Amid the industrial warfare of the Second World War, battlefield performance depended on precise logistics and the ability to ...
Ancient Rome’s reputation for bad emperors partly rests on hostile sources written after the fact – and Domitian may be the ...
Want to know more about Elizabeth I and her remarkable reign? Rachel Dinning rounds up essential reads to explore her early ...
The fourth season of hit Regency period drama Bridgerton tells the story of second son Benedict’s relationship with Sophie, a ...
When England’s first true king confronted Viking power in the north, one of his most effective weapons became his manipulation of loyalty ...
Before the Punic Wars, as Rome and Carthage edged towards conflict in the third century BC, the balance of power in the ...
As trench warfare paralysed the Western Front, an experimental vehicle pointed the way toward a different type of warfare – and a century of armoured combat ...
Want to dig into the drama behind Magna Carta? HistoryExtra’s Emily Briffett gathers together a shelf of essential reads to ...
On 10 June 1688, Maria of Modena, queen to King James II of England and VII of Scotland, gave birth to a son who was heir to both kingdoms. More than 70 observers watched it happen. But while that ...
A peace treaty ended the Mexican–American War in February 1848 and officially left California as new American territory.
Cats might have been sacred in ancient Egypt, but they were far from cherished pets. Discover why our assumptions about their ...
Extravagant clothes and celebrity culture defined Georgian Britain. Alice examines how fashion, fame and vanity became irresistible targets for caricature. Grotesque, imaginative and influential, ...
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