Matt Lewis interviews Katherine Rundell about her book Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne, and the life of the surprising poet who is her subject.

The History Hit Miscellany of Facts, Figures and Fascinating Finds is the new book from History Hit. In this live recording from the History Hit Book Club, presenters Matt Lewis and Tristan Hughes dig into their favourite, funniest and most unusual facts that they contributed to the book.

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Matt Lewis and Edward Shawcross, author of The Last Emperor of Mexico, dig into the life and times of Maximilian I of Mexico, the desperate monarchists, French invasion and fraudulent referendum which placed him on the Mexican throne, and the futile war and betrayal which ultimately proved Maximi...

Alex and Suzanne discuss her book, A Woman's Game: The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Women's Football.

This is the astonishing history of women's football: from the game's first appearance in England in the late nineteenth century to the incredible teams that at their height drew 53,000 spectat...

History Hit Book Club is in Conversation with Jim Leary. We discuss his book Footmarks - A Journey into Our Restless Past.

From Neolithic caves to John Travolta's walk in Saturday Night Fever. This talk covers all aspect of archaeology and how history doesn't stand still.

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Matt Lewis is joined by Clare Jackson, author of Devil-Land: England Under Siege, 1588-1688, to explore the turbulent 17th century, a period embracing plots to assassinate the king, civil wars and bookended by two invasions.

Philip Grey was the History Hit Book Club's "In Converation With..." event for May. This is an extra event put on specifically for Book Club members.

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1919. On the desolate battlefields of northe...

Matt Lewis is joined by Malcolm Gaskill, author of The Ruin of All Witches, to discuss the power of belief and fear, creating a compelling microhistory, and how 17th century dreams for the New World crumbled on contact with reality.

Matt Lewis is joined by his Gone Medieval co-host Cat Jarman, author of River Kings: the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads.

Told as a riveting story of the Vikings and the methods we use to understand them, River Kings is a major reassessment of the fierce, often-mythologised voyagers ...

Alex Spencer chats to to Jonathan Darman, the author of 'Becoming FDR
The Personal Crisis that Made a President'

In popular memory, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the quintessential political “natural.” Born in 1882 to a wealthy, influential family and blessed with an abundance of charm and chari...

This is a recording of the live Q&A between Tristan Hughes and Dan Jones where they discuss everything about Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages.

History Hit's Alex Spencer talks to Robin Schaefer on his book Blood, Dust & Snow: Diaries of a Panzer Commander in Germany and on the Eastern Front

This is a recording of the live Q&A between Tristan Hughes and Camilla Townsend where they discuss everything about Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs.

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Alex Spencer and Tristan Hughes discuss Tristan's process of writing The Perdiccas Years: 323-320 BC. This was part of the History Hit Book Club's live event series. To join the book club you can sign up using this link: https://shop.historyhit.com/product/book-club/.

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For June and July, the History Hit Book Club read The White Ship by Charles Spencer. At the end of the second month, History Hit host a live Q&A between one of our presenters and the author.

The History Hit Book Club read for April and May 2022 was Pen Vogler's Scoff: A History of Food and Class in Britain. In this recorded Q&A, History Hit's Alice Loxton talks to Pen to discuss everything about her process in writing the book, as well as her views on food and history.