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 ...

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 ...

Allan Massie is not the first to claim that the Protestant Whigs invited William III to come to England in 1688 to “depose James II” and replace him on the throne (“When England Went Orange,” ...

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 ...

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, ...