The author of this essay seeks to reconstruct the Ukrainian topics of Alan J. P.Taylor, one of the most popular British historians of the twentieth century and, arguably, the most controversial. Combining the research methods of historiography and bibliography, Syrota argues that Taylor's ideas on Ukrainian history were influenced both by his personal connections and international politics. Galician passages in his book, The Habsburg Monarchy, 1809-1918 reflected his view of the Ukrainian national movement in the nineteenth century, whereas his wartime journalism dealt with more recent developments, such as the national unification of Ukrainians during the Second World War. Taylor's correspondence with the Ukrainian-American historian, Roman Szporluk, in the 1950s led Taylor to correct some of his earlier misinterpretations, which decision contributed to a better understanding of Ukrainian history.