Walter Bagehot
Banker, economist, editor and critic, Bagehot “was the antithesis of the grand Victorian man of letters.”
Banker, economist, editor and critic, Bagehot “was the antithesis of the grand Victorian man of letters.”
Lord Kinross unearths the problematic modern history of Cyprus.
John Carswell analyses some of the foremost political actors in the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
Only by a trick of fate in 1683, finds J.H.M. Salmon, were Charles II and his brother preserved from an ambush that might have put an end to monarchy in England.
Sir Lewis Namier examines the British Parliamentary groupings of the country gentlemen and their reactions to the movements of public opinion during the years 1750-1783.
Erich Eyck compares the legend and the reality of Prussia's infamous 18th century ruler, Frederick William I.
Sir Robert Hodgson recounts his experience of interaction with Bolshevik diplomats.
Dorothy George looks at the development of political - and often satirical - public artwork in early modern Britain.
David Stockton describes an important stage in the life of Cicero, the Roman philosopher, politican and theorist.
A biographical portrait by Lord David Cecil of William Lamb, the early 19th century parliamentarian better known as Lord Melbourne.