Best books… Roy Foster The emeritus professor of ...

ENGINEERING THE END OF MEDIEVAL WARFARE

Although I realise that it is a favourite pastime among historians, particularly the British, to demonstrate that our idols have feet of clay, I must protest at the inclusion of Winston Churchill in t

Alice Loxton EleanorA 200-mile walk in search of England’slost queen352pp. Pan Macmillan. £22. Many are commemorated in stone, but few so grandly as Eleanor of Castile (d. 1290). Following her unexpec

GH ’s books director, Joanne Finney, shares her pick of this month’s new hardback releases

A Russia of trees and liberty and peace: ...