As seen in King and Conqueror, Edith the Fair was the first wife of Harold Godwinson, and a powerful player in the dynastic ...

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Though overshadowed by his famous brother Harold, Tostig Godwinson played a small yet crucial part in the dramatic downfall ...

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But for months before the devastation of the atomic bombs in August 1945, Japan had already been enduring an immense bombardment. In an effort to ratchet up pressure on Japan and force a surrender, ...

From William the Conqueror’s battle-winning cavalry to Richard III’s fatal final charge, Oliver H Creighton and Robert Liddiard explore five moments when horsepower changed the course of medieval ...

The military playbook of the ancient Assyrian Empire in Mesopotamia was as calculated as it was brutal. Shaped by formidable rulers – among them Tiglath-Pileser III, Sargon II and Ashurbanipal – ...

Summer is the perfect time to lose yourself in a good book – and history lovers have plenty of new titles to choose from this year. We've rounded up 28 of favourites from the year so far ...