Author: Andrew Beattie

The story of Henry VIII is well known: he is famed throughout the world as the charismatic king of England who married six wives (and executed two ...

A guidebook describing 38 walks in Ticino, Switzerland. Exploring the lakes and mountains of this beautiful Italianate region, routes are graded by...

From the development of the scientific understanding of storms to their representation in literature, art and music, from the destruction of the st...

The story of the Princes in the Tower is well known: the grim but dramatic events of 1483, when the twelve-year-old Edward Plantagenet was taken in...

The story of King Arthur is one of the best known in English history: he was the boy who was schooled by Merlin and who claimed his right to lead t...

Since its foundation in the ninth century Prague has punched way above its weight to become a fulcrum of European culture. The city s most illustri...

The Danube is the longest river in western and central Europe. Rising amidst the beautiful wooded hills of Germany s Black Forest, it touches or wi...

The Scottish Highlands form the highest mountains in the British Isles, a broad arc of rocky peaks and deep glens stretching from the outskirts of ...