An accessible history of Oxford from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day highlighting the city’s significant events and people.
David Meara Book order






- 2024
- 2022
Lavishly illustrated throughout, this book explores some of the best locations the county of Oxfordshire has to offer.
- 2022
A fascinating new lens through which to view the horrifying Burmese campaign of the Second World War, this book looks at the personal cost of the conflict through the objects one British soldier brought home in 1945.
- 2021
A Passion For Places
- 96 pages
- 4 hours of reading
Former Archdeacon of London David Meara explores some of John Betjeman's favourite churches, cathedrals and secular buildings.
- 2019
The Great Scuttle: The End of the German High Seas Fleet
- 96 pages
- 4 hours of reading
Marking the 100th anniversary of the scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow, David Meara draws on archive material - including a previously unpublished first-hand account - to bring the story to life.
- 2018
Anglo-Scottish Sleepers
- 96 pages
- 4 hours of reading
In this book, illustrated throughout, David Meara tells the fascinating story of hundred years of Scottish sleeper services.