Empress Matilda and The Anarchy: England’s Forgotten Civil War
Reading Time: 16 minutes A Woman Born to Rule, a Country Plunged into Chaos Empress Matilda was a princess born to be a…
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Reading Time: 16 minutes Grace O’Malley the Pirate Queen of Ireland
Reading Time: 18 minutes Gráinne Mhaol, also known as Grace O’Malley, lived in 16th-century Ireland when clans were at war, the English from…
How John Paul Jones Became an Naval Icon
Reading Time: 12 minutes “I have not yet begun to fight!” Letting these immortal words ring out above the roar of cannons and…
Queen Boudica’s Last Stand: The Battle for Britannia
Reading Time: 14 minutes The Warrior Queen and the Fate of a Nation Set in Roman Britain around the mid-1st century CE, this…
The Diadochi: How Alexander’s Generals Built New Empires from His Ashes
Reading Time: 21 minutes Alexander the Great died unexpectedly in Babylon in 323 BCE with no clear successor. His empire, which had expanded…
The House of Medici: Banking, Power, and the Birth of the Renaissance
Reading Time: 13 minutes Powerful, influential, and quietly transformative: few families have had such a long and sweeping impact on human history as…
The Life and Legacy of Oliver Cromwell: Hero or Tyrant?
Reading Time: 12 minutes Explore the complex life of Oliver Cromwell—military genius, devout reformer, and one of England’s most controversial figures.
The Plantagenet Kings of England: 300 Years That Shaped a Nation
Reading Time: 27 minutes The Plantagenet Kings of England ruled for over 300 years and shaped the future of the British monarchy, the…
30 Best Books Set in the Medieval Era
Reading Time: 13 minutes Fiction and Non-Fiction Must-Reads for History Lovers Medieval literature is a genre that evokes strong imagery: colossal cathedrals, crusading…
The Time Ireland Invaded Canada: The 1866 Fenian Raids Explained
Reading Time: 13 minutes Yes, Ireland invaded Canada in 1866 (kind of). Here’s how: A loose coalition of Irish-American rebels known as the…
