Tim Newark: 10 books
Boardwalk Gangster
The Real Lucky Luciano
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
For the first twenty-five years of his criminal career, Charles "Lucky" Luciano was a vicious mobster who rose to become the multimillionaire king of the New York underworld. For the next twenty-five years of his life, Luciano was a legend---but a fake master criminal without real power,...
Protest Vote
How Politicians Lost the Plot
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Through riveting inside accounts how Britain's maverick politicians exploit the behind-the-scenes struggles in the major parties, Newark takes us through the triumphs and tribulations of the UKIP, the Lib Dems and anyone from Boris Johnson to Nadine Dorries. With entertaining portraits of the main...
Highlander
The History of the Legendary Highland Soldier
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Acclaimed historian Tim Newark tells the story of the Highlanders through the words of the soldiers themselves, from diaries, letters, and journals uncovered from archives in Scotland and around the world. At the Battle of Quebec in 1759, only a few years after their defeat at Culloden, the 78th Highlanders...
The Book of Camouflage
The Art of Disappearing
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
From its origins to its use in combat today, 'The Little Book of Camouflage' tells the history of camouflage in conflict. Its conception, its uses and the colours are looked at, as well as the key patterns such as the German uniforms of World War II, the ever-recognisable American type worn during...
Empire of Crime
Opium and the Rise of Organized Crime in the British Empire
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
Sometimes the best intentions can have the worst results. In 1908, British reformers banned the export of Indian opium to China. As a result, the world price of opium soared to a new high and a century of lucrative drug smuggling began. Just as the banning of alcohol in America during Prohibition...
The Fighting Irish
The Story of the Extraordinary Irish Soldier
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
"Tells the story of the Irish fighting man with wit, clarity, and scholarship." —Andrew Roberts, author of The Storm of War
For hundreds of years, Irish soldiers have sought their destiny abroad. Wherever they've traveled, whichever side of the battlefield they've stood, the tales...
by Tim Newark
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2016
From The Battle of the Somme (1916) through to American Sniper (2014), war and conflict has been a staple source of inspiration for the film industry since the turn of the 20th century. Today, this genre and its continued popularity, which has covered some of the most important conflicts in recent...
The Mafia at War
The Shocking True Story of America's Wartime Pact with Organised Crime
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2012
The Mafia at War is a dramatic provocative account of how a criminal organisation exploited the grim realities of World War II to revive its fortunes and dominate global crime.
The Mafia is the most powerful criminal organisation the world has ever known. This book tells the epic story of how...
by Tim Newark
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015
Due to the number of colour illustrations, this ebook is best viewed on a tablet. Warfare in Britain builds on the success of British Battles, published in association with English Heritage in 1996 (over 18,000 copies sold to date). British Battles dealt with just that: each battle in Britain from...
The In & Out
A history of the Naval and Military Club
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2015
The Naval and Military Club – or the 'In & Out' as it is affectionately known – is one of Britain's greatest and oldest service clubs and this book tells its rich and entertaining history for the first time. Lavishly illustrated, it captures the essence of British style inside one of London's...