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With the embers of the revolution still hot, France’s
On 21 October 1805, smoke filled the skies over the seas west of Cape Trafalgar, a headland in the Province of Cádiz in the southwest of Spain, as a fierce battle raged. After nearly five hours of int
THE TURNING POINTS OF 1812
In the oppressive heat of his cell in the Mont-Valérien military prison west of Paris on 31 August 1898, Lieutenant-Colonel Hubert-Joseph Henry wrote a despairing letter to his wife, drank half a bott
FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA, USA 11-15 DECEMBER 1862
LONG MARSTON, YORKSHIRE 2 JULY 1644
Danny Bird Your book opens with the story of a woman named Solitude on Guadaloupe. Why did you choose to start with her and what can she tell us about the wider history of resistance among enslaved pe
