 Napoleon on Elba, 1814Two hundred years ago this month, the Treaty of Fontainebleau saw Napoleon exiled to Elba. Why was he treated so lightly? |
 Johnson and Boswell at the Pleasure Dome of Kublai KhanThe time-travelling pair continue their adventure with a visit to Shangdu. |
 In the May issue of History TodayThe last days of India's first prime minister, travels with the King of Siam and how the Scots invented Britishness. |
 The History Today Quiz: April 2014This month's quiz features questions on the Crimean War, the first European in New Zealand and the Suez Canal. |
 Twilight of the History Gods: Jacques Le Goff, 1924-2014Does the death of French medievalist Jacques Le Goff mark the end of an era in historical scholarship, asks Alexander Lee. |
 Alternative Histories: Cnut the GreatThe ancient king tries a more modern approach to stopping the waves. |
 Thousands of Historic Maps Released by New York Public LibraryThe New York Public Library has released over 20,000 maps and cartographic works into the public domain under a Creative Commons licence. |
 In Pictures: Victims of the Black Death in LondonImages of the 14th-century skeletons discovered beneath the streets of the capital. |
 Christchurch, a City of DreamsSince two earthquakes destroyed the cathedral and much of central Christchurch in September 2010 and February 2011, the city is slowly recovering. Jenifer Roberts recalls the city’s first settlers. |
 Nehru: Death of a DemocratJawaharlal Nehru died 50 years ago this month. Gyanesh Kudaisya describes the final years of India’s founding prime minister, a period marked by major challenges at home as well as abroad in the aftermath of the 1962 war with China. |
 History After HobsbawmSince the completion of the Marxist historian’s trilogy in 1987, history has changed, but in what ways? |
 Louis XIV and the King of SiamA foothold in Siam offered new trading opportunities for France in the late 17th century, as well as a chance to spread the Catholic faith. Peter Murrell describes French efforts via a series of embassies between the two countries. |
 Asquith: A Prime Minister at WarAs a peacetime premier Herbert Asquith was held in high regard, but the First World War undid his reputation. That is an unfair judgment, argues Roland Quinault. |
Book Reviews
 Art and the Second World WarHow far did artists in the Second World War support the war effort of their respective nations and perhaps become a propaganda arm of those fighting it – and did the quality of their art necessarily suffer as a result? |
 Tocqueville: The Aristocratic Sources of LibertyHugh Brogan is unimpressed by a poorly written book whose tedious prose 'insults the memory of Tocqueville'. |
 Arthur Phillip: Sailor, Mercenary, Governor, SpyA biography of 'the English Enlightenment hero that England has never been enlightened enough to honour'. |
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May 2014
In this month's issue: Nehru's Final Years - Asquith At War - Industrial Revolution - History After Hobsbawm - Constructing Modernism - Churchill and Hitler
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