The construction of the Maginot Line fortifications forced the Nazis to invade France through Belgium, but the plight of their defenders evokes confusion, endurance, and divided loyalties.
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Ismay’s People
A study of ‘Pug’ Ismay, February's Book Club pick, reveals that, while his public persona and memoirs were models of discretion and diplomacy, his private letters and papers expose sharp judgments of his peers.
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Historical Heroes: Margaret of Anjou
Vilified by Shakespeare, the ‘She-Wolf of France’ has often been cast without examination of the burdens and crises that punctuated her married life.
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The Harrying of the North
As the final volume in the Rebellion series is released, Paul Bernardi explores the devastation inflicted on northern England and the enduring debate it triggers.
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Defending The Line
The construction of the Maginot Line fortifications forced the Nazis to invade France through Belgium, but the plight of their defenders evokes confusion, endurance, and divided loyalties.
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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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Unionism & The Treaty
Ulster leader James Craig thought he had beaten Lloyd George during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations.
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Defending The Line
Kevin Passmore
The construction of the Maginot Line fortifications forced the Nazis to invade France through Belgium, but the plight of their defenders evokes confusion, endurance, and divided loyalties.
Ismay’s People
A study of ‘Pug’ Ismay, February's Book Club pick, reveals that, while his public persona and memoirs were models of discretion and diplomacy, his private letters and papers expose sharp judgments of his peers.
Historical Heroes: Margaret of Anjou
Vilified by Shakespeare, the ‘She-Wolf of France’ has often been cast without examination of the burdens and crises that punctuated her married life.
The Harrying of the North
As the final volume in the Rebellion series is released, Paul Bernardi explores the devastation inflicted on northern England and the enduring debate it triggers.
Livia Drusilla: The Making of an Imperial Villain
As her new Publius Ovidius mystery is published, Fiona Forsyth looks at one of the shadowy background figures in Ovid’s life, Livia Drusilla.
Reith of the BBC
Alwyn Turner
A study of of John Reith, the driven and divisive founder who shaped British public-service broadcasting.
Cable Street – Review
Jasmine Guama
A portrait of 1936 East London as ordinary lives collide with the rise of fascism.
Churchill and De Gaulle: Artists of History
Richard Vinen
The two Allied leaders were not just makers of history but performers, selective of their actions and words during wartime and as empires fell.
Death in Cold War Delhi
Delhi – City of Spies explores Cold War intrigue in 1950s India, where espionage, power politics and an unsolved murder collide in the capital..
The Mother City
Alistair Moffat
From the mythic to the unhesitatingly heroic, this opening extract from a history of Glasgow examines what exactly forged the city’s strong sense of self.
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