The Battle of Lewes in 1263 took place just a few miles from the Battle of Hastings two centuries before it, and was arguably as important.

Young Thomas Arne goes to extreme lengths to conceal his musical talent from his family.

Lord Macaulay describes the toils of a typical country gentleman visiting London in the time of Charles II.

Between 1536 and 1539, King Henry VIII’s government divided up the Church’s property amongst themselves and left a trail of devastation.

Victorian MP Richard Cobden offered a startling analogy for the American Civil War.

Following a decisive victory in the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln urged his supporters to make sure that liberty’s advantage was not squandered.