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Historia giveaway: Lionheart by Ben Kane

23 May 2020 By Editor

Historia’s giveaway for May 2020 is ten copies of Lionheart by Ben Kane, his new retelling of the story of Richard I, published on 28 May, 2020. Entries open at 9am on 23 May and close at 11.59pm on 1 June. Ten different entrants will each receive one copy. Follow the instructions below to enter.  You’ve got […]

We’re Hiring!

13 July 2018 By Editor

Are you passionate about history and historical writing? Are you looking for experience in publishing and journalism, or an editorial role?

History by the River May 2017

30 April 2017 By Editor

A New Series of Events in West London We’ve been working on something rather special for lovers of history and literature in London. William Ryan, one of the talents behind the highly successful First Monday Crime Series, along with Antonia Senior, Imogen Robertson and Anna Mazzola have been carefully researching venues and badgering best-selling authors […]

January Giveaway!

19 January 2017 By Editor

Win a copy of Corpus, the new novel from bestselling author Rory Clements! 1936. Europe is in turmoil. The Nazis have marched into the Rhineland. In Russia, Stalin has unleashed his Great Terror. Spain has erupted in civil war. Set against the drumbeat of war and moving from Berlin to Cambridge, from Whitehall to the […]

Fountains Abbey Crowned HWA Winner

9 June 2016 By Editor

Yorkshire’s Fountains Abbey has topped a survey to discover the most inspiring National Trust

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