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For the exiled James Francis Edward Stuart lavish celebrations offered opportunities to cultivate supporters and promote the Jacobite claim to the British throne.
The Carolingian Empire was consolidated by one of Europe’s most celebrated kings, but Charlemagne’s death meant that decline was inevitable.
Detective stories captured the imaginations of the British middle classes in the 20th century. The fortunes of home-grown writers such as Agatha Christie reflected Britain’s social changes.
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The Hatry Group Collapse
Charles Hatry’s fraudulent business empire collapsed on 20 September 1929. It was the biggest crash the London stock market had ever seen.
The Decline of the Carolingians
The Carolingian Empire was consolidated by one of Europe’s most celebrated kings, but Charlemagne’s death meant that decline was inevitable.
William Buckland’s Theology of Geology
The geologist William Buckland worked through many theories about the creation of Earth and the biblical Flood. None of them were quite right.
The Lost History of the Aztec Empire
Before the Spanish conquest, the history of the Aztec Empire was recorded orally and with hieroglyphs. In danger of being lost or forgotten, Indigenous historians began to write it down.
‘Offa, King of the Mercians’ by Rory Naismith review
Offa, King of the Mercians by Rory Naismith looks to the quality of Mercia to find the model king of Anglo-Saxon England.
When Hirohito Returned to Europe
Emperor Hirohito’s tour of Europe in 1971 made it painfully clear that the wounds of the Second World War had not healed.
Europe’s Strangest Special Relationship
The historical partnership between Germany and Turkey is arguably the most paradoxical, if unavoidable, in modern Europe.
On the Spot: Amy Fuller
‘I can solve one historical mystery? I’d like to have proven that Hernán Cortés murdered his first wife.’
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