Fifty Years in the Royal Navy, by Admiral Sir Percy Scott
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Napoleon and His Marshals
Napoleon and His Marshals by A.G.Macdonell. A Classic work of military history, featuring all of Napoleons great marshals.
The Land of Green Ginger
The Land of Green Ginger by Winifred Holtby.
Historical Heroes: Saul David on George Macdonald Fraser
Saul David, acclaimed historian of the Victorian period, recalls a meeting with the great writer.
But for George MacDonald Fraser and his wonderfully funny – and, to modern eyes, decidedly un-PC – Harry Flashman novels, I would not have become a historian. I read them in my teens and was immediately captivated by MacDonald Fraser’s colourful depiction of Victorian...
Short Stories: Fun To Read & Fun To Write
Short stories are a form of writing enjoyable to all.
Writing a novel can sometimes feel like wading through glutinous mud. But writing a short story can be similar to skating across ice. Before you realise that you’re on a journey, you reach your destination. The latest lockdown has been far from jolly, to say the...
Historical Parallels
Politicians' use of history always comes back to bite them, much like the Continental System.
Historical Parallels I like it when current affairs start ringing historical bells, and the former French ambassador to the UK Sylvie Bermann came up with a real clanger recently when she averred that the consequence of Brexit was to bring together 27 countries in a...
Curiosities of London Life: A Portrait of Victorian London
Curiosities of London Life: A Portrait of Victorian London by Charles Manby Smith
Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln
Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln by Francis Bicknell Carpenter
London and Londoners in the 1850s and 1860s
London and Londoners in the 1850s and 1860s by Alfred Rosling Bennett
Three Years with Quantrill: A True Story told by his Scout
Three Years with Quantrill: A True Story told by his Scout by John McCorkle and O S Barton