The historian Michael Arnheim reviews Mary Beard's Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World, which has just been published as a paperback. “What was it really like to rule and be ruled in the Ancient Roman world?” That is how Professor Mary Beard describes her book. In fact, it is a not particularly … Continue Reading
Lead Article
Features
![](https://www.historiamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Hurley-Hendaye-750-360x200.jpg)
The Nazi plan to seize Gibraltar
When Graham Hurley found out about Operation Felix, the Nazi plan to seize Gibraltar, it sparked the idea behind his new book, Dead Ground. He … Continue Reading
![](https://www.historiamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Moot-overlooking-camp-750-360x200.jpg)
The Moot at Monzie: international friendship in the shadow of the Second World War
By Rob McInroy
To mark this week's 85th anniversary of the 1939 International Rover Scout Moot at Monzie, Rob McInroy, whose latest novel is set against this … Continue Reading
![](https://www.historiamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Crusades-Berengaria-tomb-pale-750-360x200.jpg)
Women and the Crusades
Women played a significant role in the Crusades, whether as pilgrims, or supporting the army or, on occasion, as Queens Regnant of Jerusalem, … Continue Reading
![](https://www.historiamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Mothers-Margaret-B-St-Johns-750-360x200.jpg)
Mothers in war: Cecily Neville and her royal rivals
Annie Garthwaite’s second novel, The King’s Mother, picks up the story of Cecily Neville to follow the purposeful power plays of four rival royal … Continue Reading
Interviews
![](https://www.historiamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Zo-passport-750-150x150.jpg)
Historia interview: Clare Mulley
Acclaimed biographer Clare Mulley’s latest book, Agent Zo: the Untold Story of Fearless WW2 Resistance Fighter Elżbieta Zawacka, is published on 16 May, 2024. Clare talks to novelist Carolyn Kirby about the long and … Continue Reading
![](https://www.historiamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Stott-Rebecca-150x150.jpg)
Historia interview: 2023 HWA Gold Crown shortlist: Rebecca Stott
By Frances Owen
Rebecca Stott's novel Dark Earth was shortlisted for the HWA Gold Crown Award in 2023. The judges described it as "spellbinding... Filled with folklore and myth and evocative world-building, an immersive and … Continue Reading
Reviews
![](https://www.historiamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Emperor-750-1-150x150.jpg)
Review: Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World by Mary Beard
The historian Michael Arnheim reviews Mary Beard's Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World, which has just been published as a paperback. “What was it really like to rule and be ruled in the Ancient Roman … Continue Reading
![](https://www.historiamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Munich-750-150x150.jpg)
Historia review: Munich Wolf by Rory Clements
By Alan Bardos
Alan Bardos reviews Munich Wolf, the first in a new series of Second World War spy novels by Rory Clements. He finds it "engaging and well researched". Hot on the heels of Rory Clements’s fantastic Tom Wilde … Continue Reading