September 2016

Julian D Richards looks at the Great Viking Army and shows how new research is transforming our understanding of the Norse warriors who battled the Anglo-Saxons.

 

Alexander Larman investigates how the Great Fire of London stirred up religious tensions in England in 1666.

 

Malcolm Vale argues that medieval king Henry V was far more than just a warrior.

 

And Alex von Tunzelmann reflects on the 1956 Suez crisis - an event that came to symbolise Britain’s decline as a global power.