The history of South Africa is largely the story of apartheid-the political subjugation and persecution of the non-white population-which became national policy in 1948, but which had its roots in Holland’s colonial presence. The Dutch... Read More

Lindisfarne Island, just off Great Britan’s northeast coast, was the site of a turning point in Anglo-Saxon history. A monastery founded there survived nearly 160 years until “heathen men miserably devastated [it] by plunder and... Read More