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?
Was Hadrian's Wall built to keep out barbarians, or rather to demonstrate the power of Rome?
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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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New Books For The New Year
A look at a few new history and historical fiction titles we are especially excited about.
Richard III: A Character Study
Anthony Cheetham
An extract from the new edition of a royal biography intends to disavow the mythology and bad press and render an accurate likeness of one of English history’s most indecipherable figures.
A Quiz for Christmas 2025
Fiendishly festive!? Ten questions from the Editor....
Historical Heroes: Ninette de Valois
British ballet has this Irish born diva to be thankful for since she established dance in the inter-war period and gave choreography in the country its distinctive flavour.
Books of 2025 from Aspects of History
Our authors and contributors recommend the titles they've enjoyed this year
Networks behind German Lines
Intelligence gathering in German-occupied Belgium during both wars has been disregarded in the main, but the impact of such efforts were highly significant.
“War is War, Alas!”: The Story of The Laconia
A sinking of a POW carrier by a U-boat in the South Atlantic exhibits in equal measure the brutality and humanity of Germany’s submarine strategy in the Second World War.
A Fairytale for Christmas – Review
A burst of Irish cheer lit up the Dominion Theatre as this festive show delivered a whirlwind of music, dance and Christmas spirit.
A Very Tudor Christmas
From fasting and feasting to masked revelry and the singing of carols, the festive season was one of devotion and indulgence alike – a glimpse into how the early Tudors “kept their Christmas full honourably.”
Whig vs Tory
George Owers
A new book examines the influential period between the Glorious Revolution and the Hanoverian accession.
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