Literature

The Vikings are back with a vengeance, writes Jeffrey Richards

The historical figures who are buried in more than one place.

H.G. Nicholas reconsiders the influence of this famous book on American opinion in the years preceding the Civil war, and on its world-wide public outside the United States.

Max Thompson profiles the oddest and most original of 17th century political thinkers.

John Clive records how, during the opening years of the 19th century, Edinburgh added to its European reputation by producing one of the most famous critical magazines of the age.

Christopher Dawson profiles the historical writing of "the last of the encyclopaedists".

Hugh Trevor-Roper attempts to unravel the mystery surrounding authorship of Charles I's purported last testament.

The French poet was ordered to leave his city on January 3rd, 1463.

The bibliophile and founder of the Bodleian Library died on January 29th, 1613.

H.G. Nicholas asks whether Dickens' portrayal of the USA of the 1840s, found in Martin Chuzzlewit, is a fair one.