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Study History at Cambridge?

Here is a list of works that King's College Cambridge recommends new students in history to read prior to beginning their studies at Cambridge. I have divided up the list in two parts. This first part includes in this order (1) works of general interest, (2) classical narrative histories, (3) studies of particular societies and epochs, and (4) novels.
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The Historian's Craft (Marc Bloch)
The Historian's Craft
1
Marc Bloch
The Idea of History (R. G. Collingwood)
The Idea of History
2
R. G. Collingwood
Madness and Civilization (Michel Foucault)
Madness and Civilization
3
Michel Foucault
ART AND ILLUSION by Ernest H. Gombrich
ART AND ILLUSION by Ernest H. Gombrich
4
Clifford Geertz - The Interpretation of Culture
Clifford Geertz - The Interpretation of Culture
5
The Passions and the Interests: Arguments for Capitalism Before Its Triumph (Albert O. Hirschmann)
The Passions and the Interests: Arguments for Capitalism Before Its Triumph
6
Albert O. Hirschmann
THE FACE OF BATTLE by John Keegan
THE FACE OF BATTLE by John Keegan
7
Marxism: An Historical and Critical Study (George Lichtheim)
Marxism: An Historical and Critical Study
8
George Lichtheim
The Great Chain of Being (Arthur O. Lovejoy)
The Great Chain of Being
9
Arthur O. Lovejoy
A Short History of Ethics (Alasdair Macintyre)
A Short History of Ethics
10
Alasdair Macintyre
Imagined Communities (Benedict Anderson)
Imagined Communities
11
Benedict Anderson
Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
12
Gender and the Politics of History (Joan Scott)
Gender and the Politics of History
13
Joan Scott
Meaning and Context: Quenton Skinner and His Critics (James Tully (Red.))
Meaning and Context: Quenton Skinner and His Critics
14
James Tully (Red.)
Philosophy of History: An Introduction (W. H. Walsh)
Philosophy of History: An Introduction
15
W. H. Walsh
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (Max Weber)
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
16
Max Weber
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Edward Gibbon)
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
17
Edward Gibbon
The History of Rome (Livy)
The History of Rome
18
Livy
The History of England (Abridged) (Lord Macaulay)
The History of England (Abridged)
19
Lord Macaulay
Tacitus Annals
Tacitus Annals
20
Thucydides -- The History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides -- The History of the Peloponnesian War
21
History of the Russian Revolution (Leon Trotsky)
History of the Russian Revolution
22
Leon Trotsky
Christianity in the West, 1400 - 1700 (John Bossy)
Christianity in the West, 1400 - 1700
23
John Bossy
The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II (Fernand Braudel)
The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II
24
Fernand Braudel
Society and Culture in Early Modern France (Natalie Z Davis)
Society and Culture in Early Modern France
25
Natalie Z Davis
Roll Jordan Roll (Eugene Genovese)
Roll Jordan Roll
26
Eugene Genovese
The Cheese & the Worms (Carlo Ginzburg)
The Cheese & the Worms
27
Carlo Ginzburg
Primitive Rebels (Eric Hobsbawm)
Primitive Rebels
28
Eric Hobsbawm
China: An Interpretive History (J. R. Levenson and F. Schurmann)
China: An Interpretive History
29
J. R. Levenson and F. Schurmann
The Reformation: A History (Diarmaid MacCulloch)
The Reformation: A History
30
Diarmaid MacCulloch
Religion and the Decline of Magic (Keith Thomas)
Religion and the Decline of Magic
31
Keith Thomas
Whigs and Hunters (E.P. Thompson)
Whigs and Hunters
32
E.P. Thompson
Zapata and the Mexican Revolution (John Womack)
Zapata and the Mexican Revolution
33
John Womack
The Men Who Ruled India (Philip Woodruff)
The Men Who Ruled India
34
Philip Woodruff
Lost Illusions (Honoré De Balzac)
Lost Illusions
35
Honoré De Balzac
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes) (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
36
Miguel De Cervantes
Nostromo
Nostromo
37
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
38
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
39
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
40
George Eliot
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