
Civil Wars by David Armitage – An Extract
For much of recorded history, the most frequent, horrific, destructive and yet strangely overshadowed form of collective human…
For much of recorded history, the most frequent, horrific, destructive and yet strangely overshadowed form of collective human…
Steve Pincus’ latest book, The Heart of the Declaration, offers a new perspective on the influences that shaped the…
Harry Kelsey’s new book The First Circumnavigators contains fascinating stories of treachery, greed, murder, desertion and disaster, but also shows…
Sleep—or the lack of it—is important to everyone. Yet its history has barely been told. Sasha Handley, author…
by Malcolm Vale, author of Henry V: The Conscience of a King – ‘By the kyng. Trusty and…
In an article to mark 800 years since Louis VIII was proclaimed king of England – on 2…
The Secret Poisoner: A Century of Murder by Linda Stratmann – a BBC Radio 2 Book Club choice –…
The Secret Poisoner: A Century of Murder by Linda Stratmann – a BBC Radio 2 Book Club choice –…
Linda Stratmann‘s latest book – and BBC Radio 2 Book Club’s recent choice – The Secret Poisoner: A Century…
‘Edwards has comprehensively defeated a persistent and painful historical myth and replaced it with something more complicated, more…
Stephanie Barczewski’s new book Heroic Failure and the British, offers a fresh way of thinking about the continuing…
Understanding the development of religion in the Anglo-Saxon world is pivotal to understanding the rest of this ancient…
‘How did the British achieve this victory? Statistics can often illustrate the decline of one side as against…
‘He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam’d,…
‘He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam’d,…