He was the scion of a dynasty that was reputed to descend from King Solomon, a pioneer of African...

In 1721 the French philosopher Montesquieu posed the question Comment peut-on être persan? in the...

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During Admiral Thomas Cochrane’s demolition of imperial Spain’s naval presence in the Pacific dur...

As a young army officer in 1971, Aziz BineBine was imprisoned after being unwittingly involved in...

A memoir that combines political commentary with personal and national history.

Geoffrey Chaucer might be considered the quintessential English writer, but he drew much of his i...

James Joyce (1882-1941) is hailed as one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. Reject...

The first new biography of Eliot for over a decade - now in paperback.

A poetic and historical travelogue of Syracuse, Sicily.

The work of Charles Tripp - professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) for ov...

The Conservative Party have been in power for 47 of the 65 years since the end of the Second Worl...