Volume 39 Issue 1 January 1989

Well-Groomed or Well-Bred?

In the light of genetic engineering today, Nicholas Russell explores how the thoroughbred racehorse has changed in history.

For Honour Alone

Roy Macnab examines the ongoing debate on the two Frances of 1940 – epitomized on the one side by Petain and de Gaulle on the other – in the light of an heroic Cavalry stand against the German Blitzkrieg.

The Political Magic of John Dee

Ian Seymour looks at the involvement of Elizabeth I's astrologer in matters of state, and his diplomatic intrigues on the Continent on the eve of the Armada.

Hyderabad: Shadow of Empire

Aram Bakshian Jr. and Geoffrey D. Schad look at the Indian state of Hyderabad from the 18th century to the last days of the British Raj, and at its rulers who echoed the glories of the Mughal court.