Trials of the King of Hampshire

Brief History: The Dynasties of China

By focusing on the key colourful characters of the eight major dynasties, Bamber Gascoigne brings to life 3500 years of Chinese civilisation. His unique bird's-eye

John Henry Newman

'In another world it is otherwise, but here below to live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.', From An

Shortest Way Home

With soaring prose that celebrates a resurgent American Midwest, Shortest Way Home narrates the heroic transformation of a 'dying city' ( Newsweek ) into noth...

Witnessing Waterloo

Midnight, Sunday, June 18, 1815. Britain holds its breath. Since Napoleon’s escape from Elba in February, Europe has been jolted from eleven months of peace

GREAT HARRY'S NAVY

Waterloo General

At the Battle of Waterloo Sir William Ponsonby, a man who the Duke of Wellington stated had rendered very brilliant and important services and was

Ireland and the Monarchy

Kitchener

The words 'Britons Wants You' and 'Your Country Needs You' are echoes from the First World War - a time very different from today but

A Brief History of Slavery

În 'A Brief History of Slavery' istoricul Jeremy Black explorează sclavia de la originile sale și până la manifestările sale contemporane, sub forma traficului de

Peace and War: Britain In 1914

1914 dawned with Britain at peace, albeit troubled by faultlines within and threats without: Ireland trembled on the brink of civil war
suffragette agitation was

Zero Night

A remarkable story told in full for the first time: a rip-roaring adventure story of WWII derring-do, all the more thrilling for being true. Oflag

UFOs, Aliens and the Battle for the Truth : A Short History of UFOlogy

This no-nonsense guide to one of our most enduring mysteries presents a short history of the strangest encounters, looks carefully at explanations from the blunt

The History of The Channel Tunnel

The Channel Tunnel, has been one of histories most protracted and at times acrimonious, construction projects. From the paranoia of the late 18th and early

Reporting on Hitler : Rothay Reynolds and the British Press in Nazi Berlin by Will Wainewright

Allegedly the only man capable of holding the Fuhrer's intense gaze, Rothay Reynolds was a leading foreign correspondent between the wars and ran the Daily

Return

'After growing up in Britain following exile from Palestine in 1948, Karmi returns to her homeland in the hope of helping with the peace process

Charlie Company Journeys Home

Folosind nenumărate interviuri, precum și jurnale și scrisori originale, Andrew Wiest dezvăluie oroarea războiului din Vietnam pentru cei rămași în urmă și luptele durab...

Evil Families

Throughout history, you see examples where criminality seems to run in the family. From the Ptolemaic dynasty that terrorized Greek Egypt to the modern mafia,

Hubris

Sir Alistair Horne has been a close observer of war and history for more than fifty years. In this wise and masterly work that he

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

America on Fire

A radical reckoning with the racial inequality of America's past and present, by one of the leading scholars of policing and mass incarceration in the

Real Britannia

No Marketing Blurb

Victory in the Desert

Miners' Battalion

'The true nature and functions of a pioneer battalion were never fully understood during the war either by military or laymen. 'Pioneers ... pioneers,' mused

Spitfire Kids

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'An inspirational read celebrating the incredible young people who gave so much for this iconic British aircraft'. John Nichol, bestselling au...

Irishmen in the Great War

In a quest to to discover the forgotten Irishmen in twenty-seven Irish newspapers, many of which are now obsolete, the author uncovered unbelievable and forgotten

Boy 30529

'Anyone who survived the exterminations camps must have an untypical story to tell. The typical camp story of the millions ended in death ... We,

Waterloo Archive. Volume 3

'[In this] new series, acclaimed Napoleonic scholar Gareth Glover brings together previously unpublished material relating to the Battle of Waterloo. The hitherto unseen ...

Never Surrender

While there have been many fine books covering escapes from German POW camps (The Wooden Horse, Great Escape, Colditz etc), the exploits of those POWs

1916: A Global History

A fascinating examination of the First World War beyond the Western Front told through the significant global events of 1916, which dramatically altered the fate

The Woman Who Censored Churchill

During World War II, the only way Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt could communicate was via a top-secret transatlantic telephone link—all other Atlantic tele...

BROLLIOLOGY

Humans have been making, using, perfecting, and decorating umbrellas for millennia - holding them over the heads of rulers, signalling class distinctions, and exploring ...

