The past is never dead, it isn’t even past
Throughout the 700s, the ancient Saxon kingdom of Mercia was the powerhouse in Saxon England. The key to its success, as in the Saxon kingdoms of Northumbria and Wessex both before and after it, was the longevity of its kings. First, King Æthelbald, and then his...
Many history books can be somewhat daunting to take on. Too many players, too broad a scope, too many maps or diagrams; these can all add to the reader losing focus, having to constantly flick back and forth between pages to get a full grasp of what the author is...
Putin's War Russian Genocide presents a critical exploration of the initial year of Russia's incursion into Ukraine, commencing in February 2022. This remarkable volume brings together a diverse panel of experts, including former soldiers, academics, and legal...
Gretchen Friemann, your recent book, The Treaty, dealt with the negotiations for the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty. As an Australian though living in Dublin, why did you want to write about them? The idea for the book came from a chance encounter in an archive. A few years...
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The Gunpowder Plot & The Stuarts with Leanda de Lisle | RSS.com
The Vikings with Theodore Brun | RSS.com
In an age when people have taken to pulling down statues – albeit this hasn’t happened for a couple of years now – you know that there’s a disconnect between the past and the present. Whether that misconnection is born of ignorance, misunderstanding or ingrained...
Post War Conflict with General David Petraeus & Andrew Roberts | RSS.com
On Remembrance Sunday, 8th November 1987 in Enniskillen in Northern Ireland, a bombing took place that proved to be a turning point in The Troubles. 12 civilians were killed, the final victim having died 13 years later in December 2000, with ages ranging from 20 to...
