Anthony Sattin

Thanks to Ruby Lal’s Vagabond Princess, we now know her account of the times to be of immense value

Kenneth Harl’s book covers some 4,500 years, ending with the death of Timur, or Tamerlaine, in the early 1400s.

The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company by William Dalrymple reviewed

Arabs: A 3,000 Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires by Tim Mackintosh-Smith reviewed