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David Olusoga

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.

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Title:: A House Through Time
Written by:: David Olusoga
Read by:: Ben Onwukwe
Format:: Unabridged CD Audio Book
Number of CDs:: 9
Duration:: 10 hours 34 minutes
Published:: July 01 2020
Available Date:: July 01 2020
Age Category:: Adult
ISBN:: 9781529046649
Genres:: Non-fiction; History
Publisher:: Bolinda/Macmillan audio

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In recent years house histories have become the new frontier of popular, participatory history.

In recent years house histories have become the new frontier of popular, participatory history. People who have encountered their ancestors in the archives and uncovered family secrets, are now turning to the secrets contained within the four walls of their homes. In doing so they are finding a direct link to earlier generations. It is ordinary homes, not grand public buildings or the mansions of the rich that have all the best stories. A House Through Time offers readers not only the tools to explore the histories of their own homes, but also a vividly readable history of the British city, the forces of industry, disease, mass transportation, crime and class. Packed with remarkable human stories, it is a phenomenal insight into living history, a history we can see every day on the streets where we live. And it reminds us that it is at home that we are truly ourselves. It is there that the honest face of life can be seen. At home, behind closed doors and drawn curtains, we live out our inner lives and family lives.