Martin Gilbert

The First World War: “Most Peculiar Christmas I’ve Ever Spent”

by Martin Gilbert

WCAG Heading by Sir Martin Gilbert Christmas Day, 1914. German and British troops have been fighting…

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Martin Gilbert

Featured Excerpt: Boomtown

by Joe Pappalardo

After the Civil War, many American families moved west seeking new lives, heavily…

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Where the Wild Goose Goes

by James H. McCommons

When people think of endangered animals, the Canada goose does not come…

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The Hopes of the Future

by Alexander Larman

by Alexandar Larman Princess Elizabeth II was in Kenya with her husband, Prince Philip, for just…

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Five New History Reads for April 2026

From fighting the British in colonial America to the corrupt wild west to the controversial old…

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The Search for the Madness Pill

by Justin Garson

In the 1960s, the field of psychiatry was at a standstill. While some…

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Featured Excerpt: Winning the Earthquake

by Lorissa Rinehart

“Few members of Congress have ever stood more alone while being true to…

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Featured Excerpt: The Feather Wars

by James H. McCommons

From the time the United States was founded, early Americans assumed that…

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Featured Excerpt: Milena and Margarete: A Love Story in Ravensbrück

by Gwen Strauss

From the moment they met in 1940 in the Ravensbrück concentration camp, Milena…

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Martin Gilbert

The First World War: “Most Peculiar Christmas I’ve Ever Spent”

Martin Gilbert

Featured Excerpt: Boomtown

by Joe Pappalardo

Where the Wild Goose Goes

by James H. McCommons

The Hopes of the Future

by Alexander Larman

Five New History Reads for April 2026

The Search for the Madness Pill

by Justin Garson

Featured Excerpt: Winning the Earthquake

by Lorissa Rinehart

Featured Excerpt: The Feather Wars

by James H. McCommons

Featured Excerpt: Milena and Margarete: A Love Story in Ravensbrück

by Gwen Strauss

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