Giovanni Morell—later Morelli—was born in Vernona on 25 February 1816 beginning a lifetime of dedication to the art of the ...

The idea of the cult represents the very core of the American Dream’ Susan-Mary Grant is Professor of American History at ...

A battle of wills between Adolphe Sax and musical instrument makers in 19th-century France saw an unprecedented legal contest ...

The Great Siege of Malta by Marcus Bull upends the myth of the Knights of Malta and their last stand of 1565.

As Late Imperial China sought to rebuild as a modern state from the ashes of war, a new national post office was born.

The survival of the papacy has always been dependent on a precarious balancing act between the pope’s religious and secular ...

American air raids on Japan’s capital burned the city in March 1945, killing 80,000 people in one night alone. ‘Had to be done,’ said the general who ordered it. ‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans ...

In his memoirs, the American air force general Curtis LeMay reflected on the results of the devastating air raid he had ordered on the crowded central zones of the Japanese capital, Tokyo, in March ...