Both recommended:

• Albert Hourani, A History of the Arab Peoples

Joost’s list:

• Martin Meredith, The State of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence
• Orlando Figes, A Peoples Tragedy: The Russian Revolution: 1891-1924
• Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything
• Jonathan Fenby, Chiang Kai Shek: Chinas Generalissimo and the Nation He Lost
• Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game
• Anthony Beevor, Stalingrad
• Henry Kamen, Empire: How Spain Became a World Power, 1492-1763
• Simon Sebag Montefiore, Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar
• Thomas Pakenham, The Scramble for Africa

Patrick’s list:

• Barbara Tuchman, The Guns of August & A Distant Mirror
• Simon Schama, Citizens
• Ron Chernows, Biography of Hamilton
• Antonia Frasers, Biography of Mary Queen of Scot
• Niall Ferguson, The Pity of War & The Cash Nexus
• Louis Menand, The Metaphysical Club
• Matther Stewart, The Courtier and the Heretic
• David Fromkin, The War to End All Peace
• David Lewis, The Race to Fashoda
• Riczard Kapuchinski, Imperium
• Runciman, The Fall of Constantinople
• Robert Man, Genghis Khan: Life, Death, Resurrection
• Roy Jenkins, Churchill
• Richard Winston, Charlemagne
• John Keegan, A History of Warfare
• Don Cook, Charles De Gaulle
• Ian Buruma, Inventing Japan
• Anthony Gottlieb, The Dream of Reason
• Thomas Cahill, How the Irish Saved Civilization

Now I just have to find the time to read…

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