Christopher Warner on sporting figures in conflict
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The bulk of the fighting had taken place on 3 June, when Grant ordered that the fortifications of Confederate General Robert E
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Operation Gunnerside, as it was known, the destruction of the heavy water plant in Vemork, Norway, is just one of countless covert
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In the early 4th century, Emperor Constantine (r. 306-337) introduced a new gold coin of stable value, with 72 such coins per
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The find was made by the World of Books Group, the largest retailer of used books in the UK, who subsequently launched
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This book is beautifully written, brilliantly structured, immensely moving, and deeply disturbing. It cannot be recommended strongly enough – especially for those
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In 1798, less than a decade before Nelson’s death at the Battle of Trafalgar, a British victory and a key moment in
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Although the title says ‘written at the time’, this is not a collection of personal memoirs or diaries. Nor is it the
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Sometimes poor quality-control can be as lethal as bad design – this was certainly true in the case of HMS Glatton.
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There are numerous histories of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (to give the ‘English’ Civil Wars their more-accurate title), as such,
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