Crimes in Africa
Italy’s imperial record of murder and looting, fire and devastation in Ethiopia.
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All that Glitters
An extravagantly entertaining account of a medieval ‘theatre state’.
Plato to NATO
The spread of Hellenic ideas from Greece to the world.
Playing Saints
Unmasking an audacious saintly fraud in early modern Naples.
In the Thick of It
Eyewitness reports of European wars and the febrile mood of nations as they tipped into conflict.
London Burning
A fresh account of how Londoners responded to the impact of the Second World War.
Do You Exist?
The nightmarish power of the Soviet passport.
What Chips did Next
A ringside seat to British domestic politics, from Chamberlain’s meeting with Hitler in October 1938 to the fall of Mussolini in July 1943.
Before the Taliban
Reporting from the frontlines of the mujahideen war against the Soviet Union.
East Meets West
The historical currents that have shaped modern Central Asia.