The Norman Conquest of 1066, culminating in the legendary Battle of Hastings, is perhaps the greatest turning point in the... more

The second revolution that engulfed France over the course of 1792 reached its climax in December, with an astonishing, world-changing... more

“From this place and from this day forth commences a new era in the world’s history, and you can all... more

In the summer and Autumn of 1792 - with the Prussians bearing down on Paris, the streets thronged with the... more

‘Still more traitors, still more treason…" It is 1792 and France has been at war since April; it is not going... more

“Anyone who even thinks of abandoning this mission will be cut up into a thousand pieces…I am the wrath of... more

In Tudor England, during the reign of Elizabeth I, there lived in the very heart of her court a magician,... more

“The horror! The horror!” Joseph Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’ - the inspiration for Francis Ford Coppola's ‘Apocalypse Now’ - is one... more

Exposing the dark pit of human suffering, cruelty and corruption that had long been secretly festering in King Leopold’s Congo,... more

“A secret society of murderers with a king for a ringleader”. In 1885 King Leopold of Belgium; an awkward, ruthless, selfish... more