This is not a journey you will find in most accounts of the twentieth century

Andrew Roberts dispels the myths and sticks to the facts about George III

A vast global market in stolen and forged art and artefacts has only grown in the context of the pandemic, but technology and international policing may be catching up

Professor Jeremy Black on how Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire found themselves fighting together in the Crimea

Professor Jeremy Black discusses why and how Europe was engulfed in wars with France between 1792 and 1815

This magnificent one volume history details the tumultuous days of the Indian army in the jungles of Burma

We credit pluck for what we really owe to imperial and industrial might

Ecclesiastical textiles, Regency architecture and relief carvings: welcome to The Critic’s new address

Why did the Chinese bureaucracy succeed where the Catholic Church failed?

This well-researched book deserves attention for those who wish to peer beyond the carefully cultivated image of Josip Broz Tito