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The Turbulent Birth of British Aviation
From innovative Edwardian pilots and the first transatlantic flight to the technological leaps of the First World War and the development of the Spitfire, the historian makes the case that the eccentric pioneers who paved the way for Britain’s place in the skies deserve more of the limelight.
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Foreign Volunteers and the Global Civil War: Why 35,000 People Fought in Spain
The novelist uncovers the motivations of those volunteers who joined the International Brigades who travelled to fight Franco’s forces during the Spanish Civil War and probes opposition to fascism across Europe between the World Wars.
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Thomas Cavendish: Gentleman, Privateer and Circumnavigator
The author inspects the life and legacy of the Elizabethan privateer, challenging the Victorian historians who consigned him to obscurity and endeavouring to restore his reputation among the great seafarers of the age.
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The Turbulent Birth of British Aviation
From innovative Edwardian pilots and the first transatlantic flight to the technological leaps of the First World War and the development of the Spitfire, the historian makes the case that the eccentric pioneers who paved the way for Britain’s place in the skies deserve more of the limelight.
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Sir Gruffydd Donne: Knight of Kidwelly
The novelist traces one man's journey from the shadow of his grandfather’s support for Owain Glyndwr to a career fighting for Henry V and Henry VI, and explores a Welsh family whose fortunes hinged on some of the defining conflicts of medieval Britain.
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The Decision that Saved the Early Roman Empire
A pivotal decision by Publius Scipio in 218 BC to send his brother Gnaeus to establish a Roman foothold in Iberia may have denied Hannibal the reinforcements he needed to defeat Rome and ultimately changed the course of Mediterranean history.
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Rethinking Communism’s History
Karl Marx was never the original architect of the communist tradition, which traces deeper roots from French revolutionary thought and the utopian ideals of Babeuf and Blanqui.
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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.
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.
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