Doorway to Hell: Disaster in Somalia

Great Train Robbery Confidential

IN 1981, Detective Inspector Satchwell was the officer in charge of the case against Train Robber Tom Wisbey and twenty others. The case involved massive

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Deception : Spies, Lies and How Russia Dupes the West

From the capture of Sidney Reilly, the 'Ace of Spies', by Lenin's Bolsheviks in 1925, to the deportation from the USA of Anna Chapman, the

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Gibraltar : The Greatest Siege in British History

Located between the Mediterranean and Atlantic, on the very edge of Europe, Gibraltar was a place of varied nationalities, languages, religions and social classes. Durin...

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Ordinary Heroes

In 1982, 8,000 miles from home, in a harsh environment and without the newest and most sophisticated equipment, the numerically inferior British Task Force defeated

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No God but Gain

'From 1501 to 1867 more than 12.5 million Africans were brought to the Americas in chains, and many millions died as a result of the

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GREAT HARRY'S NAVY

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The 15:17 To Paris

he 15:17 to Paris is an amazing true story of friendship and bravery, of near terrorist attack averted by three young men who found the

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The 1st Household Cavalry Regiment 1943-44

The mettle of the famous First Household Cavalry Regiment was tested to the maximum in action in the mountains of Italy in 1943-44. This book

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Lessons from History

“Provocative, memorable and humorous – Deane never fails to entertain.” - Kwasi Kwarteng MP History is full to the brim with untold tales of heroics

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Went the Day Well?

Drawing from the diaries, letters, reports and stories from participants and witnesses, the author describes in detail an hour-by hour account of the Battle of

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Ireland and the Monarchy

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The Last of the Celts

Award-winning author Tanner has journeyed throughout the Celtic world--from the wilds of Northwest Scotland to the Isle of Man, and from Boston to Cape Breton--seeking

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AUGUSTUS - FROM REVOLUTIONARY TO EMPEROR

Caesar Augustus schemed and fought his way to absolute power. He became Rome's first emperor and ruled for forty-four years before dying peacefully in his

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Pearls Before Poppies

'In February 1918, when the First World War was still being bitterly fought, prominent society member Lady Northcliffe conceived an idea to help raise funds

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Lawson Lies Still in the Thames

The story of an ordinary seaman born in Scarborough who would go on to play a key role in some of the major events of

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Death at Dawn

His ships delivered a crushing blow to the Nazi German squadron then occupying Narvik, the famous Arctic iron-ore port. Only moments later, a salvo of

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CAVE CANEM: ANIMALS AND ROMAN SOCIETY

In many ways, Roman attitudes to animals were similar to our own they kept animals as household pets, they farmed animals for meat and hunted

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If It Moves, Salute It!

A series of encounters help to influence his progress from raw recruit to reluctant adulthood, encompassing his journey through the hazards of training to a

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To War With Wellington: From The Peninsula To Waterloo

Using first-hand accounts written by generals, cavalrymen and foot-soldiers of the Duke of Wellington's army, Peter Snow conjures up the horror of the early 19th

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Codename Suzette An Extraordinary Story of Resistance and Rescue in Nazi Paris

The thrilling and previously untold true story of Suzanne Spaak, who abandoned her life of opulence to save the Jewish children of Occupied Paris during

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Tear Gas

The story of how a chemical weapon went from the battlefield to the streets More than a hundred years ago, French troops fired the first

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Losing Our Democracy

Argues that in a perpetual quest for more money and power, big businesses, the far and religious right, and Bush & Co. are assaulting the

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Dead Men Risen

WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE 2012. This is the gripping story of the men of the Welsh Guards and their bloody battle for survival in

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Hero on the Western Front

The US effort in 1918, in what became known as the Hundred Days Offensive, was focused on the Argonne Forest. It was there that 1,200,000

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Combat Over the Trenches

Already an experienced combat pilot, he rose quickly through the ranks of the Australian Flying Corps, becoming a squadron leader and leading his unit at

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Renegade Hero

Cold war helicopter ace Terry Peet lived for flying. He was a 'go anywhere, do anything,' Royal Air Force pilot with a reputation for 'sheer

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A Brief History of Britain 1851-2021

From the Great Exhibition's showcasing of British national achievement in 1851 to the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in Stratford in 2012 and on to

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They Take Our Jobs!

Revised and expanded edition of the groundbreaking book which demystifies twenty-one of the most widespread myths and beliefs about immigrants and immigrations. Aviva...

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Sovereign of the Isles

This is the story of how the territory of the British nation was won and parts of it were lost. It was the English who

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LENIN: A BIOGRAPHY

The critically acclaimed biography of Lenin by one of the greatest Russian history experts and bestselling author of Trotsky, Stalin and Comrades. Lenin is a

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MAFIA BROTHERHOODS

MAFIA BROTHERHOODS (previously published as BLOOD BROTHERHOODS) is the enthralling new history of Italian organised crime by the author of the international bestseller C...

