Power and Peerage: Author article by ‘Making Ireland English’ author Jane Ohlmeyer
Making Ireland English by Jane Ohlmeyer explores the remaking of Ireland’s aristocracy during the tumultuous seventeenth century and offers a major new interpretation of the role of aristocrats in establishing English control over Ireland. Here the author explains why she chose to devote nearly 20 years to studying of these ‘agents of empire’, and why she hopes … Read more
Top Brass – The Trumpet and its Legacy: Author article by John Wallace
Trumpeter John Wallace is Principal of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. His book The Trumpet, co-authored with Alexander ‘Sandy’ McGrattan, is published today and explores the instrument from prehistory to the twenty-first century. Here Wallace discusses the influential figures of the trumpet world, and why the instrument holds such musical … Read more
Author Article by Charles Carlton: How War Shaped the British Isles
This Seat of Mars: War and the British Isles, 1485-1746 by history professor Charles Carlton is an innovative and moving new book which explores the glorious and terrible impact of war. Here the author explains why he chose to write this book, outlining the particular importance of studying the effects of war on both ‘micro’ and ‘micro’ … Read more
New illustrated edition of Gombrich’s classic ‘A Little History of the World’ is published today!
E. H. Gombrich’s A Little History of the World has become a cult classic since it was published in English for the first time by Yale University Press. Today Yale publishes a luxury illustrated edition, which further enriches Gombrich’s enchanting and distinctive narrative. Those who have read Ernst Gombrich‘s A Little History of the World will recall the … Read more
Ralph Tailor’s Summer: A new history of the plague in Newcastle provides an alternative summer read
As we enter the last few weeks of the great British summer, we take a look at a book that tells the moving story of a man who spent his summer in plague-ridden Newcastle. The plague outbreak of 1636 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne was one of the most devastating in English history. About 7,000 out of 20,000 … Read more
