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Signposts: Historical FictionWhat can historical fiction tell us about the past that factual history can’t? Does it distort the record and confuse the reader? What exactly is historical fiction anyway? |
Obituary: Kevin SharpePaul Lay pays tribute to the Renaissance and Early Modern historian who was a pioneer of interdisciplinary scholarship. |
Zoological Society of London: 'Handsome Gifts' to a Young SocietyThe Zoological Society of London was launched in 1826 to promote scientific research into new species. Roger Rideout describes how it amassed its specimens for its private museum and menagerie, which soon became a public attraction. |
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Juliet Gardiner reviews John Forster's biography of Charles Dickens. |
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A pair of new books offer differing takes on the stoicism of British explorers in search of geographical extremes. |
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Roger Moorhouse on a book that provides a powerful antidote to fashionable nostalgia for life in the GDR. |
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Stephen Cretney investigates whether the government colluded in the suppression of evidence that might have prevented Wallis Simpson’s divorce and royal marriage. |
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