The author inspects the life and legacy of the Elizabethan privateer, challenging the Victorian historians who consigned him to obscurity and endeavouring to restore his reputation among the great seafarers of the age.
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The Democratic Myth: America’s Non-Democratic Origins
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Beyond The Edge of Light: History behind the Fiction
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.
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Beyond The Edge of Light: History behind the Fiction
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.
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Karl Marx was never the original architect of the communist tradition, which traces deeper roots from French revolutionary thought and the utopian ideals of Babeuf and Blanqui.
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As America approaches Midterms and having celebrated the 250th anniversary of its independence, the historian discusses the contradictions at the heart of its founding ideals and the nation's early attempts to concentrate power and limit representation.
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Thomas Cavendish: Gentleman, Privateer and Circumnavigator
Iain Gately
The author inspects the life and legacy of the Elizabethan privateer, challenging the Victorian historians who consigned him to obscurity and endeavouring to restore his reputation among the great seafarers of the age.
In the Footsteps of Dumas: Writing A Visit to Bedlam
The novelist discusses the lockdown origins of the latest Blandford Candy novel, examining its debt to Alexandre Dumas, the history of Bedlam and the life and work of Molière in 17th-century France.
The Democratic Myth: America’s Non-Democratic Origins
Jackson van Uden
As America approaches Midterms and having celebrated the 250th anniversary of its independence, the historian discusses the contradictions at the heart of its founding ideals and the nation's early attempts to concentrate power and limit representation.
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.
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