Michael Bloch

Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe

Michael Bloch reviews Norman Davies' Vanished Kingdoms: an 'enjoyable and idiosyncratic historical excursion'.

Published December 21 2011

Royal Weddings: England's Ruritania

Michael Bloch tells the story of one of the more unusual dynasties related to the Windsors.

Published March 22 2011

The Windsor Story

by J. Bryan III and Charles J. V. Murphy

Published April 30 1980

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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.