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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Families and Ancestors: An Infinite History
Emma Rothschild
Where does ancestry sit within history? They are closely related, so says the author of a new book on a French family covering 300 years.
Georgina Weldon: Victorian Visionary
Emily Midorikawa
Something of a celebrity in the Victorian period, Georgina Weldon took on the legal and medical establishment, and won.
Rehearsal for D-Day: Exercise Tiger
946 Allied casualties in Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for D-Day. 200 Allied casualties on Utah Beach on D-Day.
Summer Reads from Aspects of History
Our authors and contributors recommend books to take on summer holidays.
The York Princesses and Their Woodville Inheritance
Sarah Hodder
The Woodvilles are much maligned, so says the author of a new book on the daughters of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville.
Toussaint Louverture: Black Spartacus
Sudhir Hazareesingh
The Wolfson Prize winner writes about the relationship between Toussaint Louverture and Napoleon Bonaparte is an intriguing one, although they never met.
IWM Wartime Classics
Alan Jeffreys
Since 2019 the Imperial War Museum has published classic novels written by World War Two veterans. Here the IWM Senior Curator introduces the series and tells us why it's so important.
Oscar Heinrich, the American Sherlock
Kate Winkler Dawson
In this edited extract, the author of American Sherlock tells us about Oscar Heinrich, the forensic criminologist
Top Five: Tips On Publishing Your Historical Novel
The prolific author of historical fiction gives advice to those budding novelists out there.
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