Political

J.M. Brereton describes how Russian advances in Central Asia alarmed the British authorities in London as well as in India.

For the cogent reasons explained here by Anthony Beadles, the revolt against King John was led largely by the Northern barons.

Stephen Clissold uncovers a brutal crime with its roots deep in the rank soil of Balkan politics.

A.J. Stockwell examines the life and work of the British in Malaya before independence was declared, in 1957.

L.W. Cowie describe show the Franciscans came to London in the thirteenth century and founded a highly patronised friary.

By the eighteenth century, writes Adam Zamoyski, four fifths of the world's Jews lived in Poland.

Edward III created the Duchy of Cornwall as an estate for the Black Prince; A.L. Rowse describes how it has been held ever since by the sovereign’s heir or lain dormant in the Crown.

In 1828, writes John Adair, the great patriot’s tomb was rudely disturbed by an enquiring Whig historian.

The purchase system, writes Robert Woodall, was regarded by its opponents as the main obstacle to the creation of professional officer corps.