A grisly Lincolnshire folktale from Holbeach tells of the gambling antics of three drunken men in a churchyard, a story that passed into local legend as an enduring warning of sacrilege, remorse, and supernatural retribution.
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The Battle to Keep the War Moving
A rediscovered wartime diary shows how the Persian Corridor supply route workedin practice. Not as strategy, but as constant repair under immense pressure.
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Lichfield: England’s Third Archbishop
In the age of Offa, a short-lived archbishopric at Lichfield (787–803) reflected the expansion and consolidation of Mercian rule, though later Canterbury sources recast it as a contentious and anomalous creation.
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The Writer and the Traitor
As the Normandy landings approached, the surprise resignation from MI6 of the author Graham Greene – a close friend of Kim Philby – cast a shadow over one of the war’s most carefully orchestrated intelligence operations.
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The Writer and the Traitor
As the Normandy landings approached, the surprise resignation from MI6 of the author Graham Greene – a close friend of Kim Philby – cast a shadow over one of the war’s most carefully orchestrated intelligence operations.
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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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Democracies vs. Authoritarian States
A never-so-timely comparison of Athens and Sparta explores whether political freedom can establish military superiority and determine the outcome of ideological conflict.
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How Did the Romans Respond to the Deaths of their Emperors?
Rumour in the Roman world tended to flourish when it came to the the fate of emperors, threatening imperial stability and exposing public anxiety.
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The Battle to Keep the War Moving
A rediscovered wartime diary shows how the Persian Corridor supply route workedin practice. Not as strategy, but as constant repair under immense pressure.
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I Fart In Your General Direction!
Art imitates life, imitates art, or does it?
Summer Reads from Sharpe Books
Summer Reads from Sharpe Books' authors. Recommended history and historical fiction.
Five Favourites: Roman Temples
Continuing our series of Five Favourites, the acclaimed novelist picks his favourite Roman temples.
Five Nights to Malta: Operation Pedestal
Matthew Willis
The convoy to Malta in August 1942 was vital in sustaining its resistance. Over five days, Royal Navy and Merchant ships were torpedoed, bombed and strafed by Axis forces.
Scientific Struggle: The Search for Latitude
Nicholas Crane
Measuring the earth was not only mathematically challenging, but a physical feat too.
The Motherland Calls: Mamayev Kurgan Monument
We should look back at the lessons given at the end of the most traumatic event in human history.
Ich bin ein Berliner: JFK’s Berlin Speech, 26th June 1963
President Kennedy's speech 58 years ago still resonates today.
‘No more victories! No more conquests!’: The East India companies pull back from empire
John Shovlin
The 'Second Hundred Years War' during the 18th century could have come to a premature end if corporate interests had won through.
The Battle of Llandeilo Fawr
Was this battle an English or Welsh victory? The casualties suggest the latter.
Radium and the Two World Wars
Lucy Jane Santos
Radium had an unlikely role in changing the fashion from pocket to wrist watches.
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