‘A surprise every tenth page, a shock every twentieth’: the working life of serial writer Herbert Allingham.

The story of Valentine Greatrakes, whose "miraculous" healing powers wowed restoration Britain.

An ambitious book outlines the circumstances in which history was produced, the objects it was intended to serve and the changing forms it took.

A new book on the battle is full of "contortions, omissions, misconceptions, mistakes and absurdities", argues Marc Morris.

How the Third Reich used Leonardo, Shakespeare, Martin Luther and others to bring a veneer of intellectual credibility to underpin its ideology.

We label Oliver Cromwell as a Roundhead and Prince Rupert as a Cavalier, but what of the conscripts who fought on both sides?

The psychic life of a nation told through private grief.

A new book shines a fresh light on the famous sea battles of the era of Nelson and Napoleon.

William Dalrymple's account of the first Anglo-Afghan war misses the big picture, argues David Loyn.

A thoughtful re-assessment of ethnic relations in Lusophone countries from Brazil to East Timor.

A book that attempts to explain why Anglo-Americans have been so committed to international co-operation disappoints.

The wartime role of Britain's black servicemen and women.