Bridget O’Donnel was a poor famine victim from County Clare whose harrowing story appeared in The Illustrated London News on December 22, 1849.

Historical novels are a perfect combination of escapism and enrichment. Through these works of fiction, readers can learn ...

I hope you’ve heard by now: We have a hardcover “coffee table” book collecting a big batch of my stories on American history ...

From a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence to the scribbled notes of a scientific genius and the doodles of a future ...

The books of Brian Castro are postmodern pantomimes that mug the dictates of genre, without ever quite escaping them.

Written by the former chief historian of NASA, the book examines the evolution of our cosmic understanding—from early civilizations to the present day ...

Researchers have linked symbolism to writing, bridging prehistory and history in a significant study of human thought ...

Researchers investigating how the first writing arose identified the motifs on preliterate "cylinder seals" used in the trade of agricultural products and textiles.

This is a thorough and radical interpretation of a difficult period in Anglo-Irish history – and of the part played by Oliver ... Who would have thought that a little book about fishing, friendship ...

MONTREAL - A U.S. historian's book on North America's Indigenous history, “Native Nations: A Millennium in North America,” has won the Cundill History Prize. The honour comes with US$75,000 for author ...