Martin Luther: Catholic Dissident

'The 31st of October 2017 marks the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther pinning his 95 'Theses' - or reform proposals - to the door of

The Making and Unmaking of a Zionist

Antony Lerman traces his five-decade personal and political journey from idealistic socialist Zionist to controversial critic of Zionism and Israeli policies towards the ...

Secret Britain

From the outset of the war, most of Britain felt like a mystery even to those who lived there. All road and railway signs were

Four Years on the Western Front

Originally published under a pseudonym in 1922, this memoir of a private soldier in the London Rifle Brigade is closely based on the letters he

Letters Home from Abroad

* Highlights the human cost of being posted abroad in wartime: exile and its impact
the censorship of correspondence
the difference between 'good' and 'bad'

Dynastic Rule: Mikhail Piotrovsky and the Hermitage

The Hermitage, one of the world-renowned Russian State Museums in St. Petersburg, was founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great and has ever since been

House of Treason: The Rise and Fall of a Tudor Dynasty

The Tudor court was a snake pit of competing factions, and none was more Machiavellian than the Howard family. After John, first Duke of Norfolk,

The Hidden Lives of London Streets

London's streets have always worn a variety of influences, reflecting the diverse crowds who live and work on them. Take a walk down any number

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.

Blogging from the battlefield

Blogging from the battlefield

The War for Legitimacy in Politics and Culture, 1938-1948

The War for Legitimacy in Politics and Culture 1936-1946 presents the first investigation of how the phenomenon of political legitimacy operated within Europe's political...

Woodrow Wilson Usa

Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924). It is September 1919 - a meeting hall in a small mid-Western city. A thin man is speaking to a sceptical audience

Nicholas II, The Last Tsar

The character of the last Tsar, Nicholas II (1868-1918) is crucial to understanding the overthrow of tsarist Russia, the most significant event in Russian history.

A Brief Guide to Classical Civilization

A general introduction to the classical world from its origins to the fall of the Roman Empire. The book focuses on questions of how we

Into the Jaws of Death: The True Story of the Legendary Raid on Saint-Nazaire

It is the night of 28 March 1942. Royal Navy and British commandos are poised to assault the German-held port of Saint-Nazaire in what will

Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now

Continuing her journey from a deeply religious Islamic upbringing to a post at Harvard, the brilliant, charismatic and controversial New York Times and Globe and

Victory in Europe - Day by Day

Din iunie 1944 până în mai 1945, trupele americane, britanice și canadiene au luptat într-o campanie intensă împotriva puterii Wehrmacht-ului german experimentat în lupt...

Short History Of The Victorian Era, A Pocket Essential

Începând în anii 1830 și terminându-se cu moartea reginei Victoria în 1901, imperiul britanic a prins în era victoriană cel mai mare contur pe care

At the Forward Edge of Battle - a History of the Pakistan Armoured Corps 1938-2016

A wide ranging study that chronicles the remarkable growth of the Pakistan Armoured Corps over 95 years, and embraces its evolution, culture, doctrine, equipment, operati...

The Sinking of the Bismarck: The Deadly Hunt

An acclaimed historian provides a thrilling account of the British Navy's unlikely defeat of the world's most feared battleship!

Brief History of London

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

50 Things You Should Know about the Tudors

Acoperind cei 118 ani de domnie a Tudorilor, din 1485, până în 1603, această carte explorează de la originile dinastiei Tudorilor până la dispariția lor

Prelude to Suez

An unique angle on a fascinating period in British and Egyptian history from a man that was at the centre.

Queen Bees

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

The end of apartheid

This is an insider's blow-by-blow account of the release of Nelson Mandela and the dismantling of apartheid. As British ambassador to South Africa, Robin Renwick

GLADIATOR: THE ROMAN FIGHTER'S

Experience at first hand the spectacular, brutal life and savage death of the most iconic figure of ancient Rome.This manual will take the reader from

Fatal Rivalry, Flodden 1513

On the back of historian George Goodwin's critically acclaimed debut, FATAL COLOURS, comes FATAL RIVALRY, providing the first in-depth examination of the Battle of Flodd...

Weapons, Wireless and World Wars

This account explores the involvement of the Lea Valley in two World Wars--from advances in weapons manufacture to the development of wireless technology. At the

The Triumph of the Sea Gods

An investigation of the geographical incongruities in Homer's epics locates Troy on the coast of Iberia, in a conflict that changed history - Cites the