History Today

David Footman assesses the death and legacy of a White Russian leader.

Michael Grant tells how, some 1000 years ago, the “Scourge of God” died on his wedding night.

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.

Alfred Cobban traces the ups and downs of the quintessential Bourbon king of France.

Why did the Chinese Emperor Wu send a military expedition to Ta Yüan in 102 BC to capture the  ‘Heavenly Horses’?

Charles Dimont traces the establishment and development of Britain's South American dependency.

Bertha Katzenstein traces the footsteps of early Spanish and Mexican arrivals into California.

Between 1744 and 1767, the eldest son of a small Shropshire squire laid the foundations of what was to become the British Indian Empire. By Percival Spear.

C.H. Brown studies French imperial achievement in Morocco during the first half of the 20th century, as well as the nationalism with which it eventually came into conflict.

Nancy Mitford describes how Louis XV never talked politics out of the Council Chamber. Hunting was his only distraction until Madame de Pompadour introduced him to “plans and designs ... bibelots and stuffs ... gaiety and lightness.”