The Modoc War, 1872-73
From the late 1860s there was an uneasy peace until the outbreak in 1872 of the Modoc War, one of...
From the late 1860s there was an uneasy peace until the outbreak in 1872 of the Modoc War, one of...
There are as many different sorts of peasant houses as there are peasant families, and there are huge variations across...
In the middle of 17th century England experienced a great convulsion of political and military violence, which quickly spread to...
Once those pioneering sailors had brought news of strange new lands, all sorts of others saw opportunities of exploiting them...
The year 1066 is the most celebrated in English history. To every English schoolchild it evokes a Saxon hero, Harold,...
If you can’t settle to sleep as usual and find yourself up before the break of day, you may care...
On 16th September 1921, four young men, Americans Lorne Knight, Milton Galle, and Fred Maurer; and Allan Crawford, a Canadian, were...
Such investments needed to be protected, and it is unsurprising that there should be a development in horse armour that...
Union and Confederate armies clashed close to the Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg in the battle we now know was a...
Apart from eating and drinking (and smoking), the Tudors were enthusiastic merrymakers: they liked to entertain and to be entertained....