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GREAT BATTLES
LONG MARSTON, YORKSHIRE 2 JULY 1644
King Charles I
FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA, USA 11-15 DECEMBER 1862
Two views of the same country
I greatly enjoyed your interview with Alice Roberts about her new book Domination, (Books Interview, September), and its argument that the church was essentially Rome rebadged, with its structures and
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
AS THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY MAKES ITS JOURNEY TO ENGLAND’S SHORES, THE BBC HAS RELEASED THIS RETELLING OF THE MOMENTOUS EVENTS OF 1066. BUT DOES THIS MEDIEVAL EPIC FALL INTO THE SAME TRAPS AND TROPES AS SO MANY DRAB HISTORICAL DRAMAS BEFORE IT?
THE TURNING POINTS OF 1812