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On Intelligence: The History of Espionage and the Secret World

In this ground-breaking volume, Colonel John Hughes-Wilson charts the history of intelligence- from its biblical origins to the onset of the surveillance state in the

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Spend Spend Spend

A History of Shopping tells the history of Britons as shoppers, from the Middle Ages to present day.

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Action Stations Revisited

Military airfields in Kent, through Sussex, Hampshire up to Swindon in Wiltshire are all in this new third volume of the Action Stations Revisited series.

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On This Day

Delve into a wealth of famous events, significant sites and momentous births and deaths. Choose a day of the year and discover the fascinating array

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In a Time of Monsters

Returning to the UK in September 2010 after serving in Iraq as the political adviser to the top American general, Emma Sky felt no sense

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Empty Sky

One moment the sky would be full of aircraft wheeling and positioning for the best shot at the enemy a sky full of danger and

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Being Arab

In the years before his assassination in 2005, Samir Kassir became one of Lebanon's foremost public intellectuals, a fearless critic of tyranny and an inspiring

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His Finest Hour: A Brief Life of Winston Churchill

Who was Winston Churchill? Even fifity years after his death he is one of the most iconic figures in British history: as a young man

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Prisoners and Escape WWI

A wide range of personal experiences are covered in the eleven chapters of this book. Nearly all the stories are written by the participants who

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D-Day The Soldiers' Story

'Compellingly authentic, revelatory and beautifully written. A gripping tour de force' Damien Lewis Almost seventy-five years have passed since D-Day, the day of the grea...

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Viking London

In this short history, bestselling historian Thomas Williams recounts the profound impact Viking raiders from the North had on London. Delving into London's darkest age,...

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Read Dirt on America's Frontier Legends

The first in a new Wild West series: Learn the real stories behind the larger-than-life characters of the West. Characters like Daniel Boone, Davy Crocket,

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It All Adds Up

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A brief history of the mathematical ideas that have forever changed the world and the everyday people and pioneers behind them. Full

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Enemies of The State

On 1 May 1820, outside Newgate Prison, in front of a dense crowd, five of the Cato Street conspirators - Arthur Thistlewood, William Davidson, James

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The Journey to the Mayflower

‘A rattling good read’ – The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu 2020 sees the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower – the

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Secret Techniques of the Elite Forces

'Offers key insights into the commando's mind.' Warfare magazineIt is easy to visualise special-operations troops as men in camouflage with painted faces, lurking in the...

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Deeds Not Words

Why is it taking so long? Despite huge progress since the suffragette campaigns and wave after wave of feminism, women are still fighting for equality.

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Stalin: A Biography

Drawing on a wealth of unexplored material - available for the first time since the collapse of the former Soviet Union - Robert Service's biography

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Come Fly the World

Alongside the glamour was real danger, as they flew soldiers to and from Vietnam and staffed Operation Babylift - the dramatic evacuation of 2,000 children

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Dangerous Seats

Eugene L. Wolfe looks at how instances of individual strife against Members of Parliament - be it arrest or imprisonment, brawls on the floor, attacks

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The Rise of the Outsiders

Something strange has been happening. All over the world, people are angry and rejecting the establishment like never before. Britain votes Brexit. Trump promises walls

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Inspector Minahan Makes a Stand

In Victorian London, the age of consent was just thirteen. Unwitting girls were regularly enticed, tricked and sold into prostitution. If not marked out for

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Forbidden Wife

The first and definitive tale of the tumultuous and tragic life of Lady Augusta Murray, the forbidden wife of a royal prince in Georgian England

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Breakdown

Then in July 1916 with the start of the Somme battle the incidence of shell shock rocketed. The high command of the British army began

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France: A History From Gaul To De Gaulle

'This book is written in the belief that the average English-speaking man or woman has remarkably little knowledge of French history,' begins John Julius Norwich.

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The Holy Place

Continues the investigation, reported in 'Holy Blood, Holy Grail,' into accursed treasure, the Knights Templar, Jesus, and the existence of a megalithic masterpiece.

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Blogging from the battlefield

Blogging from the battlefield

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The Age Of Revolution: 1789-1848

Eric Hobsbawm urmărește cu o claritate analitică strălucitoare transformarea adusă în fiecare sferă a vieții europene de revoluția duală - Revoluția franceză din 1789 și...

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An Inconvenient Genocide: Who Now Remembers the Armenians?

On 24th April 2015 people around the world commemorated the centenary of the death of over one million Armenians. In their eyes, and in those

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