Letter, Diaries

The eighty-one manuscript letters, drafts, notes, and fragments comprising the correspondence between Sarah Helen Whitman (Poe’s onetime fiancee) and Julia Deane Freeman span a tumultuous time in Ame …

When North and South went to war, millions of American families endured their first long separation. For men in the armies-and their wives, children, parents, and siblings at home-letter writing was …

Waterloo is probably the most famous battle in military history. Thousands of books have been written on the subject but mysteries remain and controversy abounds.By presenting more than 200 previousl …

“Woman, why weepest thou?” It’s a question women have often been asked because of their incessant and inexorable tears occasioned by enormous challenges confronting the womenfolk globally. Indeed, th …

I felt the need to not only illustrate some biblical events as if they occurred in the present day instead of ancient times but also in the larger sense provoke some food for thought and forum for di …

The book provides the first broad survey of church textiles of Spanish America and demonstrates that, while overlooked, textiles were a vital part of visual culture in the Catholic Church. When Catho …

‘The best of England’ The New Statesman’A powerful open letter about racism’ The Sun’I just want equality, equality for all of us. At the moment, the scales are unfairly balanced and I just want thin …

The South African War or Boer War running from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 was the largest British military effort since the Napoleonic Wars. It was also the first time that large-scale, meanin …

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER’Hums with living history, human warmth and indignation’ New York Times Less a mystery unsolved than a secret well kept The mystery has haunted generations since the Secon …