England and America: Rivals in the American Revolution by Claude H Van Tyne
18th C
Peter the Great
Peter the Great by Oscar Browning
Pitt
Pitt by Lord Rosebery
A Short History of the French Revolution
A Short History of the French Revolution
Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture, by Sudhir Hazareesingh
The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture
For all his achievements Toussaint Louverture, hero of the Haitian Revolution, has had a limited number of books written about him, and so it is fortunate that a new publication has arrived with Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture. Sudhir...
Richard Foreman
Richard Foreman is a publisher and bestselling historical novelist. After working in a bookshop, Richard became a publicist to numerous bestselling historians.
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Christopher Joll
What first attracted you to the period or periods you work in? I write about subjects and periods of history that interest me – and only those. To be specific, I am intrigued by the period post-Waterloo to the 1950s and, in particular, the ‘small wars of Empire’. On...
Paul Strathern, interviewed by Deborah Kalb.
What role did Florence play at the end of the 15th century, and what were some of the factors that led to its prominence? At the end of 15th century Florence had become the epicentre of the Renaissance. This was one of the great cultural resurgences of European...
Napoleon a Warmonger?
The popular accusation against Napoleon was that he was a warmonger. Not so says Adam Zamoyski.
Author's Note: This morning (Sat 9th January, 2021) on Radio 4 I heard ‘On this day in 1799 William Pitt introduced Income Tax for the first time, in order to fund the war against Napoleon.’ Fact: on 9 January 1799 this country was at war with the French Republic, and...
Ring in the New
Our authors highlight some of the books they are looking forward to reading in 2021.
Richard ForemanRobert Tombs produced one of the finest history books of the last five years, in the form of The English and their History. I am suitably looking forward to his new book, This Sovereign Isle: Britain In and Out of Europe. It will no doubt be full of...