Podcast
The Eastern Question and the origins of The Great Game
How was the balance of power maintained in the eighteenth century?
The Critic Books Podcast: Mrs Death Misses Death
Salena Godden is in conversation with Francesca Peacock
The Spanish-American and Russo-Japanese wars
Professor Jeremy Black discusses rising powers and two turn of the century great power conflicts
The Boer War
Professor Jeremy Black talks about why the British found the Boers so difficult to defeat
The Critic Books Podcast: Penelope Corfield’s The Georgians
How different was the eighteenth century to our own?
The Critic Books Podcast: Nick Blackburn’s The Reactor
A compelling memoir about grief and repair
The North American Question
Was the American Republic destined to dominate the continent?
The Critic Books Podcast: C J Carey’s Widowland
C J Carey speaks to Francesca Peacock about Widowland
The Critic Books Podcast: Ariadne
Francesca Peacock speaks to Jennifer Saint about her novel Ariadne