Mehmet the Conqueror and Constantinople: A Portrait of Youth and Ambition
By Christopher Eimer, Spink Books Hardback, £25.00. ISBN 9781912667 666. Available from www.spinkbooks.comMehmet II was...
Roman Britain’s Missing Legion: What really happened to IXHispana?
by Simon Elliott, Pen & Sword Books LtdThe unexplained disappearance of the legio IX Hispana (also known as the Ninth)...
The Ratline: Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive
As a title, ‘The Ratline’ is a slight misnomer, as the escape route for Nazi fugitives takes up only a minor part of the...
Righting the Wrong- Mary Macarthur 1880-1921 The Working Woman’s Champion.
Cathy Hunt is a well known Midland historian who specialises in the history of labour together with the work of women. The...
King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa
The author, Adam Hochschild, an American journalist and historian, whose particular interest are human rights and social...
Daughters of the Winter Queen: Four Remarkable Sisters
This book is set mainly in central Europe and highlights the causes and some of the actions of ‘one of the most destructive...
Richard III: Loyalty Binds Me
It is unusual for a history story to be accorded the lead position on the British television news. This has happened on a...
The Fiddle
Appropriately, I am writing about this review on World Holocaust Day. The story commences in St Petersburg at a momentous...
Sacred Britannia: The Gods and Rituals of Roman Britain
Book Author: MIRANDA ALDHOUSE GREEN Review by: Antonio Battagliotti Miranda Aldhouse-Green’s Sacred Britannia casts a huge...
Sicily: Heritage of the World
Review by Antonio Battagliotti Sicily has been a crossroads of different cultures with a history that is about three...