Desmond Seward

Many Italian cities look back with pride to the days when they were independent republics: Naples, on the contrary, remembers its days as a royal…

The Plantagenets reigned over England longer than any other family - from Henry II, to Richard III. Four kings were murdered, two came close to…

A brilliant new interpretation of one of the most dramatic periods of British history. The Wars of the Roses didn't end at the Battle of…

During the fifteenth century England was split in a bloody conflict between the Houses of York and Lancaster over who should claim the crown. The…

For over a hundred years England repeatedly invaded France on the pretext that her kings had a right to the French throne. France was a…

A study of the lives of two of history's greatest dictators, Napoleon Bonaparte and Adolf Hitler, which examines the parallels between their roles and shows…