Diana Preston
Diana Preston is an Oxford-trained historian, broadcaster and author of several books. She lives in London.
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A First Rate Tragedy
On November 12, 1912, a rescue team trekking across Antarctica's Great Ice Barrier finally found what they sought - the snow-covered tent of the British…
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A Brief History of the Boxer Rebellion
Fuelled by hatred of foreigners and all they stood for, the ferocious uprising of Chinese peasants and ensuing siege of Peking in the summer of…