For Whom The Bells Toll
In Renaissance Florence, church and civic bells frequently rang out across the city’s crowded soundscape. Their calls were far from impartial.
History Today
Reframing the Great Divergence
A detailed study of the Enlightenment and the Great Divergence displays admirable depth of knowledge and subtlety of argument.
The Savage Punishment of Siberian Exile
The wretched existence of those banished to Russia’s freezing expanses east of the Urals is vividly described in this excellent study.
No Husband Needed – I Fly a Spitfire
The memoir of a pioneering woman pilot who delivered vital fighter aircraft and bombers around Britain during the war.
Marshalsea: The Worst Prison in the Country
Marshalsea Debtors' Prison became a microcosm of society.
New Ways of Seeing
A painter and a critic discuss the visual past in a beguiling and provocative way, but do they engage the reader?
Fresh Perspectives on the Levellers
A convincing account of early modern political organisation gives voice to lesser-known figures.
Roads Less Taken
Two excellent studies highlight the commonality of gay and lesbian experience in Britain and Germany over the past century and a half.
The Wolf Must Be in the Woods
The real and mythical dangers of the wilderness.
Imperial Designs: Cromwell’s Conquest of Jamaica
Oliver Cromwell’s invasion of Jamaica in 1655 in transformed Britain’s early empire.