Dr. Violet Moller is a freelance historian and author whose work focuses on the history of ideas and how knowledge has been transmitted through the centuries. She also hosts the history podcast "Travels Through Time."Moller started her career as a journalist, covering theatre, art, books, going out, music and culture in general. Her work has appeared in The Face, Arena, The Scotsman, Metro Scotland, and The List. She then worked as an editor and translator in Denmark. Her fist book, "The Curious World of Dickens," was published in 2012. Her most recent book, "The Map of Knowledge," was published in 2019 and received the RSL Jerwood Prize for Non-fiction.Moller received her M.A. in Classics and Medieval History and her Ph.D. in Intellectual History from Edinburgh University.