‘A Certain Idea of France’ by Julian Jackson book review
De Gaulle’s secret was an ability to project a sense of French gloire, even when it didn’t really exist.
De Gaulle’s secret was an ability to project a sense of French gloire, even when it didn’t really exist.
India’s First World War experience as seen through personal archives.
A case for the study of Islam’s ‘other’ history.
A look at the Vietnam War from two contrasting perspectives.
The origins of globalisation can be found in the deep past.
The promise of exotic thrills in distant lands built up expectations which inevitably collided with a mundane reality in the British Empire.
For many, Kafka is not only representative of the modern age, but its foremost prophet.
A cultural history of fat.
Gardens and Gardening in Early Modern England and Wales by Jill Francis explores four centuries of horticultural endeavours.
A German Officer in Occupied Paris: The War Journals 1941-1945 by Ernst Jünger collects The Storm of Steel author’s wartime diaries.