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Fifth in line to the throne, Karl I was not expected to become the Habsburg emperor. By the time he did, in 1916, it was already too late for the crumbling empire.
Many historical analogies have been drawn to explain the Trump phenomenon. Though few have compared him to Abraham Lincoln, both promised to shape an economy that benefited white working men.
Was the conquest of Tenochtitlan the result of an Aztec civil war or Spanish invasion? The events in the capital are in desperate need of reappraisal.
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
Who Really Wrote the Bible: The Story of the Scribes by William M. Schniedewind asks what authorship meant to the hidden hands behind the Old Testament.
The Death of Clive of India
Robert Clive’s death has long been attributed to suicide. What is the evidence?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
An enfant terrible shook up Renaissance medicine by denouncing experts and debunking accepted wisdom. Was Paracelsus as radical as he seemed?
Brushing for Britain
The First World War revealed the bad state of Britain’s teeth. Intervention was required to keep the nation biting fit.
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
In Patria: Lost Countries of South America, Laurence Blair explores nine nations, dissolved or imagined, and what they tell us about Latin America.
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Where fraught national histories are concerned, do policies of remembrance and education work, or is it better to wipe the slate clean?
The Allure of Medieval Churches
The ancient stones of churches are portals to the past. Each new generation becomes a custodian.
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Misfit, Old West villain or tragic hero of the O.K. Corral: who was the real Doc Holliday?
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