European History
Rebuilding a monarchy and a nation
Austrian lessons for the reign of Charles III
War wounds of Polish history
Overcoming suffering can be a source of pride
The “Popish brat of France” reassessed
Leanda de Lisle triumphs where her subject could not
Transing Joan
She, Joan. You, hack
Rhyme of the times
Within six weeks of Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination, most of Europe was at war
The unification of Germany
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the path of German unification, from the failed revolutions of 1848 to the creation of Bismarck’s Reich
Seeing the big picture
The most enduring historical work reveals eternal truths about the human condition
Imaginary country
The land of Morbia was revealed to me in a dream
Where in the world
In the post-pandemic world, travel is all in the mind
Land and sea: the global reach of Britain’s armed forces in the nineteenth century
Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the reach and organisation of Britain’s armed forces in protecting and expanding the British empire
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We should not legitimise illegal migration and its damaging effects
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