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Russell Tarr sees similarities but also important contrasts in the foreign policies of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy

When England’s search for a Northwest Passage via sea failed, an audacious plan to forge a land route was hatched by the Muscovy Company.

Second-hand books don’t just tell the stories of their authors but of their former owners, too.

Political reputations are forged by actions, but the long view of history can be hard to predict.

The aim of Charles I’s foreign policy was to restore his nephew’s lands in the Rhineland. France, he thought, was the key to success.