Skanderbeg stands as one of those rare figures who can be described without exaggeration. His life reads...
Jayne Ellis
Jayne Ellis is a History graduate from the University of York with a deep fascination for ancient societies and the human experience that shaped them. Her writing reflects a keen eye for cultural nuance and a traveller’s instinct for perspective, often weaving lived experience with historical insight. Serious in her research yet unafraid to voice an opinion, Jayne approaches the past with curiosity, rigour, and the occasional sharp edge, because history, after all, was never neutral.
A fight on shifting sand is a fine way to test both tempers and tactics. The Battle...
Michel Ney still grips the imagination. His rise from a cooper’s son in Saarlouis to Marshal of...
The Battle of Ciudad Rodrigo was fought between 7 and 20 January 1812 during the Peninsular War....
There is something about an enormous sword that pulls people in. Perhaps it is the promise of...
A historian cannot help but feel a slight shiver when writing about this episode, partly because the...
A historian’s ranked guide to the mounted forces that shaped an era Napoleonic cavalry were far more...
A historian’s appraisal by a woman who has spent far too long squinting at nineteenth century pulp...
Wagram was a turning point in the War of the Fifth Coalition, fought on the Danube’s plain...
Baldwin III is one of those rulers who deserves far more attention than he usually gets. His...