Mormons in search of Promised Land, 1846-69
The Mormons have been described as the most systematic, organised, disciplined and successful pioneers in American history. For over 20...
11/12/2016
Modern history
Napoleon Bonaparte’s relatives after he lost power in France
What happened to Napoleon Bonaparte‘s relatives after he lost power in France? They could not stay in France but, perhaps...
25/08/2016
Few leading figures in the English Civil War 1642-51
In the middle of 17th century England experienced a great convulsion of political and military violence, which quickly spread to...
30/11/2015
First portrait of a criminal published in a British newspaper
On 27th June 1881, 64-years-old coin dealer Isaac Gold was brutally murdered on the 14:00 London to Brighton express train....
16/05/2015
Manpower for sea power
Life at sea may not have been a particularly attractive prospect for a man in Georgian England, but it was...
08/01/2015
Bear River massacre in 1863
Four miles north of Preston, Idaho, the Bear River quietly ambles through green valleys and sagebrush covered mountains, the Shoshone...
29/01/2014
Napoleon: Saint, Sinner or Both?
Seventy years ago, interned by the Germans in Buchenwald concentration camp, the Dutch professor Peter Geyl tried out on the...
13/01/2014
Reform in England, 1820-1850
The years immediately following the peace settlement of 1815 are known as the restoration era. However, it was impossible to...
13/12/2013
A survival manual for Georgian coutiers
The great drawing room, crammed full of courtiers, lies at the heart of the Georgian royal palace. Here the king...
03/11/2013
The coming of the French Revolution
Although it was the American revolution that set the French Revolution vibrating, no two countries could have been less alike...
06/09/2013