Our pick of new history books for Summer 2026. From the Battle of Hastings to Napoleon III, Anne Boleyn to Mussolini.

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Historian Edward Shawcross tells the barely believable tale of Ferdinand Maximilian who ruled Mexico in the mid-19th century. Friday, 20 June 2025, 6.15 - 7 pm. Free.

Historian Edward Shawcross tells the barely believable tale of Ferdinand Maximilian who ruled Mexico in the mid-19th century. Friday, 20 June 2025, 6.15 - 7 pm. Free.

Historian Edward Shawcross tells the barely believable tale of Ferdinand Maximilian who ruled Mexico in the mid-19th century. Friday, 20 June 2025, 6.15 - 7 pm. Free.

Arian Verheij: vertaler, redacteur, webmaster en docent Hebreeuws, vertaalt literaire non-fictie, schreef een grammatica van het Bijbels Hebreeuws

An exhibition of works by the 19th-century artist shows his role in creating a sense of Mexican identity – revealing that he was more polymath than painter