The past is never dead, it isn’t even past
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EDITOR’S CHOICE
Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton
Melding family history with real wartime figures and events, the author outlines the inspirations at play behind his Second World War love story, ranging from the ruined palaces of East Prussia, Bletchley Park, developments in RADAR and a paratrooper raid on Fort Ében-Émael.
In the first in a monthly column on film history, the historian explores the career of an actor who rose to prominence under Goebbels and became one of international cinema’s most recognisable Nazis, from The Longest Day to A Bridge Too Far.
Edward Hilary Davis
Tracing the King's paternal line back, the historian outlines the dynastic marriages, successions and political decisions behind the complicated family names of the British monarchy.
Carina McNally
The author of Mithim explores how Cromwellian conquest, forced migration and indentured servitude shaped the world of her novel, weaving together a story of survival, displacement and uncomfortable moral choices.
Garrie Boldsmith
Russian Jews forged new lives in China before the upheavals of the Second World War and civil war prompted another migration, the author narrating how they ultimately found refuge and rebuilt their communities in Australia.
T.L. Mogford
Through a university pal, archival research and a visit to the Essex town of Saffron Walden, the author traces how English saffron became a lucrative crop and prized medicinal commodity before its mysterious decline, and inspired his new novel.
The Elizabethan spy and double agent emerges from the shadows of history in the author's recent series that reimagine his involvement in the Babington Plot, Essex’s rebellion and the mysterious death of Christopher Marlowe.
Inspired by a trip to the county, the author sketches out Lincolnshire’s rich Roman, medieval and religious history, tracing the county’s independent Puritan tradition from the Reformation to the Pilgrims who founded Boston, Massachusetts.
