with Daniel Ogden
42 min
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21. Film Club: The English Patient
61 min
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20. A Walk Around Britain with Harry Bucknall
30 min
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19. Weimar with Katja Hoyer
41 min
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18. Special Forces in WW2 & Lawfare with Damien...
40 min
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17. The JFK Assassination with Martin Fitzgerald
42 min
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16. Britannia Ruled the Waves with Andrew Lambert
51 min