The Siege of Alicante
David Chandler describes a heroic episode during the War of the Spanish Succession.
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Romantic Bohemia
Joanna Richardson describes how, during the 1830s, the world of Bohemia offered a warm and fruitful climate to artists and writers.
The Rise and Fall of the Welsh Princes
C.A. Usher describes how, during the thirteenth century, the divided Principality of Wales succumbed to English Conquest.
Edward I and the Castles of North Wales
Alan Rogers describes how the Welsh fortresses founded by the English King were ‘outlying strongholds thrust into the heart of enemy country.’
A Dock Labourer in the 1880’s
George Green describes the experiences of his grandfather, a typical Liverpool docker’s life of the late nineteenth century.
The Writing on the Wall
The Tower of London, writes E.A. Humphrey Fenn, contains on its walls an extensive collection of prisoners’ graffiti.
The Letters of Junius: Philip Francis
Romney Sedgwick describes how, under the pen-name of Junius, Sir Philip Francis ‘threw his firebrands’ at King and Government during the years 1769-72.
Bede of Jarrow
W.N. Bryant introduces Bede, the ‘Father of English History’, a Northumbrian Monk who devoted his life to study, teaching and church services.
The Armenian Dilemma
Anthony Bryer describes how, during the tenth and eleventh centuries, between Turks and Byzantines, Armenian kingdoms led a perilous life.
Gerrard Winstanley and the Diggers
‘On the winning side, yet subject to all the former tyrannies,’ the radical Winstanley in 1649 protested against Cromwell’s rule. By A.A. Mitchell.