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Rethinking Communism’s History

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.
Paul Mason
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Sir Gruffydd Donne: Knight of Kidwelly

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.
John Pitts
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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.
Paul Mason
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Lieutenant Colonel Brian Franks: Remarkable, Heroic but Largely Unknown

Tim Spicer

In his new biography, An Axe and Four Balloons, the author introduces the man who saved the SAS

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The Decision that Saved the Early Roman Empire

Alistair Tosh

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

Paul Mason

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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When the Country House Went to War

Judith S. Lewis

Wartime requisitioning of Britain’s country houses transformed the lives of owners, servants and occupiers and the consequences were far-reaching.

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Recovering the Last Emperor and Empress of China

Paul French

A recently discovered diary from an American tutor who lived with Puyi and Wanrong offers an new perspective on the young couple’s marriage and the usual portrayal of China’s last emperor and empress as political symbols, victims or exotic caricatures.

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Writing Thrillers: Where Fact Meets Fiction

Mark Grenside

The filmmaker-turned-author explains how his career shapes his fiction, which combines intrigue, historical fact, exotic locations and research.

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The Mystery of Lindow Man: Druids, Sacrifice and the Golden Twist

Stephen D. Owen

The novelist discusses the theory that the Lindow Man was a high-born druid sacrificed during the Roman conquest of Britain, and considers a connection to Boudica, the Iceni and the ‘Golden Twist’.

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Photo of then-Maj. Gen. Suharto of Indonesia attending funeral of five generals slain in 30 September movement.

The Voice from the Well

Rory Cormac

Sixty years on from Indonesia’s anti-Communist purge, a British propaganda campaign demonstrates how fabricated voices, forged documents and psychological warfare helped grease the wheels of regime change against Sukarno.

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Black and white photograph of Bretagne on fire and under bombardment, taken in 1940.

Churchill’s Most Hateful Decision

Edward Abel Smith

With Britain facing the prospect of standing alone against Nazi Germany in the summer of 1940, Winston Churchill ordered one of the most controversial actions of the entire war: the attack on the French fleet at Mers el-Kébir.

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