The Civil War ended with the 'rebel' Army triumphant, a regicide republic, and eventually Oliver Cromwell as dictator. Within two years of his death the regime had broken up; chaos led to Charles II being...

In-depth essays on the empire that dominated classical Europe from Tim Venning.Questions over the inevitability of the fall of the Republic, alternate successions, and even a surviving Julius Caesar:...

Tim Venning returns with a series of essays exploring different paths for the British monarchy from the Jacobite risings and beyond. What if the Stuart line had not died out? What if William and Mary...

Tim Venning ('King Henry IX' and 'King Charles or King Oliver?') presents another essay collection chronicling key moments of divergence in the history of the Eastern Roman Empire.

In these essays possibilities are explored about late Tudor and early Stuart history. In this era political and religious developments depended heavily on royal initiative and court politics. What if...