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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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Did Harold Really Take One in the Eye?
Harold may well not have been the figure depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry.
Historical Parallels
Politicians' use of history always comes back to bite them, much like the Continental System.
The Colourful Court of Oliver Cromwell
Miranda Malins
The Cromwell family was not as dour as we thought.
The Day They Pardoned Turing
The 'Alan Turing Law', passed in 2013, and the man who inspired it.
IWD: The Press and Women’s Suffrage
Amelia Bashford
What is left to understand about the British Women’s Suffrage Movement?
Geoffrey Chaucer: A Renaissance Man in the Middle Ages, by Philip Gooden
Philip Gooden
The author of a series of Chaucerian mysteries describes the poet's early career.
Oskar Potiorek: The Most Infamous Man in History You’ve Never Heard Of,
Gavrilo Princip is notorious as the person who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, but General Oskar Potiorek the key actor in its success has largely been forgotten.
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