Tag Archives: England

Today In History: On December 24, 1814, Diplomats Signed the Treaty of Ghent

Posted on December 24, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Treaty of Ghent, signed on December 24, 1814, marked the formal end of the War of 1812 between Great Britain and the United States. The path to this peace agreement was complex and deeply intertwined with the broader context … Continue reading →

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Aristocratic Escapades: British Tourism in Continental Europe During the Peace of Amiens

Posted on December 14, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Peace of Amiens, a brief respite in the tumultuous Napoleonic Wars, offered a unique opportunity for British aristocrats to venture across the Channel and explore the cultural and historical treasures of Continental Europe. This period of relative peace ignited … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Shadowlands

Posted on September 17, 2024 by nathanalbright

Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain’s List Cities And Vanished Villages, by Matthew Green This book would have been vastly better had the author not felt it necessary to give voice to groundless and politically motivated paranoid fears about anthropogenic climate … Continue reading →

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Book Review: An Elegant Madness

Posted on July 29, 2024 by nathanalbright

An Elegant Madness: High Society In Regency England, by Venetia Murray There is something striking about the way that the author frames the subject of this book. Taking a rather broad view of the Regency Era as extending from the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Blitz Spirit

Posted on July 28, 2024 by nathanalbright

Blitz Spirit, compiled by Jaqueline Mitchell Although the Blitz was a relatively short time within the history of World War II, it was a particularly decisive situation during the war because it occurred during a point where the United Kingdom … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Husband Hunters

Posted on March 27, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Husband Hunters: American Heiresses Who Married Into The British Aristocracy, by Anne De Courcy Many readers of this book–and probably the ideal readers of this book–will enter this work familiar with and fond of such books as Edith Wharton’s … Continue reading →

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Book Review: British Language And Culture

Posted on February 26, 2024 by nathanalbright

British Language And Culture, by the Lonely Planet This guide is an immensely humorous and often irreverent guide to British language and culture, and so it certainly lives up to its name. Perhaps the biggest issue with the book is … Continue reading →

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Book Review: 1066

Posted on February 14, 2024 by nathanalbright

1066: A Guide To The Battles And The Campaigns, by Michael Livingston & Kelly DeVries In reading this book, I had a thought that a company like Viking Tours would want to take advantage of the information in this book. I am … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Agincourt

Posted on January 21, 2024 by nathanalbright

Agincourt: Henry V and The Battle That Made England, by Juliet Barker Agincourt, like Crecy and Potiers before it, was a glorious battlefield victory for outnumbered Englishmen. Did it really make England, though? By the time of Agincourt, England already had a pretty … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Crecy

Posted on January 20, 2024 by nathanalbright

Crecy: Battle Of The Five Kings, by Michael Livingston Revisionist history sometimes gets a bad name, because some people like revising what the author here calls the vulgato, the myth and the received wisdom of a given story for the sake … Continue reading →

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