Zulu wars and American presidents, past and present

Saul David talks about the forgotten battles of the Zulu Wars, Jane Hamlett talks about Victorian men and household furnishing, Richard Carwardine discusses US President Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama

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Published: January 19, 2009 at 2:16 pm

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