Richard Stoneman

That Magnificent Man in his Flying Machine

Richard Stoneman investigates the strange but widely held belief in the Middle Ages, that Alexander the Great had conquered more than the land, taking to the air and travelled to the ocean depths.

Published March 11 2008

The Origins of European Philhellenism

In Europe Philhellenism – the romantic desire arising from admiration of ancient Greece to further understanding of all things Greek – had its origins in the sixteenth and seventeenth-century.

Published August 4 2002

From Alexander to Actium; & Antigonos the One-Eyed and the Creation of the Hellenistic State

Two new books on the ancient world

Published November 1 1991

The Syrian Cuckoo: Rome and the Unconquered Sun

Running after foreign gods - Richard Stoneman explains how Rome's Syrian rival, the city of Palmyra, and her formidable queen Zenobia influenced the religion and mores of the later Empire - and brought us in the process Christmas Day.

Published December 1 1988

The Rise of the Greeks

by Michael Grant

Published November 1 1988

Paperback History - September

Published August 31 1987

Early Greek Travellers and the Hellenic Ideal

by David Constantine

Published February 1 1985

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Lords of the Northern Forest

The Hudson's Bay Company was one of the central forces moulding the development of the vast tracts of land that today are Canada - but as Barry Gough explains here, the circumstances of its launch in 1670 also reveal much about the commercial forces, personalities and rivalries of Restoration England.