Politics at the Accession of Queen Victoria
M.G. Brock surveys the political landscape in Britain in 1837.
History Today
Merry Christmas
J.A.R. Pimlott studies the development of the Christmas Spirit—from Pagan Saturnalia to Victorian family party
The Cato Street Conspiracy
In 1820, a plot to assassinate the British Prime Minister and his cabinet was exposed.
The Tromps and Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1652-1674
C.R. Boxer profiles the naval adventures of the Netherlands' Tromp family - a thorn in the side of mid-17th century English maritime activity.
St. Petersburg, Petrograd, Leningrad: 1703-1953
Richard Hare recounts the history of Russia's Western metropolis.
The Story of England: King John and the Charter
Arthur Bryant examines the background to Magna Carta.
The Rhineland Republic: Part I
Julian Piggott shows how, with the help of a puppet state on the Rhine, France between 1919 and 1923 attempted to solve the perpetual problem of her eastern frontier.
Theodor Mommsen, Historian of Rome, 1817-1903
Michael Grant introduces a nineteenth century historian of Rome whose work is still authoritative and valid.
Sir Thomas Lombe (1685-1739) and the British Silk Industry
W. H. Chaloner considers how the Lombes “penetrated the secrets” of the closely guarded silk-throwing machines of Piedmont, and successfully introduced them into England
The Problem of Augustus
Michael Grant asks whether Caesar Augustus, sole ruler for forty-five years, was honest and sincere, or a 'hypocrite of genius'?