From the Malayan campaign to the tense final days of Japanese rule in Singapore, the career of Lt Col “Fitz” Fitzpatrick, preserved in family papers, brings to light wartime stories of the Indian Army and the final years of the Raj.
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30 Commando and The Wizard War, by Alan Bardos
During the race for wartime technology, Ian Fleming’s 30 Commando led Britain’s hunt for enemy intelligence as the Allied invasion of Sicily and mainland Italy gathered pace.
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Ibsen’s Ghosts at the Questors Theatre — A Review
A dark and emotionally charged production of Ghosts at the Questors Theatre.
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The Two Hundred Years War and the Shaping of Our World, by Michael Livingston
What we label the Hundred Years War is an example of modern periodisation, clouding the forces at play in the Anglo-French conflicts of the Medieval period. Reframing the conflict over two centuries uncover how such European rivalries prompted the era of global exploration that followed.
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What is the Blood Price?
The novelist's latest is a departure from the Norman invasion, but what's the story behind it?
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Alexander the Great in the Dock
Classics for All’s latest 'moot trial' brought history’s greatest commander to the Supreme Court.
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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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Extract from Hero City
Prit Buttar
Prit Buttar examines the Soviet forces in an extract from chapter one of his new book Hero City.
The V2 – Weapon of Vengeance
The V2 rocket caused major destruction, killing civilians and striking fear into the population.
Aspects of History Book of the Year: The Siege
Oliver Webb-Carter
Our Book of the Year is The Siege, by Ben Macintyre.
Books of 2024 From Aspects of History
Our authors and contributors recommend books they've enjoyed this year
Old Delhi to New: A Murderous History of India’s Capital City
Vaseem Khan
Delhi’s transformation spans empires from mythic beginnings to the three-hundred-year-relationship between Britain and India.
John de Vere: Kingbreaker
John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, overcame exile, piracy, and imprisonment to become a pillar of the new Tudor regime.
Reinhard Heydrich: The Man With The Iron Heart
Nigel Jones
Himmler’s deputy and Hitler’s favourite was the architect of the Holocaust and a ruthless Nazi responsible for the Einsatzgruppen.
The Admiral’s Eyes
The front-line Hydrographic Pathfinders of the Royal Navy were a vital unit.
The Congress of Terror
R.N.Morris
The rise of the People’s Will and their deadly plot against Tsar Alexander II.
I Am André
Diana Mara Henry
After three decades of research, Diana Mara Henry discovers the man behind the aliases.
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