Arakcheev and the Military Colonies
Under Alexander I, writes Michael Jenkins, a ferocious martinet overshadowed Russian life.
Volume 19 Issue 9 September 1969
The Siege of Paris
During 1870-1871, the France of the Second Empire underwent one of those catastrophes from which nations strangely re-arise to greatness.
The Company that Founded an Empire
William Seymour describes the first hundred years in the rise to power of the East India Company.
Richard Grafton and his Chronicle
In 1569, Richard Grafton, an enterprising London printer completed the first attempt to provide a critical history of England. Martin Holmes describes the process.
The Netherlands in Rembrandt’s Time
Stephen Usherwood shows how Rembrandt’s genius gives a vivid impression of 17th-century Holland.