Nigel Jones

Conrad Black adheres firmly to the ‘great man’ view of history

The movers and shakers of Volume I of his projected history of the world are Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Hannibal rather than any socio-economic forces

‘Hannibal Crossing the Alps on an Elephant’, by Nicholas Poussin. The Carthaginian general is one of Black’s heroes, together with Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. [Alamy] 
issue 27 January 2024
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  • The Political and Strategic History of the World: Volume I, From Antiquity to the Caesars, 14 AD

    Conrad Black

    New English Review Press, pp. 1148, £69

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