Bestselling author and award-winning film-maker Phil Craig explains why he felt compelled to tackle the historical forces at play in his new globe-crossing examination of the final year of World War Two.
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Cicero: The Name of Eloquence
It is in the law courts where we can find much of the great oratory of Cicero, as the author of a new biography shows.
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Who Will Rescue Us?
The story of the Jewish children who fled to France and America during the Holocaust
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The Holy Lance of Antioch
Adam Staten reveals how the search for the Holy Lance shaped the siege of Antioch and divided the First Crusade’s leaders.
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What is the Blood Price?
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Alexander the Great in the Dock
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Hadrian’s Wall: Strategic Masterpiece or Monumental Folly?
Was Hadrian's Wall built to keep out barbarians, or rather to demonstrate the power of Rome?
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Unionism & The Treaty
Ulster leader James Craig thought he had beaten Lloyd George during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations.
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War, Empire and the Struggle for a New World
Bestselling author and award-winning film-maker Phil Craig explains why he felt compelled to tackle the historical forces at play in his new globe-crossing examination of the final year of World War Two.
Cicero: The Name of Eloquence
Josiah Osgood
It is in the law courts where we can find much of the great oratory of Cicero, as the author of a new biography shows.
Who Will Rescue Us?
Laura Hobson Faure
The story of the Jewish children who fled to France and America during the Holocaust
The Holy Lance of Antioch
Adam Staten reveals how the search for the Holy Lance shaped the siege of Antioch and divided the First Crusade’s leaders.
Epic tales: the surprising search for identity and origins in Virgil and Dante
Rhiannon Garth Jones
Epic tales reframe the past, revealing how communities forge identity through shared myth.
Last Train to Freedom
From Kaunas to Kobe: The Epic Journey of WW2 Refugees via the Trans-Siberian Railway
‘Educating the Natives’
John Sayles
In his latest novel, the American writer and film director John Sayles examines the treatment of the Native Americans in the late 19th, and early 20th centuries, as young Indians were ‘civilised.’
The Last VC
Oliver Webb-Carter
Edward Charlton, Irish Guards, won the last Victoria Cross of the European theatre on 21 April 1945.
Forgotten History
Michael Admiraal
Michael Admiraal reflects on wartime atrocities and technological advancement during a visit to Peenemünde.
The Francisca
Paul Bernardi, author of the Rebellion trilogy explores the history of the francisca throwing axe and its role in his ongoing series.
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