British history

Individuals assume that maintaining an order, a particular set of law must be followed and must be conveyed to the public, in other words, they must follow a certain constitution. However, the UK Constitution opposes such assumption in its uncodified constitution, which has seen to have favorable outcomes throughout the...

While many viewers may not be aware of it, the immensely popular television series Game of Thrones (and the equally popular series of novels by George R. R. Martin it is based on) draws liberally from the British historical period known as the ‘War of the Roses’ (Miller). The vicious,...

The Restoration period began in 1660, when Charles II was restored to the English throne. During the period between the execution of his father (1649), King Charles I, and Charles II’s arrival, England had suffered a literary stagnation. Various republic governments that imposed their restrictive and Puritan views upon its...

Both Edgar Allan Poe and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle were known as writers of mystery and detective stories. Two of these stories are “The Purloined Letter” by Poe and “A Scandal in Bohemia” by Doyle. In both works, the detectives search for an item that is being used to blackmail...

“Please, sir, I want some more.” Famous words spoken in Charles Dickens’ famous tale, Oliver Twist. This tale was created in order to Dickens’ to show how society was like in London during the 19th century. Within the novel, Oliver Twist displays three critical points of this time period that...