Vast swathes of Asia, spanning from the Red Sea to Burma, constituted the crown jewel of British imperialism before five separate partitions in fifty years saw the map redrawn.
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Poet on a Volcano
A modern account of the life of Horace unmasks the man behind his famed lines.
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What is Unique About the Forgotten Indian Prisoners of World War II
So many stories have emerged in a new book on Indian POWs
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Family Stories of The Forgotten Indian Prisoners of World War II
There are many stories in a new book on Indian POWs of the Japanese.
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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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Reflections on Day One of Chalke Hist Fest
Zebedee Baker-Smith
Our new Books Editor reflects on his first visit to Chalke
Mary, Queen of Letters
Jade Scott
A new book examines Mary Stuart’s encrypted documents and here the author writes about letters and their use by Mary during captivity.
Ghosts of the English Civil War
Charles J. Esdaile
The Wars of the Three Kingdoms have percolated into ghost stories, as the author of an innovative new book argues.
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
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