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.
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Pogroms, Revolutions and War
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.
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England’s Forgotten Exotic Spice
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.
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Robert Poley: ‘Genius of the Underworld’
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.
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De Gaulle: Liberté – Review
A love letter to France, and probably its salvation
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Eadric Streona: Archvillain of English History
One of Anglo-Saxon England’s most notorious figures, his murderous ambition and repeated betrayals triggered Danish conquest and the upheavals that resulted in 1066.
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The Mystery of Lindow Man: Druids, Sacrifice and the Golden Twist
The novelist discusses the theory that the Lindow Man was a high-born druid sacrificed during the Roman conquest of Britain, and considers a connection to Boudica, the Iceni and the ‘Golden Twist’.
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Caesar’s Gaulish King: The Double Lives of Commius the Atrebatan
The stirring career of a one-time trusted ally, sometimes determined enemy, of Caesar reveals the complexities of loyalty and political manoeuvring in operation behind Rome’s invasions of Britain and Gaul.
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Lumberjills: The Women in Britain’s Forests Who Helped Win the War
The author shares the remarkable story of Britain's forgotten Women’s Timber Corps – and the decade-long journey that inspired her four books including her latest novel, The Lumberjills Under Suspicion.
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Beyond The Edge of Light: History behind the Fiction
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.
Kinematograph: Wolfgang Preiss – from Nazi Star to the Star Who Played Nazis
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.
The House of Glücksburg: Charles III’s Paternal Ancestry
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.
From Ireland to the Caribbean: Indentured Servitude in the 17th Century
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.
Pogroms, Revolutions and War
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.
England’s Forgotten Exotic Spice
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.
Robert Poley: ‘Genius of the Underworld’
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.
Historical Lincolnshire: Roman Soldiers, Pilgrims and Radical Religious Ideas
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.
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