Michael Wood
Michael David Wood, OBE FSA (born 23 July 1948) is an English historian and broadcaster. He has presented numerous well-known television documentary series from the late 1970s to the present day. Wood has also written a number of books on English history, including In Search of the Dark Ages, The Domesday Quest, The Story of England, and In Search of Shakespeare. He was appointed Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester in 2013.
Known for
- In Search of Shakespeare (2003)
- In Search of the Dark Ages (1979)
- In The Footsteps of Alexander the Great (1998)
- In Search of Myths and Heroes (2005)
- The Story of India (2007)
- Conquistadors (2000)
- Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet (2020)
- Christina: A Medieval Life (2008)
- Art of the Western World
- The Great British Story: A People's History (2012)
- Legacy - The Origins of Civilization (1991)
- The Story of China (2016)
- Michael Wood's Story Of England (2010)
- King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons (2013)
- Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman (2015)
- The Home Invaders (2016)
- Michael Wood on Beowulf
- Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor (2017)
- In Search of the Trojan War (1985)
- Gilbert White: the Nature Man (2006)