Reviews

A monumental work provides an architectural and topographical survey of Rome from its foundation until the century after the fall of its Empire.

In the Industrial Revolution, state intervention, protectionism and immigration were all adopted by successive governments to promote British manufacturing.

A former editor of History Today looks back on a life mixing the personal and the political.

The Indonesian genocide of 1965 has been smothered in silence for half a century.

Sweet it may be, but sugar's story is a bitter one, embracing slavery, decay and obesity.

The Crucifixion is at the heart of Christianity and has inspired countless images and experiences.

The mass expulsion of Spain’s Islamic population is laid bare by Blood and Faith: The Purging of Muslim Spain, 1492-1614 by Matthew Carr.

History suggests that closer collaboration and rradical new thinking between the central state and Cooperativisim could yet yield positive results. 

Competing narratives on Churchill’s role in the tragedy of Gallipoli have confused the man with the myth.

How did Charles V, Francis I, Suleiman the Magnificent and Henry VIII rule the lands and seas of Europe?