Historian + Author + Broadcaster
Historian + Author + Broadcaster
From medieval archives to battlefields, archaeological sites and historic landscapes, Sophie Thérèse Ambler explores the past through the evidence it has left behind.
On Screen
Sophie is a historian, author and broadcaster with experience across television and radio. She has contributed to programmes for BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky History, covering subjects from medieval warfare and politics to archaeology and the history of Britain and the Crusades.
History at the Source
History begins with evidence. Sophie returns to the sources — archives, archaeological sites, objects, buildings and landscapes — to investigate the past at first hand. From medieval documents to battlefields and excavations, these traces can reveal stories that cannot be seen from books alone.
Landscapes
From fell tops to roads and battlefields, places are another archive. They reveal the realities of power, war and everyday life, preserving history's layers in what was built, destroyed, abandoned, reused and reconstructed. Following paths and straying from them, Sophie walks and rides in search of traces of the past.