David Porter on military history’s doomed inventions…
The story of Alexander the Great, the dashing young prince who conquered vast swathes of the world before his mysterious death at…
Christopher Warner on sporting figures in conflict…
The bulk of the fighting had taken place on 3 June, when Grant ordered that the fortifications of Confederate General Robert E…
Operation Gunnerside, as it was known, the destruction of the heavy water plant in Vemork, Norway, is just one of countless covert…
In the early 4th century, Emperor Constantine (r. 306-337) introduced a new gold coin of stable value, with 72 such coins per…
The find was made by the World of Books Group, the largest retailer of used books in the UK, who subsequently launched…
This book is beautifully written, brilliantly structured, immensely moving, and deeply disturbing. It cannot be recommended strongly enough – especially for those…
In 1798, less than a decade before Nelson’s death at the Battle of Trafalgar, a British victory and a key moment in…
Although the title says ‘written at the time’, this is not a collection of personal memoirs or diaries. Nor is it the…