It is our lack of will that lies behind the continued denial of justice to Jean McConville. Yet there is something that… — Amanda Foreman Denial Copy Share Image
The creators of Wonder Woman had no interest in proving an actual link to the past. In some parts of the academic… — Amanda Foreman Comic Copy Share Image
Contrary to popular belief, Henry VIII did not divorce any of his wives. He had sought an annulment from Catherine of Aragon… — Amanda Foreman Annulment Copy Share Image
Teach her story to future generations, and at least the moral debt owed to Jean McConville can be repaid. Jean McConville. Jean… — Amanda Foreman Debt Copy Share Image
Politics is my second passion, but as a historian, you have to be genuinely neutral. You have failed in your primary duty… — Amanda Foreman Duty Copy Share Image
For America, Britain has never been more than a strategic player, and when it suits them to use us, then there's been… — Amanda Foreman America Copy Share Image
I go into the local chemist, and I can hear people saying, 'Oh my Gaaahd - it's Lisa Kudrow!' And there's a… — Amanda Foreman Actress Copy Share Image
The most famous line in gastronomic history, 'Let them eat cake', turns out to have been an eighteenth-century cliche. According to Antonia… — Amanda Foreman Beginning Copy Share Image
From Lady Carlisle's trip to Moscow in 1663 to Veronica Atkinson's tour of duty during the 1989 Romanian revolution, it is clear… — Amanda Foreman Duty Copy Share Image
For women, Neo-Confucianism placed extra emphasis on chastity, obedience, and diligence. A good wife should have no desire other than to serve… — Amanda Foreman Ambition Copy Share Image
Almost the first thing Obama did in the White House was to return the bust of Winston Churchill to the British embassy.… — Amanda Foreman British Copy Share Image
Southern politicians who have tried to rise above the passionate rhetoric surrounding the Civil War have frequently found themselves dragged back into… — Amanda Foreman April Copy Share Image
I'd gone to Oxford to do graduate studies in the history of the slave trade, but I came across Georgiana's letters, gave… — Amanda Foreman American Copy Share Image
It might sound strange to describe New Yorkers as insecure when they delight so much in the cult of success. The display… — Amanda Foreman Men Copy Share Image
'The Marriage of Souls', like 'The Rationalist', is an exploration of humanist philosophy wrapped between the delicate leaves of an eighteenth-century tale.… — Amanda Foreman Exploration Copy Share Image
A small foot in China, no different from a tiny waist in Victorian England, represented the height of female refinement. For families… — Amanda Foreman England Copy Share Image
For America, 1812 became the war in which it had finally gained its independence. For Britain, 1812 became the skirmish it had… — Amanda Foreman America Copy Share Image
Every now and then, a writer emerges who just gets better and better. These are the really exciting ones to encounter. Their… — Amanda Foreman Better Copy Share Image
In 1861, Bachofen published his radical thesis that the Amazons were not a myth but a fact. In his view, humanity started… — Amanda Foreman Dawn Copy Share Image
The historian Linda Colley has analysed how and why George III transformed himself from being a figure of 'perfect hatred' to the… — Amanda Foreman Country Copy Share Image
We moved around so much when I was young. I was very shy, so shy that I would walk across the street… — Amanda Foreman Moved Copy Share Image
With a good education and a solid childhood, Marie-Antoinette might have become one of the most admired women in Europe. As it… — Amanda Foreman Children Copy Share Image
Despite the ever-increasing financial pressures experienced by writers and the ever-decreasing space afforded by the media to books, writers are still willing… — Amanda Foreman Aim Copy Share Image
As her life became more unhappy, acting attracted Marie-Antoinette because it fulfilled unmet emotional needs. By all accounts, she was quite good… — Amanda Foreman Acting Copy Share Image
It isn't enough for a book to be transporting or entertaining; it must also come from a place of knowledge and an… — Amanda Foreman Beauty Copy Share Image
When Napoleon abdicated in April 1814, Britain expected that America would soon lose heart and surrender, too. From then on, London's chief… — Amanda Foreman April Copy Share Image
Marie-Antoinette was born in 1755, the youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria and Emperor Francis I. She was intelligent and… — Amanda Foreman Ambition Copy Share Image
The one cheering aspect of 'Daughters of Britannia' is the extraordinary tenacity and resilience of Hickman's women. — Amanda Foreman Children Copy Share Image
'Daughters of Britannia' is a fascinating book, not least because it shines a light on a very dark corner of Foreign Office… — Amanda Foreman Analysis Copy Share Image
