History Review

Jeremy Black prepares readers for the rigours of university history.

Hannes Kleineke examines the career of the first Yorkist king.

Ian D. Thatcher defends the record of Josef Stalin’s successor, Nikita Khrushchev, and sees him as a forerunner of Gorbachev.

Hannah Boston explains how a single piece of evidence contributes to a wider understanding.

By positioning him firmly within the changing context of his times, Lucy Wooding sees coherence in Henry VIII’s religious policies.

Clive Pearson assesses the Soviet dictator’s war record.

Michael Morrogh shows that Renaissance men like Sir Walter Ralegh had a decidedly darker side.

R.E. Foster emphasises the threat to Elizabeth’s regime.

Mark Rathbone asks why the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia emerged in the 1850s as the likely unifier of Italy.