The History Book Buffs
Welcome to The History Book Buffs. For reviews and chat about history books, fact and fiction, hosted by award-winning historian Roger Moorhouse, and novelist and critic Antonia Senior.
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Recent Episodes
Jan. 8, 2026
🎆 The History Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2026 🎆
Happy New Year from History Book Buffs! After our 21 Days of Christmas Book Gifts , we’re back with a special episode looking ahead to the most exciting history and historical fiction books coming out in 2026 . From Soviet as...
Dec. 18, 2025
Brilliant Books for Christmas Stockings PART 2
Welcome back to History Book Buffs for Part 2 of our 21 Days of Christmas Books series — a bumper festive episode packed with brilliant history (and a couple of cracking novels). I’m Antonia Senior — writer and journalist — j...
Dec. 3, 2025
Brilliant Books for Christmas Stockings — Part 1
🎄 21 Days of Christmas Book Gifts – Round-Up of the First 10 Books 🎄 In this special episode, we run through the first ten titles in our 21 Days of Christmas Book Gifts series — a curated collection of the very best in histor...
Nov. 19, 2025
Nuremberg: Day 1...20.11.1945. The Days that Changed the World
Eighty years ago, the world watched as the Nuremberg Trial opened in a ruined German city — the first time leaders of a defeated regime were prosecuted for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes against peace. In thi...
Nov. 5, 2025
The Days that Changed the World: 23 August, 1939. The signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact.
On 23 August 1939, two dictators who despised each other made a decision that reshaped the world. In this episode, we explore the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact — often known as the Nazi-Soviet Pact — and its profound impact on Euro...
Oct. 22, 2025
Inside Operation Biting: The History Book Buffs read Max Hastings.
🔍 Inside Operation Biting: Antonia and Roger review Operation Biting, Max Hastings's account of one of WWII’s Most Daring Raids | Churchill, Radar & Revolution Step into the shadows of World War II as we uncover the high-stak...