History Today

J.M. Brereton describes how Russian advances in Central Asia alarmed the British authorities in London as well as in India.

For the cogent reasons explained here by Anthony Beadles, the revolt against King John was led largely by the Northern barons.

Neil Ritchie describes a pastoral race who flourished on Sardinia between 1500 and 500 B.C.. The Nuraghi have left us more than seven thousand finely built towers and a host of magnificent bronze figurines.

Francis Austen served throughout the Napoleonic Wars and, writes David Hopkinson, lived until the age of ninety-one; an Admiral of the Fleet.

From February until December 1916, Verdun was the scene of the longest and heaviest series of battles.

During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, writes Marjorie Sykes, the arrival of migrant labourers, who often visited the same district year after year, was a distinctive feature of English country-life.

L.W. Cowie describes how, early in 1805, a series of strong points were built along the British coast-line, to defend against Napoleon’s army, then arrayed across the Channel.

Stephen Clissold uncovers a brutal crime with its roots deep in the rank soil of Balkan politics.

During the campaign of 1815, writes Michael Glover, Wellington was handicapped by a shortage of military maps.

During the Mamluk Sultanate, writes P.M. Holt, men imported as slaves and trained as warriors became rulers of a great Islamic state.