Latest reviews – secret files, Decalogue, Anschluss and more WW1 trauma

Dec 14, 2017

We start this week with Secret Files from World War to Cold War: British Government and Secret Intelligence and Foreign Policy files. Dan Lomas believes the sheer size and usability of the digital records makes this a worthwhile aid for anyone interested in early...

Latest Reviews – War, psychological trauma and early modern social history

Dec 7, 2017

We start this week with A. C. Grayling’s War: An Enquiry. In his review of this penetrating and provocative book, James Cronin focuses on its assertion that war is synonymous with the ascent of civilisation (no. 2206). Next up is a review of two new collections...

Historical Research – top 5 most cited articles

Dec 5, 2017

Discover and Share Top Research From Historical Research Enjoy FREE access to the top 5 most cited articles over the past two years. These key articles are generating conversation and influencing your community. Top 5 Most Cited Articles:   The rise of the...

New Historical Research articles

Dec 4, 2017

Telling a tale with the names changed: contemporary comparisons of the Rye House Plot to the 1696 Assassination Plot. Beth Branscome When a Jacobite plot to assassinate William III was discovered in 1696, supporters of William and his whig-dominated ministry pointed...

Latest Reviews – Ukrainian famine, Louis VIII and Archbishop Randall Davidson

Nov 30, 2017

We start this week with Anne Applebaum’s Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine. Christopher Gilley finds the treatment of the famine here to be largely convincing – the book’s weakness is its historical framework (no. 2203). Next up is Louis: The...

Latest Reviews – Bank of England, shell-shock, Tudor houses and C17 women writers

Nov 23, 2017

We start this week with David Kynaston’s Till Time’s Last Sand: A History of the Bank of England 1694-2013. Geoffrey Wood reviews a gallant attempt at a history of the Bank for the general reader, but one which misses its target (no. 2200). Next up is...