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The New King: George I of Great Britain
by Peter Ackroyd
In the following excerpt from Revolution, Peter Ackroyd transports readers to England in…
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The Smoking Gun: Was MI5 Aware of a Plot to Kill King Edward VIII?
by Alexander Larman
Someone once said that there are only three really enjoyable parts of creating…
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Collecting the Treasures of the World
by Elsa Hart
In 1714, the gardener and caretaker Edmund Howard supervised his employer’s move to…
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Cecil Vandepeer Clarke: Churchill’s Secret Weapon
by Giles Milton Cecil Vandepeer Clarke viewed his caravan with the sort of affection that most…
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Eoin MacNeill: Building an Army for the Easter Rising
by Tim Pat Coogan ‘MacNeill’ was Eoin MacNeill, the ostensible leader of the Irish Volunteers, a…
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Operation Market Garden: Arnham, September 17–21, 1944
Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab On 17 September 1944, the Anglo-Canadian 21st Army…
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Normandy Landings, June 6, 1944
Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab The initial British–Canadian–American Normandy landings (Operation Neptune, the…
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Guy Burgess: The Life of a Cold War Double Agent
by Andrew Lownie
When Harold Macmillan, now the Prime Minister, visited the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev…
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Understanding the Language of War: Tony Blair and Winston Churchill
by Mark Thompson It’s May 13, 1940. Winston Churchill has been prime minister of the United…
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The Lewis Chessmen: Brexit and a New North Sea Style
by Nancy Marie Brown Look at a map and remember the key position this area enjoyed…
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Featured Excerpt: “Second Life” from
Cabinet of Curiosities
by Aaron Mahnke
Boundaries of the Lost State of Franklin. Wikimedia Public Domain. It’s one…
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Lebensborn: Bearing Children for Adolf Hitler’s ‘Master Race’
by Adriana Allegri
The Lebensborn Naming Ceremony from Master Race by Catrine…
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‘Gunplay’ in the Wild West
by Tom Clavin
This week sees the publication of my new book, Bandit Heaven: The Hole-in-the-Wall Gangs and the…
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Schley: The Navy Man Who Saved Greely
by Buddy Levy
Commander Winfield Scott Schley (4th from left) and men who rescued Greely…
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The Pinkertons in Myth and History
by Tore C. Olsson
William A. Pinkerton with railroad special agents Pat Connell (left) and Sam…
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I Am a Respectable Person
by Jack Kelly
Elizabeth Jennings Graham. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons. “We…
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President Carter
by Stuart E. Eizenstat
Grounding the B-1 Bomber Exclusive picture of President…
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Wednesday, Bloody Wednesday
by Tom Clavin
Depiction of the fighting near Dunker Church by Thure…
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