The past is never dead, it isn’t even past
On December 9th 2020, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel gave a speech to the Federal Parliament: ‘I believe in the power of the Enlightenment.’ She said, ‘If Europe is what it is, it must thank the Enlightenment and the idea thereby derived that there is a...
A scandal of such allure that the House of Lords, the judicial system, the British press and London society ignored a turning point in the American War of Independence, possibly the last moment peace might have broken out: this was the trial for bigamy of Elizabeth...
You have written many bestselling novels set in both Ancient Rome and the medieval period. Dick Turpin, and Turpin's Assassin veers away from your usual spheres and paints a picture of 18th century England. How did you find writing about a different historical era,...
If not for such fierce competition (in the form of such works as Salisbury: Victorian Titan, Churchill: Walking with Destiny and Masters & Commanders) one might be able to unequivocally say that George III is the author's masterpiece. This biography teems with...
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The preamble to the American Declaration of Independence, drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by Congress, declares that all men have certain 'unalienable Rights', including 'Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness'. This was the culmination of a century of...
The bestselling novelist Richard Foreman, who usually writes about ancient Rome and the medieval period, brings the man and legend of Dick Turpin to life in the first book of a new, notable series, Turpin's Assassin. The book opens with an exciting highway robbery....
Catherine the Great & Potemkin One of history's great couples - and love affairs - the story of Catherine and Potemkin is one of power, passion and politics - of both amorous and military conquests. Can you remember what first attracted you to the project? I think...
Peter the Great’s death in 1725 made Russia hold its breath. The greatest will to shape the world’s largest and wealthiest realm – a Tsar’s any decision was his entire Empire’s fate – had been extinguished, leaving an unimaginable vacuum of power. But the unthinkable...
Five Books By My Bed Maybe holidaying at home will give me more time to read this summer. I do hope so. I have never found the Mediterranean combination of sun and sand to be very hard back friendly but hopefully this year the garden and coastal breezes of the West...
