Amberley imprint: 2705 books
by Patricia Southern
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
The story of the greatest empire the world. Roman Empire was firmly rooted in the long history of the Roman Republic that preceded it. The transition from that city state governed by a Senate to an Empire ruled by an Emperor was a gradual affair. Augustus was the first Emperor, and it was he who established...
Mark Antony
A Life
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2010
History has not been kind to Mark Antony, but then he was probably his own worst enemy, fatally flawed, too fond of wine and women, extravagant, impetuous, reckless, always in debt, and attached to all the wrong people. There is some truth in this list of Antony's failings, but the propaganda machine...
Elizabeth of York
The Forgotten Tudor Queen
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
As Tudors go, Elizabeth of York is relatively unknown. Yet she was the mother of the dynasty, with her children becoming King of England (Henry VIII) and Queens of Scotland (Margaret) and France (Mary Rose) and her direct descendants included three Tudor monarchs, two executed queens and, ultimately,...
Edward IV & Elizabeth Woodville
A True Romance
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
When the tall, athletic Edward of York seized the English throne in 1461, he could have chosen any bride he wanted. With his dazzling good looks and royal lineage, the nineteen-year-old quickly got a reputation for womanising, and few were able to resist his charm and promises. For three years he...
Spitfire Voices
Life as a Spitfire Pilot in the Words of the Veterans
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2010
Spitfire Voices represents an important oral history of the Spitfire from the fighter pilot's perspective. Drawing upon the personal letters, diaries and memories of their families and comrades, the author recounts the deeply moving stories of those who made the ultimate sacrifice. The book features...
Last of the Few
18 Battle of Britain Fighter Pilots Tell Their Extraordinary Stories
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2010
Spitfire and Hurricane fighter pilots recount their experiences of combat during the Battle of Britain. 2,927 aircrew of RAF Fighter Command fought and won the Battle of Britain in 1940, 544 lost their lives in action. They flew to battle in Spitfires and Hurricanes, Defiants and Blenheims, although...
The Few
The Story of the Battle of Britain in the Words of the Pilots
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
The Battle of Britain started on 10 July 1940, ending 16 weeks later on 31 October 1940. The Luftwaffe’s intention was to destroy Fighter Command, domination of the skies being crucial to Hitler’s invasion plan. During that fateful summer, young RAF fighter pilots, flying Spitfires and Hurricanes,...
The First Girl Guide
The Story of Agnes Baden-Powell
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2010
In 1909 Sir Robert Baden-Powell's rally of boy scouts at the crystal palace was joined by 2,000 'Girl Scouts'. In an age where single sex education and heavy chaperoning until marriage was the norm, Sir Robert Baden-Powell recognised that a separate organisation for girls was necessary, and his sister...
The Defeat of the Luftwaffe
The Eastern Front 1941-45, A Strategy for Disaster
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
In 1939 and 1940 the Nazi blitzkrieg crushed Poland and the Low Countries and France. This was a new type of warfare with air and ground forces working hand-in-glove and sweeping away all resistance. On the ground the new panzer divisions symbolised this combat revolution, and in the air its symbol...
by Timothy Venning
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
The Anglo-Saxon era is one of the most important in English history, covering the period from the end of Roman authority in the British Isles to the Norman Conquest of 1066 in which the very idea of England was born. In The Kings& Queens of Anglo-Saxon England, Venning examines the rulers of Anglo-Saxon...
Everyday Life in Medieval London
From the Anglo-Saxons to the Tudors
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
Our capital city has always been a thriving and colourful place, full of diverse and determined individuals developing trade and finance, exchanging gossip and doing business. Abandoned by the Romans, rebuilt by the Saxons, occupied by the Vikings and reconstructed by the Normans, London would become...
1066
A New History of the Norman Conquest
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
A radical retelling of the most important event in English history - the Norman invasion of 1066. The Norman Conquest is the single most important event in English history. On this invasion and 'regime change' pivoted the second millennium of English history. This is well recognised, what is not is...
Pirates
Truth and Tales
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
The historian R. H. Tawney famously wrote, ‘The sixteenth century lives in terror of the tramp.’ The eighteenth century lived in terror of the tramps of the seas – pirates. Pirates have fascinated people ever since. It was a harsh life for those who went ‘on the account’, constantly overshadowed...
The Sultans
The Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Rulers and Their World: A 600-Year History
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2018
A history spanning 600 years - an epic story of a dynasty that started as a small group of cavalry mercenaries to become the absolute rulers of the greatest and longest-lasting Islamic empire. Focusing on the lives and achievements of the Sultans themselves, this history mixes court intrigue, wars...