It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a woman in possession of a love of history, must be in want of a blog.
Continuing on from 17th century romantic compliments, here is some advice from 1679 on how not to behave in public. The book, The Refin'd Courtier, or, A Correction of several Indecencies crept into Civil Conversation, criticises the foul manners of some of the author's high-born contemporaries. It provides an interesting insight into the social etiquette of …
In June 1940, the French government surrendered to the German army at Compiègne. British morale was low, and Hitler hoped that the British government would soon cave in, cowed by the French defeat. Meanwhile, he was also drawing up plans for a potential invasion of Britain, known in English as 'Operation Sealion'. There is still …