On this episode of The PastCast, historian Geoffrey Parker, co-author of a major new history on the doomed campaign, explains what really
Read More »There are numerous histories of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (to give the ‘English’ Civil Wars their more-accurate title), as such,
Read More »The site of a Royalist garrison in Nottinghamshire, Shelford Manor was besieged by Parliamentary forces on 3 November 1645.
Read More »Just as there was no single Parliamentarian army during the English Civil War, there was no single Royalist Army either. But while
Read More »Simon de Montfort was a colossus in English affairs during the 13th century, as this biography skilfully explains. What is revealed is
Read More »Faces of a Queen: the Armada Portraits of Elizabeth, a free exhibition at the Queen’s House in Greenwich, opens on 13 February
Read More »A first edition of Machiavelli’s Libro dell’arte della guerra (The Art of War) has sold at auction for £150,000.
Read More »The generalship of Oliver Cromwell, England’s great revolutionary leader, has sometimes been criticised. Wrongly, argues Martyn Bennett, in this detailed analysis of
Read More »When we think of great naval commanders, Nelson immediately comes to mind. He fought 13 battles, winning 8. Admiral Yi Sun-sin fought
Read More »The late Richard Holmes considered Marlborough to be Britain’s greatest general. He was probably right. But, like many great commanders, Marlborough was paired with a man of
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