Queen of the Romans, Ruler of the English by Elisabeth van Houts is a sympathetic biography of the woman who would be king.

As ancient Rome was divided by civil war Cicero found himself torn. Caesar was his old adversary, but he was also powerful, and it was politically and personally expedient to support him.

Would St Augustine have considered the US attack on Iran a just war? The pope and the vice president are split on the matter.

The Life and Times of Britain’s First Female Cabinet Minister by Nan Sloane illuminates an overlooked trailblazer of the ...

In August 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a boldly pacifist campaign speech, promising no American would have to go to war.

That the United States declared its independence in July 1776 is well known; that the British state commissioned, but never published, a counter-declaration is not. The American War of Independence ...

The women’s army, regarded as superior to its male counterpart, last saw action at Cana on 4 November 1892. Founded in the 17th century, the West African kingdom of Dahomey was a bellicose, ...

On the eve of his battle with Maxentius to decide who was to be the undisputed Emperor of Rome, Constantine lies asleep in his tent. An angel descends from the night sky, holding a glowing golden ...

The new threepenny weekly was launched as Punch or The London Charivari, implying a mixture of cheerful humour and biting satire. Punch was from Punch and Judy, while the word charivari meant a ...

Charles Dimont traces the origin and history of ‘God Save the King’ (or ‘God Save the Queen’), the British national anthem. The origins of “God Save the Queen” are lost in obscurity, but there is no ...