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
17th-century hardship, personal family loss, and a record of the names of the dead becomes a way for Karen Haden's protagonist to process grief and preserve memory.
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Drinking, Typing and Gossiping: US Foreign Correspondents in Europe between the Wars
A portrait of the hard-drinking, ambitious American correspondents who chronicled Europe’s slide toward war in the interwar years.
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The Last Knight of Christendom; the First Man of the Modern World
A Venetian military engineer, who trained in the new science of war, risked exile, ruin and death to defend Rhodes against Suleiman the Magnificent, embodies Europe in transition.
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Émigré, Photographer, Secret Agent: An Extraordinary Life
A communist activist and Soviet agent, the Austrian-born Edith Tudor-Hart helped drive modernist photography and set in motion Britain’s most notorious spy ring.
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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?
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Has 2026 Changed the World of Assassination?
A timely inquiry proposes that assassination today remains a fixture of statecraft as recent targeted killings continue to pervade the geopolitical sphere but rarely deliver clear strategic success.
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Turkey: Birth of a Nation
The fall of the Ottoman Empire saw the rise of Turkey, now a major player in European and Middle East affairs.
Jonestown: Paradise Undone
Annie Dawid
The victims of the mass suicide were not crazy, but well-meaning idealists, many of whom were from poverty stricken cities.
Gytha Godwinson: a Tale of Terror, Trial and Triumph
Ellen Alpsten
The unknown glory of Gytha Godwinson reshapes the need of a 'female retelling’
The Age of Reason
The Age of Reason was a period of extraordinary advancement in all facets of European culture, but there was a price to be paid.
Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers’ Story
"We owe the Everly Brothers everything. They started it all." Bob Dylan.
The True WWII Story of SAS Original Reg Seekings
Tony Rushmer
Tony Rushmer explores the life, bravery, and untold stories of this remarkable SAS soldier.
What the Quiet American Teaches Us
I.S. Berry
On Getting Involved: What The Quiet American teaches us and how it inspired my spy novel
Masters of the Air
Paul Bingley, historian of the Eighth Air Force, delves into the making of the Apple TV series and the brave airmen who fought in the bombing campaign.
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