Earth/Note 19: Into the City at Last
A Visit to Istanbul Past and Present
Anthony Earth
Earth/Note 18: Alternative History in the Darkest Shade of Noir
A review of Francis Spufford, Cahokia Jazz (Scribner, 2023)
Earth/Note 17: The Adventures of Orwell Sahib
A review of Paul Theroux, Burma Sahib (Mariner Books, 2024)
Earth/Note 16: The End of the Caliphate and the Clash of Civilizations
The Ottoman caliphate’s demise in 1924 arose from forces at the heart of A Court at Constantinople
Earth/Note 15: Violence, Justice, and Alternative History
A Review of Colin Mustful, Reclaiming Mni Sota: An Alternate History of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 (History Through Fiction, 2023)
Earth/Note 14: From a Court at Constantinople to a Court for the World
Edmund Hornby, a character in my novel, built the British Supreme Consular Court at Constantinople and then contributed to efforts to build a world court
Earth/Note 13: Atrocity and Agency—The Indigenous Impact on American History
A Review of Ned Blackhawk, The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History (Yale University Press, 2023).
Earth/Note 12: Civilization-politik Returns
Political claims about "civilization" are increasing in a dangerous world
Earth/Note 11: A Stiff Upper Lip for the British Empire
A review of Nigel Biggar, Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning (2023)
Earth/Note 10: The Sins and Service of Imperial Ancestors—A Bit of Cumberbatching
A relative of British actor Benedict Cumberbatch appears in my novel--and why that connection touches on current controversies about the British empire