
Two Houses, Two Kingdoms by Catherine Hanley: an extract
Two Houses, Two Kingdoms is an exhilarating, accessible chronicle of the ruling families of France and England, showing…
Two Houses, Two Kingdoms is an exhilarating, accessible chronicle of the ruling families of France and England, showing…
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the esteemed Wolfson History Prize, we are taking a trip down…
Ronald Hutton, author of Pagan Britain and The Witch, returns with Queens of the Wild, a history of…
Today, economic sanctions are generally regarded as an alternative to war. But for most people in the interwar…
To mark the occasion of World Whale Day we have made a chapter from Chris Armstrong’s new book,…
In this extract from his book, In Pursuit of Civility, Keith Thomas looks at manners, civility and codes…
This extract from Frank McLynn’s, Captain Cook: Master of the Seas, describes what happened in October 1777 when,…
In this extract from Going to Church in Medieval England, author Nicholas Orme discusses the customs, feasts and…
Geoffrey Parker outlines his book, Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century, and explores…
Thomas Piketty argues that the time has come to support an inclusive and expansive conception of socialism as…
In recent years, it has been impossible to ignore the resurgence of xenophobia. Issues like the European migrant…
The Aeneid tells the story of the foundation of Rome by colonists from the East, refugees from the city of…
Parish churches were at the heart of English religious and social life in the Middle Ages and the…
Written by Serhiy Zhadan, widely considered to be one of the most important young writers in Ukraine, The…
We are delighted by the news that Can Xue’s I Live in the Slums, translated by Karen Gernant…