The story of Alexander the Great, the dashing young prince who conquered vast swathes of the world before his mysterious death at
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Christopher Warner on sporting figures in conflict
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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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The facility at Titan Ranch in Vilonia, Arkansas, was one of 18 such underground sites built in the state as part of
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The ballots have been cast, the votes have been counted, and we are delighted to announce the winners of the MHM Book
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Some of its more unusual highlights include a specially adapted carriage used by Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War, a box of
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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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Aircraft in WWI initially played a reconnaissance role, but by the war's end was essential in the support of ground operations, attacks,
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After a sale last summer, it was feared that the set of ten ink and watercolour works would leave the country for
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In the early 1960s, Michael Caine was regularly playing small character parts in television dramas and British movies. With his cockney accent
The reasons Britain and the United States went to war in 1812 are diverse. Indeed, different factions within each country had different
Most people are familiar with the tumultuous events of England in 1066, but how much do you know about ‘the other Norman
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Who? The one next to Lenin? Well, he was. Until Joseph Stalin had him erased from the photograph (below). But, despite Stalin’s
