History Reading List
KS3
Colin Shepard: Peace and War: Discovering the Past for Y9: Pupils' Book -
KS3 History Study Guide: The Study Guide - CGP Books
Alan Large : Re-discovering Medieval Realms: Britain 1066-1500: Students' Book
KS4 – OCR GCSE Modern World History Year 11 Exams June 2017
Ben Walsh: Modern World History
Ben Walsh: Revision Guide for OCR History B Modern World History –
Access to History: The USA and the Cold War 1945-63
Access to History: The USA and Vietnam 1945-75
Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965 (with documentary on youtube)
KS4 - Edexcel GCSE History (9-1) Year 11 Exams June 2018 onwards 2016
Course Books (provided)
Steve Waugh & John Wright: Hodder GCSE History for Edexcel: Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941-91
John Child: Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939
Trevor Sharkey & Victoria Payne : Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History, Crime and Punishment Through Time, C1000-Present Student Book
Georgina Blair: Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History Early Elizabethan England, 1558-1588 Student Book
Extended Reading/Revision:
Alec Fisher and Ed Podesta: Hodder GCSE History for Edexcel: Crime and punishment through time, c1000-present29 Jul 2016
John Wright, Steve Waugh: Hodder GCSE History for Edexcel: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-39
Barbara Mervyn: Hodder GCSE History for Edexcel: Early Elizabethan England, 1558-88
Christopher Catherwood & Nigel Kelly: Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History Superpower Relations and the Cold War, 1941-91: Student Book
KS5 – OCR A Level History
Course books: (provided)
· Mike Wells: OCR A Level History: Britain 1930-1997
· Andrew Holland: OCR A Historical Themes: Russia and Its Rulers 1855-1964
· Dylan Rees: France in Revolution 1774-1815
· Dylan Rees: Napoleon, France and Europe
Highly recommended:
· Andrew Marr: A History of Modern Britain
· Mike Wells: OCR A Level History A: Russia and its Rulers 1855-1964
· Dave Martin: The French Revolution (Enquiring History Series)
Further Reading
· Michael Lynch: Britain 1945-2007
· Geoff Stewart: Edexcel GCE History AS Unit 2 E1 British Political History 1945-90 Consensus and Conflict
· Chris Rowe: The Making of Modern Britain 1951-2007
· Anthony Seldon: Britain under Thatcher
· Eric Evans: Thatcher and Thatcherism
· Mike Wells: OCR A Level History A: Russia and its Rulers 1855-1964
· Andrew Holland: My Revision Notes: OCR A: Russia and Its Rulers
· Chris Corin: Russia under Tsarism and Communism 1881-1953
· Derrick Murphy: Russia 1855-1964
· Philip Ingram: Napoleon and Europe
· Sally Waller: France in Revolution 1776-1830
· Robert Asprey: The Rise and Fall of Napoleon
· Dave Martin: The French Revolution (Enquiring History Series)
Extended Reading and Research for Margaret Thatcher coursework in reference section of library.
Baker, Kenneth.The Turbulent Years: My Life in Politics. London: Faber and Faber, 1993.
Benn, Tony, and Ruth Winstone.The End of an Era: Diaries, 1980-90. London: Hutchinson, 1992.
Blair, Tony.A Journey: My Political Life. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Callaghan, James.Time and Chance. London: Collins, 1987.
Carrington, Peter Alexander Rupert Carington.Reflect on Things Past: The Memoirs of Lord Carrington. London: Collins, 1988.
Clark, Alan, and Ion Trewin.Alan Clarke: A Life in His Own Words: The Edited Diaries 1972-1999. London: Phoenix, 2009.
Gilmour, Ian.Dancing with Dogma: Britain under Thatcherism. London: Simon & Schuster, 1992.
Golding, John.Hammer of the Left: The Battle for the Soul of the Labour Party. London: Biteback Publishing, 2016.
Healey, Denis.The Time of My Life. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1990.
Heseltine, Michael.Life in the Jungle: My Autobiography. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2000.
Howe, Geoffrey.Conflict of Loyalty. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994.
Ingham, Bernard.Kill the Messenger. London: Fontana, 1991.
Jenkins, Roy.A Life at the Center: Memoirs of a Radical Reformer. New York: Random House, 1991.
Lawson, Nigel.The View from Number 11: Memoirs of a Tory Radical. Bantam Press, 1992.
Prior, Jim.A Balance of Power. London: H. Hamilton, 1986.
Pym, Francis.The Politics of Consent. London: H. Hamilton, 1984.
Ridley, Nicholas.My Style of Government: The Thatcher Years. London: Hutchinson, 1991.
Tebbit, Norman.Upwardly Mobile. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1988.
Thatcher, Margaret.The Downing Street Years. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 1993.
Walker, Peter.Staying Power: An Autobiography. London: Bloomsbury, 1991.
Whitelaw, William Stephen Ian Whitelaw.The Whitelaw Memoirs. London: Aurum, 1989.