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Hosted by Ian Pegg · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 23 episodes
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The Authors of History Podcast talks to authors of history books from around the world and across history. Celebrating them as authors, talking to them about their inspiration to write and the subjects they write about. Their writing process and challenges they face, new books they have coming up and gets them to recommend a author or history book we all should read. Supporting independent books shops Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ian Pegg hosts Authors of History Podcast, a history show with 23 episodes published.
On this episode of the Authors of History Podcast I am joined by award winning historian and author Helen Castor. Helen Castor is a historian of the later middle ages and sixteenth century. She studied for her BA and PhD
On this episode of the Authors of History Podacast I am joined by Wolfson History Prize nominated historian and author Sara Lodge. Sara is Professor of nineteenth-century literature and culture at the University of St An
On this very special episode of the Authors of History Podcast I talk to the newly announced winner of the 2025 Wolfson History Book Prize, author and historian Hannah Durkin. Hannah is a researcher in nineteenth- and tw
On this episode of the Authors of History podcast I am joined by Author, Historian and Podcaster Jane Gulliford Lowes. Jane is a writer, a historian, and podcaster from the northeast of England. She has been obsessed wit
Roger Moorhouse is a historian and author whose latest book WOLFPACK: Inside Hitler's U-Boat War is published on 9th October 2025 by William Collins Publishers. Roger Moorhouse specialises in Nazi Germany, Poland and Wor
On this episode of the Authors of History Podcast I am joined by author, historian, battlefield guide and charity ambassador Ben Mayne. Bens books "Wagons Roll : A Memoir of the East Riding Yeomanry - Alan King" was publ
On this episdoe of the Authors of History Podcast I am joined by historian and author Lindsay Powell. I talk to him about his journey into history, writing about the Romans and lessons learned in his research and also me
On this episode of the Authors of History Podcast, I talk to American author and historian Kathryn J Atwood about writing non-fiction for young adults and self publishing her first novel. Kathryn has written multiple you
Phil Craig is a best selling author and multiple-award-winning film-maker, producer and TV network executive. A former RAF cadet pilot, Phil studied history at Cambridge University, was a BBC graduate trainee and built h
Dr Elizabeth Norton is a London-based historian specialising in the queens of England and the Tudor period. She has a double first class degree from the University of Cambridge, a Masters degree from the University of Ox
My guest on this episode of the Authors of History Podcast is Author, Historian, Television Historian,fFounder of the Great War Group and childrens author Alexandra Churchill. Alex takes us through her history journey fr
On this episode of the Authors of History Podcast I am joined by Daily Telegraph journalist and historian Tim Wigmore. Tim Wigmore is the author of Crickonomics- a Waterstones sports book of the Year-and 
On this episode of the Authors of History Podcast I talk to author and historian Prit Buttar. Prit Buttar studied medicine at Oxford and London before joining the British Army as a doctor. After leaving the army, h
On this episode of Authors of History I talk to the brilliant TV and Radio Historian and author Dr Victoria Taylor about her journey into history and writing. What facinates her about aviation and her new book. Dr Victor
On this spisode of the Authors of History Podcast, I talk to experienced author Andrew Rawson who takes us through his many journeys to publishing history books from his early experiences to his up coming book. He talks
Séan F. Scullion is a bi-lingual Spanish-English speaker and is currently serving as an officer in the British Army in the Royal Engineers. Brought up in Spain during the later stages of the Franco Regime and its transit
On this episode of the Authors of History Podcast I am joined by the author and historian Lucy Jane Santos Lucy Jane Santos is a freelance historian and consultant, specialising in the late 19th and early 20th
On this episode of The Author of History Podcast I am joined by eminent Historian and author Dr Helen Fry. Helen has authored and edited over 25 books covering the social history of the Second World War, including Britis
On this episode of Authors of History Podcast I am joined by historian and author Dr Sarah Louise Miller. I talk to her about her journey into history and becoming an author. She recommends an local Independant Books sho
On this episode of the Authors of History Podcast I am joined by historian, author, and public relations professional Andrew Chatterton. He released his first book 'Britain's Secret Defense Civilian Saboteurs, Spies and
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Authors of History Podcast is hosted by Ian Pegg. The show is categorised under history (arts) and has published 23 episodes.
Authors of History Podcast has published 23 episodes.
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