Russia’s entry into the global economy was met with glee by international firms in the early 1990s. The exodus has been just ...

The Price of Victory: A Naval History of Britain: 1815-1945 by N.A.M. Rodger looks above decks for the story of the modern Royal Navy.

Bestiaries – medieval books containing descriptions of real-life and imaginary animals, accompanied by moralising tales – ...

The Brothers Grimm: A Biography by Ann Schmiesing brings folklore’s most famous double act out of the shadowy realm of legend ...

Tool of social control or check on tyranny? The Crowd in the Early Middle Ages by Shane Bobrycki crafts a history for the ...

Although many of the potential readers of Tim Blanning’s latest book will not previously have heard of its hero – Augustus the Strong, elector of Saxony and king of Poland – they will no doubt expect ...

For some UK prime ministers, their fate travels no further than your local pub quiz: who was the only prime minister to have been assassinated? Spencer Perceval. 1812 for a bonus point. A rare few are ...

‘Let Ireland go, with God’s blessing and a shake of the hand’, wrote Jerome K. Jerome in May 1920. This was a crucial year in Anglo-Irish relations, when Irish men and women were taking up arms ...

Samplers, pieces of embroidery made to practise or demonstrate needlework stitches, were an important part of girls’ education for centuries. In Britain, girls stitched samplers from the 17th to the ...

Baghdad was the seat of the Abbasid caliphs from the eighth century. In 1248, however, Genghis Khan’s grandson Möngke became great khan of the Mongols and resolved to extend his sway to the Middle ...