Books
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Timewatching
Timewatch is the BBC's flagship history programme. Find out more about the series.
If you're interested in learning more about the subjects covered in Timewatch, here's a selection of books for you to take your interest further.
The Heritage Crusade and the Spoils of History, David Lowenthal, Cambridge University Press 1999
The Nature of History, by Arthur Marwick, published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2001
The Practice of History, by Geoffrey Elton, published by Blackwell, 2001
What is History? by E. H. Carr, published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2001
What is History Now? by David Cannadine, published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2004
If you're interested in finding out more about history relating to our earlier programmes, we've a selection of suggested further reading material for you
Burial Practices in Roman Britain: A survey of grave treatment and furnishing, AD43-410 by R.Philpott, British Archaeological Report 219, published by Oxford, 1991. ISBN 0860547256
Civilains On Rome's Northern Frontier by Robin Birley, published by The Roman Army Museum.
Crime and Detection(Eyewitness Guides) by Brian Lane, Dorling Kindersley, 1998, ISBN 0751361232
Death and Burial in the Roman World by J.M.C.Toynbee, reprinted by John Hopkins University Press in 1996. ISBN 0801855071
Experiencing Rome: culture, identity and power in the Roman Empire by J.Huskingson (ed), published by London, Open Univeristy and Routledge, 2000. ISBN 0415212847
Garrison Life at Vindolanda - A Band of Brothers by Anthony R Birley, published by Tempus Publication.
Hadrian's Wall by David J.Breeze and Brian Dobson, published by Gardner's Books, 2000
Hadrian's Wall by Guy de la Bedoyere, published by Temus Publishing Ltd, 1998
Hadrian's Wall from the Air by Barry Jones and David Wolliscroft, published by Tempus Publishing Ltd, 2001
Historians on History by John Tosh, Longman, ISBN: 0582357950
The Best of Hadrian's Wall by Robin Birley, published by the Roman Army Museum.
The Nature of History, by Arthur Marwick, 3rd Edition, published by Macmillan. ISBN: 0333432355
The Origins of the First World War , Controversies and Consensus, by Annika Mombauer, published by Longman, 2002. ISBN: 0582418720
The African Emporor: Septimius Severus by A.R.Birley, published by Batsford, 1998 London. ISBN 0713456949
Total War and Social Change by A. Marwick (ed.), published by Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1988 ISBN: 0333455916
Something to Write Home About: Letters and Memories of a Wartime Soldier by P.Steggall, Ipswich, 1997. ISBN: 0953133508
Studying History, by Jeremy Black and Donald M. MacRaild,2nd. Edition, Palgrave Study Guides, ISBN: 0-333-80183-0.
Vindolanda Extraordinary records of daily life on the Northern Frontier by Robin Birley, published by the Roman Army Museum.
Volcanoes and the environment, by GRJ Ernst and J. Marti; (eds.), published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005.
Volcanic degassing, by C. Oppenheimer, D.M.Pyle, and J Barclay, (eds), published by the Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 213, 2003.
Volcanism and the Earth’s Atmosphere, by A.Robock, and C. Oppenheimer, (eds.), published by AGU Geophysical Monograph 139, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 2004.
What Is History? by E.H. Carr, Penguin
The Pursuit of History: Aims, Methods and New Directions in the Study of Modern History, by John Tosh, 3rd. Edition
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