Where have all the royals gone? The royal houses of Europe, Africa, and Asia once ruled continents and the dominions beyond the seas. Today, only a few monarchs still reign in Europe, their powers si
When World War II drew to a close, British servicemen were sent to France to assist in the liberation and recovery of their war-ravaged ally, and a small but indispensable guidebook was packed into t
Visual propaganda was one of the most effective tools in shaping public opinion in the 20th century. These colourful and eye-catching examples of the art of propaganda, collected together here for th
More than 25 million people in the United States alone play golf each year. A game born on the stark, wind-swept landscape of Scotland in the fifteenth century, golf has grown over the centuries into
A blessed companion is a booka book that, fitly chosen, is a lifelong friend.”Douglas William Jerrold Much reading is like much eating, wholly useless without digestion.”Robert SouthIf I had read
Which statesman was, by the end, “bored with it all?” Which world-renowned economist considered on his deathbed whether he ought to have been less abstemious, saying “I should have drunk more champagn
Four hundred years after Shakespeare’s death, his plays live on in theater and popular culture, given new life through countless innovative approaches to their performance and interpretation. Just as
“Next week I shall begin my operations on my hat, on which you know my principal hopes of happiness depend.”—from a letter to Cassandra, October 27, 1798 “You express so
Heath Robinson (1872?1944) is Britain’s ?Gadget King”?master of the art of creating madcap contraptions that made use of ropes, weights, and pulleys to perform relatively simple tasks, from wart remov
