Conflict and Community in Sri Lanka
William Clarance explores the origins and complexities of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
William Clarance explores the origins and complexities of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
King Farouk was 32 when he lost his throne on 26 July 1952.
Steven Parissien considers the reputation of one of the most controversial of British monarchs: the king who lost the American colonies, spent much of his life in psychological distress but whose active interest in the arts and sciences, and his generous patronage, distinguished him from his Hanoverian predecessors.
An overview of the life of Lord Acton of Aldenham, one of the founders of the English Historical Review and Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge.
Andrew Roberts reintroduces us to Churchill’s long-delayed epic work, which was written with the assistance of a former editor of History Today.
June Purvis explores the career of Emmeline Pankhurst.
Roger Boase looks at a Spanish example of religious and ethnic cleansing.
Placing Colbert in the circumstances of his times, Geoffrey Treasure shows that he was much more than an efficient bureaucrat.
Richard Wilkinson explains what went wrong in Anglo-German relations before the First World War.