history

The bestselling little book that made independence popular

Jan 10 • Evan Þ

The Battle of Quebec

A desperate attempt and snowy defeat

Dec 27, 2025 • Evan Þ

The Days of Herod the King

The historical context of the first Christmas

Dec 20, 2025 • Evan Þ

What-if's of Versailles

As I imagine other ways the Treaty could’ve been written, could it have been better?

Dec 13, 2025 • Evan Þ

Giving Thanks in Light of History

Musings of things to be thankful for

Nov 22, 2025 • Evan Þ

Lord Dunmore's Scheme

The royal governor of Virginia, at the head of an army of freed slaves, launches a civil war amid the Revolution

Nov 15, 2025 • Evan Þ

The Norman Conquest, Part Two

"Thus lo came England into Normandy's hand"

Oct 18, 2025 • Evan Þ

The Norman Conquest, Part One

William the Conqueror and the last successful foreign invasion of England

Oct 11, 2025 • Evan Þ

Progress and Visions of the Future

What can AI do? Or is that even the right question? What did people think looking forward from the past?

Sep 27, 2025 • Evan Þ

The Lost Fourteenth Colony

The Patriot invasion of Canada

Sep 13, 2025 • Evan Þ

Slavery and the American Revolution

"All men are born free and equal" - so what does that mean?

Aug 16, 2025 • Evan Þ

Disaster Histories and Telling the Right Story

It's hard to fill a book with the one disaster... so how do you tell the story you want to?

Aug 2, 2025 • Evan Þ

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