www.historynotes.info – Page 20 – This website grown up from my love for the history. It may be considered as a collection of articles about the events and people in history that I am especially interested in.

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

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

18/04/2012

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

18/04/2012

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

14/04/2012

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

10/04/2012

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

10/04/2012

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

07/04/2012

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

28/03/2012

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

23/03/2012

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

23/03/2012