Today’s new release pick, Alice Loxton’s A History of Britain in 21 Paintings, is doing exactly what it says on the tin – using paintings to highlight key moments in the country’s history – starting with an image brought to this country by St Augustine in the sixth century and going all the way through to L S Lowry. I keep picking up Loxton’s previous book Eleanor in shops but the to-read pile is just too big at the moment -but that’s out in paperback now and is about the route of Eleanor of Castile’s funeral procession which took a 200 mile route to London from Lincoln, with stone memorials marking stops on the way – including one only a couple of miles from my home. I’m expecting this new one to be everywhere this Christmas and although this traditional Christmas posts are coming (once I’ve written them!) this would also be a good Christmas book for the history fan in your life.
I am loving Alice Loxton and Ben Henderson’s “Here for the History” podcast and highly recommend for any history buffs. Looking forward to reading this book!
Oooh. Thank you for the recc. My podcast feed is bursting, but I do love a history podcast – Him Indoors likes them too and so they’re great for holidays when we need stuff we’ll both listen to for the car!