{"id":44788,"count":32,"description":"We have a wide range of interviews recommending books covering the social and political history of Britain. On the political side, Andrew Hindmoor, professor of politics and international relations at the University of Sheffield discusses modern British history<\/a>. The biographer, Anthony Seldon, talks us through the best books on British prime ministers<\/a>\u00a0and the journalist Daniel Finkelstein looks at\u00a0British Conservatism<\/a>. Professor David Cannadine, editor of the\u00a0 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, chooses the\u00a0best books on the British Empire<\/a>, explaining how it got started and why it fell apart. Expert recommended books on King Charles III<\/a>.\r\n\r\nLooking slightly further back in British history, Professor Murray Pittock discusses\u00a0books on Jacobitism<\/a>, Thomas Penn takes a look at\u00a0Henry VII<\/a>\u00a0and Helen Hackett at his granddaughter\u00a0Elizabeth I<\/a>. The historian Helen Castor considers\u00a0queens and power<\/a>.\u00a0 Professor John Morrill takes on\u00a0Oliver Cromwell<\/a>.\r\n\r\nOn the social and cultural side of British life, historian and novelist Ian Mortimer chooses his\u00a0best books on life in the Tudor era<\/a>\u00a0and journalist and author Judith Flanders looks at\u00a0life in the Victorian age<\/a>.\u00a0 The writer Juliet Gardiner tells us what she likes about\u00a01930s Britain<\/a>\u00a0and the historian David Kynaston considers the\u00a0social history of post-war Britain<\/a>.\u00a0 The political scientist, David Runciman, chooses books on\u00a0London Olympic history<\/a>\u00a0and author Jonathan Keates reflects on some\u00a0great British letter writers<\/a>.","link":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/category\/history-books\/british-history\/","name":"British History","slug":"british-history","taxonomy":"category","parent":83,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/44788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/83"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=44788"},{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book?categories=44788"},{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/books_like_this?categories=44788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}