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    Book Review: The Legacy of the Italian Resistance by Philip Cooke

    The Legacy of the Italian Resistance Philip Cooke Palgrave Macmillan 263pp £52.25 Between 1943 and 1945 thousands of Italian men...

    18/04/2012
    20TH CENTURY HISTORY / HISTORY / MILITARY HISTORY

    The War Horses of the Western Front

    Michael Morpurgo’s popular novel War Horse (1982) has rightly been referred to as ‘the Black Beauty of the Great War’....

    18/04/2012
    HISTORY / MILITARY HISTORY / MODERN HISTORY

    British bombarment of Copenhagen 1802

    The British had shelled the Danish capital before, in 1801, but the second onslaught was even more devastating. The Danes...

    18/04/2012
    20TH CENTURY HISTORY / HISTORY

    On this day: Disaster of Titanic

    When Titanic set sail for New York on 10th April 1912 she was sailed as one of the greatest feats...

    14/04/2012
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    Book review: The First Crusade: The Call from the East by Peter Frankopan

    Author: Peter Frankopan Publisher: Bodley Head Reviewed by: Norman Housley Price (RRP): £20 Norman Housley has mixed feelings about the...

    10/04/2012
    CULTURAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY / HISTORY

    Tudors at play

    Tudor England worked hard and played hard: “Sometimes their necks are broken, sometimes their backs, sometimes their legs, sometimes their...

    10/04/2012
    MEDIEVAL HISTORY / MILITARY HISTORY

    János Hunyadi, 15th century Hungarian leader

    János Hunyadi (c.1387 – 1456) was a 15th century Hungarian leader who was instrumental in repelling the Ottoman Turks. The...

    07/04/2012
    ANCIENT HISTORY / MILITARY HISTORY

    The importance of the battle of Marathon

    “For if you agree with me that we should fight, you make your country free and your city the best...

    28/03/2012
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    Book review: Moll: The Life and Times of Moll Flanders by Sian Rees

    Author: Sian Rees Publisher: Chatto & Windus Reviewed by: Hallie Rubenhold Price (RRP): £18.99 Hallie Rubenhold applauds an ambitious depiction...

    23/03/2012
    20TH CENTURY HISTORY

    Hitler’s bloody swastika

    The Blutfahne or Blood Flag was one of the most sacred relics of nazi Germany. Originally the banner of the...

    23/03/2012
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