Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival Historian and novelist Russell (The Palace) winnows fact from fiction in this peppery, humane look at the complex ...

LIVING IN ALASKA, I heartily concur with Fred Barnes that Sarah Palin is Alaska’s sweetheart (“The Most Popular Governor,” July 16). Perhaps after America wakes up from the Hillary nightmare, Palin ...

Before it became a political term, “conservative” was the antonym of “destructive.” When the word acquired political significance in the English language beginning in the early 19th century—Britain’s ...

Writing an accessible history of Britain in the turbulent 17th century, as Jonathan Healey sets out to do in “The Blazing World”, is a noble aim. Starting with the seeds of one revolution and ending ...

If you enjoy audio books and you're interested in history, here is the first in a series of recommended books, based on what I have listened to in the past several years. All of these books are, in my ...

Revolutions have consistently served as milestones in world history, bringing with them enormous political, social, and economic changes. They can often be traced back to some injustice, inequality, ...