The Road by Christopher Hadley review: an early contender for the year’s best history book
Hadley's immersive account uncovers an ancient Roman thoroughfare – and argues magnificently for a different way of writing about the past
Hadley's immersive account uncovers an ancient Roman thoroughfare – and argues magnificently for a different way of writing about the past
Artorius, a new book by Linda A Malcor and John Matthews, makes some eyebrow-raising claims about the mythical English king
HBO's 'Rome' painted Caesar's rival Cato as a boorish prig – but this wonderful biography rehabilitates him
This brilliant history of Dark Age Britain mixes serious scholarship with nods to pop culture, from Tolkien to The Wicker Man