An account of Henry Labouchère that contrasts his unconventional career with the self-interest and hypocrisy he shared with his Victorian contemporaries.
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Naming the Dead: Inspiration from a Family Bible
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Drinking, Typing and Gossiping: US Foreign Correspondents in Europe between the Wars
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Émigré, Photographer, Secret Agent: An Extraordinary Life
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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.’
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.
LBJ’s Flawed Plan
Goeffrey Wawro
The American strategy in Vietnam was destined to failure from the start, so argues the author of a new military history of the war.
The Essex Rebellion: Who Tells the Story?
The 1601 Essex Rebellion through different eyes.
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