Contrary to popular belief, Henry VIII did not divorce any of his wives. He had sought an annulment from Catherine of Aragon… — Amanda Foreman Belief Copy Share Image
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
One of the reasons it is considered such a privilege to sit on a Man Booker jury is because it is famously… — Amanda Foreman Beginning Copy Share Image
For people like me, who have got their flags and wars mixed up, I think it should be pointed out that there… — Amanda Foreman American Copy Share Image
The narrative of 'man the hunter' presupposes that men provided the nutrition, invented the tools, and established social organization and communication through… — Amanda Foreman Communication Copy Share Image
We need to feminise history because we are 50 per cent of the population, and our story is just as interesting. — Amanda Foreman History 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 Book Copy Share Image
American histories were the same; they had these mad ideas about how Parliament worked, or what people really meant when they said… — Amanda Foreman American 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
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
What makes 'The Marriage of Souls' such a wonderful book is Collins's intricate reconstruction of the late eighteenth-century world. Simplicity and philosophy… — Amanda Foreman Architecture 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
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
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 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
Foot-binding, which started out as a fashionable impulse, became an expression of Han identity after the Mongols invaded China in 1279. The… — Amanda Foreman Identity Copy Share Image
I would like to say a few things about that photo in 'Tatler'. I have no regrets. The article was about the… — Amanda Foreman Art 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
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
