The Madness of Courage - The Exceptional Achievements of Gilbert InsallGroup Captain Gilbert Insall holds a unique record: he is the only person to have both won a Victoria Cross and escaped successfully from a German prisoner of war camp during the First World War. The Madness of Courage describes how, when forced down by engine damage after destroying a German fighter, Gilbert ignor... Read More...

The Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt - History, Archaeology and SocietyFor the ancient Egyptians, the Middle Kingdom (c. 2000-1700 BC) was a classical period of art, history and literature. The Twelfth Dynasty was one of the strongest ever to rule on the banks of the Nile: some of its kings were later worshipped as local gods, and were made famous by classical Greek authors. Yet Egypto... Read More...

The Missing Thread - A Women's History of the Ancient WorldSpanning 3,000 years, from the birth of Minoan Crete to the death of the Julio-Claudian dynasty in Rome, a magisterial new history of the ancient world told, for the very first time, through women.For centuries, men have been writing histories of antiquity filled with warlords, emperors and kings. But when it comes to incorpor... Read More...