In The Shadow Of The Sword: The Battle for Global Empire and the End of the Ancient World ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.79/5 (3) In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two great empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on, and one had vanished for ever, while the other ... Verifica stoc
Great Train Robbery Confidential ♡ 27 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.85/5 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
Nine Lives : My Time As MI6's Top Spy Inside al-Qaeda ♡ 4 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.79/5 As one of al-Qaeda's most respected bomb-makers, Aimen Dean rubbed shoulders with the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and swore allegiance to Osama bin Laden
Gibraltar : The Greatest Siege in British History ♡ 24 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.84/5 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...
Ordinary Heroes ♡ 22 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.84/5 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
No God but Gain ♡ 24 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.84/5 '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
Wellingtons Men Remembered ♡ 6 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.80/5 Wellington's Men Remembered is a reference work which has been compiled on behalf of the Association of Friends of the Waterloo Committee and contains over
The 1st Household Cavalry Regiment 1943-44 ♡ 20 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.83/5 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
Lessons from History ♡ 22 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.84/5 “Provocative, memorable and humorous – Deane never fails to entertain.” - Kwasi Kwarteng MP History is full to the brim with untold tales of heroics
Went the Day Well? ♡ 19 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.83/5 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
Persians ♡ 9 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.80/5 The Great Kings of Persia ruled over the largest Empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the Steppes of Asia, and from Ethiopia to Pakistan.
The Last of the Celts ♡ 19 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.83/5 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
AUGUSTUS - FROM REVOLUTIONARY TO EMPEROR ♡ 25 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.84/5 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
Pearls Before Poppies ♡ 19 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.83/5 '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
Lawson Lies Still in the Thames ♡ 26 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.85/5 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
Death at Dawn ♡ 20 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.83/5 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
CAVE CANEM: ANIMALS AND ROMAN SOCIETY ♡ 15 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 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
If It Moves, Salute It! ♡ 23 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.84/5 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
To War With Wellington: From The Peninsula To Waterloo ♡ 17 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 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
Codename Suzette An Extraordinary Story of Resistance and Rescue in Nazi Paris ♡ 22 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.84/5 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
War of Nerves ♡ 5 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.79/5 More than any other conflict, the Cold War was fought on the battlefield of the human mind. And, nearly thirty years since the collapse of
Hero on the Western Front ♡ 22 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.84/5 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
Combat Over the Trenches ♡ 22 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.84/5 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
Renegade Hero ♡ 16 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 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
A Brief History of Britain 1851-2021 ♡ 17 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 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
Sovereign of the Isles ♡ 19 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.83/5 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
LENIN: A BIOGRAPHY ♡ 27 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.85/5 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
The Great Pyramid Operations Manual ♡ 15 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 This Manual will look at the construction, meaning and conservation of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The focus is on an engineering perspective, analysing how
On Intelligence: The History of Espionage and the Secret World ♡ 18 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.83/5 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
Spend Spend Spend ♡ 17 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 A History of Shopping tells the history of Britons as shoppers, from the Middle Ages to present day.
Action Stations Revisited ♡ 18 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.83/5 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.
In a Time of Monsters ♡ 28 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.85/5 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
Empty Sky ♡ 22 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.84/5 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
D-Day The Soldiers' Story ♡ 21 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.83/5 '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...
Read Dirt on America's Frontier Legends ♡ 18 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.83/5 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,
It All Adds Up ♡ 22 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.84/5 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
Enemies of The State ♡ 19 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.83/5 On 1 May 1820, outside Newgate Prison, in front of a dense crowd, five of the Cato Street conspirators - Arthur Thistlewood, William Davidson, James
The Journey to the Mayflower ♡ 19 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.83/5 ‘A rattling good read’ – The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu 2020 sees the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower – the
Secret Techniques of the Elite Forces ♡ 20 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.83/5 '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...
Deeds Not Words ♡ 17 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 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.
Stalin: A Biography ♡ 14 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 Drawing on a wealth of unexplored material - available for the first time since the collapse of the former Soviet Union - Robert Service's biography
Come Fly the World ♡ 14 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 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
Dangerous Seats ♡ 20 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.83/5 Eugene L. Wolfe looks at how instances of individual strife against Members of Parliament - be it arrest or imprisonment, brawls on the floor, attacks
Forbidden Wife ♡ 19 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.83/5 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
Breakdown ♡ 14 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 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
The Age Of Revolution: 1789-1848 ♡ 18 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.83/5 Eric Hobsbawm urmărește cu o claritate analitică strălucitoare transformarea adusă în fiecare sferă a vieții europene de revoluția duală - Revoluția franceză din 1789 și...
The Debs of Bletchley Park and Other Stories ♡ 14 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 For Winston Churchill the men and women at Bletchley Park were ' the geese the laid the golden eggs' , providing important intelligence that led
A Brief History of the Roman Empire ♡ 19 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.83/5 În această istorie plină de viață a Imperiului Roman (de la înființarea sa în 27 î.Hr. până la incursiunile barbarilor și căderea Romei în 476
Beyond the Call ♡ 15 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 The incredible account - recounted by the protagonist's son - of a secret POW rescue mission at the end of WW2.
EMPIRES OF THE INDUS: THE STORY OF A RIVER ♡ 15 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 The Indus rises in Tibet, flows west across India, and south through Pakistan. For millennia it has been worshipped as a god and used as
Politics of Pain ♡ 13 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 England’s recent lurch to the right appears to be but one example of the nationalist wave sweeping across the world, yet as acclaimed Irish critic
Brief History of London ♡ 13 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 As the United Kingdom left the European Union, during a period of international and domestic turmoil, London found itself at a turning point. This critical
Rubicon ♡ 14 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history. What began as a small community of peasants camped among marshes and hills ended up
The Great Conspiracy ♡ 15 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 Discover the underground war waged between Britain and Revolutionary France
Lotharingia ♡ 19 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.83/5 În 843 d.Hr., cei trei nepoți supraviețuitori ai marelui împărat Carol cel Mare s-au întâlnit la Verdun. După ani de certuri legate de cine va
A Year in the Life of Victorian Britain ♡ 10 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 Regina Victoria a domnit timp de 64 de ani, iar în acei ani Marea Britanie s-a schimbat vizibil. Nu numai că au existat multe progrese
Eastern Front Air War 1941 - 1945 ♡ 9 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.80/5 This selection of over 150 photographs provides a visual guide to the desperate air war fought over the Eastern Front between 1941 and 1945. Most
James Connolly ♡ 11 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 'Very interesting on how fanaticism can develop within a community, and especially relevant today.' Bob Geldof By former member of the IRA and police informant,
Queen Bees ♡ 16 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 Queen Bees looks at the lives of six remarkable women who made careers out of being society hostesses, including Lady Astor, who went on to