History Today

In 1701, writes L.R. Betcherman, a leading member of the Whig Junto retired to Rome for the sake of his health.

J.F. Battick and N.C. Klimavicz describe a parliamentary dispute over Cromwell’s statue.

A general, a poet, a Calvinist, for almost a year Montrose, in King Charles’s name, was master of Scotland. Five years later, writes Aram Bakshian, Jr., he was hanged in Edinburgh.

Before and after his surrender at Saratoga, writes Aram Bakshian Jr., Burgoyne had a lively career as a commander in Europe, a politician and dramatist in London, and a figure on the social scene.

Anthony Babington describes life in an eighteenth century London prison for felons, debtors and rebels.

Victorian Methodists, writes Stuart Andrews, carried on the keen interest in scientific subjects that had once been shown by John Wesley.

During the second half of the eighteenth century, writes Stuart Andrews, there existed close and important ties between American and French thinkers.

P.R. Adair introduces the experiences of a rustic recruit to the Grenadier Guards.

In the seventeenth century, writes Andrew Trout, the river was a main artery for Parisian supplies, and over its use arose many complex city disputes.

The Yugoslav coup of 1941 marked a turning-point in the Second World War. Although the country was quickly overrun by German arms, writes A.W. Palmer, Hitler’s timetable for the invasion of Russia was seriously thrown out.