Louis-Napoléon: A Tragedy of Good Intentions
Roger L. Williams assesses exactly how enlightened a despot was Louis-Napoléon, in light of later European events.
History Today
The Beginnings of the English Newspaper
Graham Dukes traces the birth of the press to the English Civil War period.
Easter Island
No memorials of the past are more fantastic than the series of great statues—some of them as tall as a four-storey building—that greet the visitor to this lonely and storm-swept Pacific island. By C.A. Burland.
Civil War in Siberia: The End of Kolchak 1919-1920
David Footman assesses the death and legacy of a White Russian leader.
Attila the Hun
Michael Grant tells how, some 1000 years ago, the “Scourge of God” died on his wedding night.
In the Time of the Flemings: the Dutch in Brazil, 1624-54
C.R. Boxer recalls “the time of the Flemings” (Tempo dos Flamengos), as the period of the Dutch occupation of Pernambuco province in Brazil used to be called.
The Art of Kingship: Louis XIV, A Reconsideration
Alfred Cobban traces the ups and downs of the quintessential Bourbon king of France.
The Heavenly Horses of Ferghana
Why did the Chinese Emperor Wu send a military expedition to Ta Yüan in 102 BC to capture the ‘Heavenly Horses’?
The History of El Dorado: British Guiana Since 1600
Charles Dimont traces the establishment and development of Britain's South American dependency.
El Camino Real and the Colonization of California
Bertha Katzenstein traces the footsteps of early Spanish and Mexican arrivals into California.