# Aspects’s Substack Aspects of History's Substack where you'll find articles from acclaimed, bestselling and award-winning historians and authors out there. By Aspects of History · Over 2,000 subscribers [Paris & Her Secrets](https://aspectsofhistory.substack.com/p/paris-and-her-secrets-6af) [Discover Amanda Lees' hidden stories of occupied Paris, from Resistance hero Frank Meier at the Ritz to Coco Chanel's Nazi ties and the city's wartime…](https://aspectsofhistory.substack.com/p/paris-and-her-secrets-6af) 10 hrs ago•[Aspects of History](https://substack.com/@aspectsofhistory) --- [The Spice Race](https://aspectsofhistory.substack.com/p/the-spice-race) [Roger Crowley's story of Magellan's voyage, the spice trade, and the race for the Moluccas that helped create global commerce and Europe's maritime…](https://aspectsofhistory.substack.com/p/the-spice-race) Jun 20•[Aspects of History](https://substack.com/@aspectsofhistory) --- [Budapest in Wartime: Adam LeBor Interviewed](https://aspectsofhistory.substack.com/p/budapest-in-wartime-adam-lebor-interviewed) [In his latest book of non-fiction, journalist and author LeBor has written a tale of espionage and spycraft, and he met novelist Alan Bardos recently to…](https://aspectsofhistory.substack.com/p/budapest-in-wartime-adam-lebor-interviewed) Jun 17•[Aspects of History](https://substack.com/@aspectsofhistory) --- [Turkey: Birth of a Nation](https://aspectsofhistory.substack.com/p/turkey-birth-of-a-nation) [The fall of the Ottoman Empire saw the rise of Turkey, now a major player in European and Middle East affairs.](https://aspectsofhistory.substack.com/p/turkey-birth-of-a-nation) Jun 13•[Aspects of History](https://substack.com/@aspectsofhistory) --- [How Far is Modern Russia a Prisoner of its Past?](https://aspectsofhistory.substack.com/p/how-far-is-modern-russia-a-prisoner) [Mark Galeotti's book on Russia’s military past provides the historical echoes that we’ve seen playing out on the battlefields of Ukraine.](https://aspectsofhistory.substack.com/p/how-far-is-modern-russia-a-prisoner) Jun 10•[Aspects of History](https://substack.com/@aspectsofhistory) --- [The Story of Berlin](https://aspectsofhistory.substack.com/p/the-story-of-berlin) [Barney White-Spunner examines Berlin’s remarkable history, from Prussian capital and Nazi era to Cold War division and reunification, in this compelling…](https://aspectsofhistory.substack.com/p/the-story-of-berlin) Jun 6•[Aspects of History](https://substack.com/@aspectsofhistory) --- [How A Law About Hats Contributed to the American Revolution](https://aspectsofhistory.substack.com/p/how-a-law-about-hats-contributed) [Did hats help spark the American Revolution? Patrick O’Shaughnessy explores how the 1732 Hat Act, British trade controls, and colonial grievances fueled…](https://aspectsofhistory.substack.com/p/how-a-law-about-hats-contributed) Jun 3•[Aspects of History](https://substack.com/@aspectsofhistory) --- [The Cambridge Five and the Making of the Soviet Empire](https://aspectsofhistory.substack.com/p/the-cambridge-five-and-the-making) [Antonia Senior persuasively shifts focus onto the victims, revealing the human cost of Kim Philby and his fellow traitors' leaking of operations behind…](https://aspectsofhistory.substack.com/p/the-cambridge-five-and-the-making) May 30•[Aspects of History](https://substack.com/@aspectsofhistory)