THE CRIMEAN WAR 'The war', said Frederick Engels,' was a colossal comedy of errors'. And so it was, but it nevertheless cost over 600...

The eighteenth century saw the rise of a new professional and entrepreneurial middle class. Included amongst which were many women who...

Empire Denis Judd Empire Jeremy Paxman The Decline and Fall of The British Empire Piers Brendon Colonialism Nigel...

No single word, save perhaps for 'Slavery', creates such a storm in British historical circles, and across the wider community, than the...

The Blackest Streets Sarah Wise History of a London Slum. Local History at its best Sybil Benjamin Disraeli The novel that...

This third in talks about the Victorian Age, delves into an underside of Victorian Life. The underside of the urban factory working...

1848 Christopher Clark A new look at this seminal year in European history by the excellent Christopher Clark The Windsors at...

Robert Peel Douglas Hurd Sir Robert Peel Norman Gash Parliament Vol 2 Chris Bryant The Conservative Party Robert...

Robert Peel Why in a short course devote a whole session to Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel? If his name is remembered today by the...

A Short General Booklist Short History of The Victorian Era G.Kerr High Minds S.Heffer The Victorians J.Paxman...

This is an introduction to my first lecture on Victorian Britain for Lockdown on 5th June. Queen Victoria You can't escape Victoria...

For my new Lockdown course beginning on Monday 5th June Victorian Britain 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times', wrote...

REUNIFICATION & BEYOND When re-unification came, it came quickly. The East German Communist regime crumbled as the whole of Eastern...

Beyond the Wall Katja Hoyer East Germany Charles Rivers Editors East Germany Hourly History Growing up in East...

It seems, with the benefit of hindsight, very strange to western eyes that in the Eastern half of Germany at the end of The Second World...

In the immediate aftermath of The Nazi Third Reich, Germany was divided up between the four victorious Allies (USSR, USA, UK, and France)....

The Third Reich Martyn Whittock Exorcising Hitler Frederick Taylor The Berlin Wall " " Beyond the...

The end of the Second World War did not bring the longed for peace. The Allies (US, USSR, Britain, and France) soon were faced as to how...

I have been recalling family history recently. In doing so I was reminded of my Victorian born grandmother who in Spring always bought...

Hitler (A short biography) AN Wilson Hitler Ian Kershaw Hitler's Last Day Mayo & Craigie Hitler's...