A House Through Time

A House Through Time - Paperback

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A House Through Time
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A House Through Time - Paperback

A House Through Time - Paperback

by David Olusoga , Melanie Backe-Hansen
$19.99
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by David Olusoga (Author), Melanie Backe-Hansen (Author)

A tie-in to the acclaimed BBC television series.

Author Biography

David Olusoga is a British-Nigerian historian, broadcaster and BAFTA award-winning presenter and filmmaker. He is Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester and a regular contributor to the Guardian, Observer, New StatesmanandBBC History Magazine. His previous books include Black and British, which won the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize and the Longman-History Today Trustees Award, The Kaiser's Holocaust and The World's War. He was also a contributor to The Oxford Companion to Black British History. In 2019 he was awarded an OBE for services to history and community integration.

Melanie Backe-Hansen is a historian, writer, and speaker, who specializes in researching the social history of houses throughout the United Kingdom. She is the author of two books, House Histories: The Secrets Behind Your Front Door (2011) and Historic Streets and Squares: The Secrets on Your Doorstep (2013), and she was a consultant on the television series of A House Through Time. She is a member of the Royal Historical Society and an honorary teaching fellow at the University of Dundee.
Number of Pages: 336
Dimensions: 0.87 x 7.72 x 5.04 IN
Publication Date: September 02, 2021
ISBN9781529037272
Author David Olusoga , Melanie Backe-Hansen
PublisherPicador USA
GenreHistory and Design
FormatPaperback
PublishedSeptember 2021
LanguageENG- English
Pages336
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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