World History

by Buddy Levy

While I was researching Empire of Ice and Stone, I was deeply moved…

by Sinclair McKay

These were children who had known only a world of violence. Yet amid…

by Buddy Levy

Robert Peary gets all the accolades (and plenty of warranted skepticism) for being…

by The History Reader

As Father’s Day once again approaches, we’ve rounded up nine books sure…

by Susan Cahill

Throne and Altar, Altar and Throne. The two go together in pre-Revolution France…

by Edmund Richardson

So you want to find a lost city? Congratulations: you’ve joined an exclusive…

by Tom Clavin

Oops, Russia did it again. While that country’s historians might not be able…

by Edmund Richardson

Beneath the plains of Afghanistan lie the remains of a fabulous city: Alexandria…

by Tom Clavin

151 years ago, a journey to Africa began that would garner international fame.…

by Siân Evans

As a new war erupts in Europe, Siân Evans recounts the tale of…

World History

The Centennial Fire

by Chris Wimmer

The first World’s Fair on American soil ran from May 10 to November…

War and Reconciliation

by Tom Clavin

Douglas “Pete” Peterson was born in Omaha and raised in Nebraska and Iowa.…

The Rise of the Weimar Republic

by Susan Ronald

In the following excerpt from Hitler's Aristocrats, author Susan Ronald discusses the Weimar…

Crary of the North…and South

by Tom Clavin

 It was on May 3, 1952, that a plane landed on the North…

Meet the White House Plumbers

by Egil "Bud" Krogh and Matthew Krogh

by Laura Dail and Matthew Krogh HBO's new miniseries White House Plumbers imagines the story of…

A Long Journey Home

by Tom Clavin

During my recent book tour promoting the release of Follow Me to Hell,…

The Windsors at War

by Alexander Larman

When I finished writing The Crown in Crisis, the book that has become…

Old Houses of the West

by Sandra Dallas

Novelist Sandra Dallas joins us to discuss the inspiration behind her latest book,…

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