In 1461, something very unusual happened: an English king was overthrown by force of arms and the man who achieved that remarkable feat was only nineteen years old.
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Holand Press: Writing a New Chapter
Books matter. Readers matter. Writers matter. As such, there is always a demand for new stories and new authors. Holand Press has been founded to help meet that demand.
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Napoleon’s Brush With ‘Black Spartacus’
Napoleon Bonaparte and Toussaint Louverture, the great Haitian freedom fighter, were initially allies. Sudhir Hazareesingh, who has written a celebrated biography of Louverture, describes how the two men’s relationship subsequently soured.
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FDR & Stalin: The Strategists
A new book on the Second World War has re-appraised the allied leaders as strategists. Its author here examines President Franklin Roosevelt and Premier Josef Stalin.
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Separating Religion and Politics: A Mayflower Pilgrim Perspective
Independent Protestants landed on Plymouth Rock in November 1620.
Shadow of A Queen
The exiled queen's presence in England set in motion a deadly game of faith, power, and espionage that would define Elizabeth’s reign.
Emma Sergeant’s ‘La Selva Oscura’ – Review
Marija Ose
In a new exhibition, the artist transforms Dante’s “dark wood” into a landscape of birch trees, animals, and memory.
From Fact into Fiction: The Origins of The Devils of Cardona
The historian and author draws on Spain’s Morisco past, persecution and intrigue within his novel.
Anywhere But The Western Front
As shots were fired across multiple continents, World War One can only fully be grasped by looking beyond the Western Front and viewing it as a truly global conflict.
Finding Carthage Among The Romans
A dominant power in the Western Mediterranean has always been overshadowed by its conquering Roman rivals, but there is much more to the North African realm’s story.
The Captive Years of Mary, Queen of Scots
Packed with intrigue, self-preservation and a cache of coded correspondence, the 19 years spent by the Scottish queen as a prisoner in England heralds a dramatic retelling.
‘Specimens of Snobbery’: Cricket and the Hypocrisy of the Victorian Imagination
The psychology and morals of an era can be unearthed from the cricket's plotlines and characters.
The Other Conquest: England’s Forgotten King
Fifty years prior to the Norman Conquest, England was conquered by the Danes.
Elizabeth Linley, 1754-1792
The story singer and the beacon of the Whig party.
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