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Glasgow West End

History Book Group 1

Status:Active, open to new members
Coordinator:
When: Monthly on Monday mornings
Venue: The Three Craws

History Book Group 1

This group is dedicated to reading non-fiction history books. We meet monthly on Monday mornings. On this webpage you'll find book covers and reviews of some of the books we've read over recent months. We're currently having to operate a waiting list as we're full. If you'd like to put your name on that list, please contact us.

Our next reads are:

12 October - ‘Ghosts of Spain’, by Giles Tremlett

9 November - ‘The Finest Hotel in Kabul’, by Lyse Doucet

14 December – ‘Stuffed: A Political History of What We Eat and Why It Matters’, by Pen Vogler

11 January 2027 – ‘Domination: The Fall of the Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity’ by Alice Roberts

8 February – ‘Legenda: The Real Women Behind the Myths That Shaped Europe’ by Janina Ramirez

8 March – ‘Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West’, by Tom Holland

12 April – ‘How to Kill a Witch: A Guide for the Patriarchy’ by Claire Mitchell, Zoe Venditozzi

10 May – ‘The Swerve: How the Renaissance Began’ by Stephen Greenblatt

14 June ‘The Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse’ by Frances Welch

12 July – ‘Polar War: Submarines, Spies and the Struggle for Power in a Melting Arctic’, by Kenneth R. Rosen

9 August – ‘Shattered Lands’, by Sam Dalrymple (History of five partitions and modern Asia)

13 September – ‘Conan Doyle for the Defence’, by Margalit Fox

11 October – ‘The Psychology of Money’, by Morgan Housel

8 November – ‘Farewell to Russia’, by Joe Luc Barnes

13 December – ‘Agent Zigzag’, by Ben Macintyre

Links

Africa is not a Country
Aftermath
Ancestors
Around the World in 80 Trains
Bill Bryson
Darien
Dominion
Empireland
Erebus
Ethel Rosenberg
Etta Lemon
Making of the Modern Middle East
The Anarchy
The Dictionary People
The Human Tide
The Romanovs

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