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Features
I first encountered Harry Sidebottom two summers ago, at the Kelmarsh Festival of History, where he he had been talking about Rome to an enthralled audience of enthusiasts. He was as charming and erudite then as he is now, and it was with great pleasure…
- Toby’s Room and the art of explication
- Walter Scott Prize 2013: Using the Language of the Dead.
- Erika Robuck on her new release Call me Zelda, as Gatsby opens in Cannes
- Kate Braithwaite talks to Caroline Leavitt about cold hands, Communism and a new use for social media
- Deborah Swift talks Home Front Girls with Rosie Goodwin, the new Catherine Cookson
HNS Guide: The Philosophical Historical Novel
Philosophers of the past so aroused the societies they lived in that they were often persecuted, executed, or hired to teach scions of the ruling class. Socrates drank hemlock. Cicero was declared Rome’s enemy and murdered. Aristotle taught Alexander the Great. Some fine historical novels…
The Society
What is the HNS?
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Announcements
- Meet the Historians 2 – Bristol’s Maritime History
- Looking for a new UK Membership secretary
- Edward Rutherfurd’s new book Paris: ‘as grand and engrossing’ as the city itself.
- Roman Empire: Power and People
- £25,000 Walter Scott prize shortlist announced
- Historical Association announces the Young Quills Shortlist
- HNS International Award Winner 2012/13 Announced
- Helping with the website
Conferences
5th North American Conference
Jun 21st - Jun 23rd, 2013
2012 London Conference
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