Uniform imprint: 9 books
A Voyage to War
An Englishman's Account of Hong Kong 1936-41
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2016
Hugh Dulley’s father (Peter Dulley) and mother (Therese Sander) met in Hong Kong on New Year’s Eve 1935. Four years later at the outbreak of war Peter, a weekend sailor, was called up in the Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He eventually graduated to commanding an ocean-going tug of 500...
by Sarah Wearne
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
Epitaphs of the Great War Passchendaele is an edited collection of headstone inscriptions from the graves of those killed during the Third Battle of Ypres – Passchendaele. Limited by the Imperial War Graves Commission to sixty-six characters – far more restrictive than Twitter’s 140-character...
The Kaiser's Dawn
The Untold Story of Britain’s Secret Mission to Murder the Kaiser in 1918
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2018
In mid summer 1918 a top secret mission, which has remained classified information for a century, was set in motion to kill Kaiser Wilhelm II. It was felt that by killing their head of state and commander in chief it would serve as a mortal blow to the German forces and they would collapse very quickly...
The Christmas Match
Football in No Man's Land 1914
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2014
After four months of intense fighting, the war in Flanders between German and British soldiers fell silent on Christmas Eve 1914. The soldiers started singing instead of shooting. On Christmas Day they came out of their trenches and met in No Man’s Land. Some chased rabbits. Some played football. This...
H-Bombs and Hula Girls
Operation Grapple 1957 and the last Royal Navy Gunroom at sea
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
Published to coincide with the 60th anniversay of Britain’s first successful thermonuclear bomb testing in the Pacific, H-Bombs and Hula Girls tells the tale of ten young men brought together through National Service in the Royal Navy and taking part in Britain’s top secret tests near Christmas...
Disputed Earth
Geology and Trench Warfare on the Western Front 1914–18
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
Geology controls the outcome of battle and no more so than during the trench warfare of the Great War; this new book by expert Peter Doyle takes us through the details. An understanding of terrain has been the mark of a great commander from at least the time of Sun Tzu, and most campaigns can be interpreted...
The Wager Disaster
Mayem, Mutiny and Murder in the South Seas
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015
This is the astounding story of HMS Wager, driven ashore in foul weather onto the inhospitable coast of Patagonian Chile in 1741. Shipwreck was followed by murder, starvation, mutiny, and the fearful ordeal of 36 survivors out of about 140 men. Some were enslaved, some defected; many drowned. The captain...
by Sarah Wearne
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
Epitaphs of the Great War: The Somme is an edited collection of one hundred headstone inscriptions from those who paid the ultimate price during this infamous battle which marked a turning point in the public perceptions of the war in Britain.
Innocence Slaughtered
Gas and the Transformation of Warfare and Society
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2015
This collaborative work investigates the unfolding catastrophe that the unleashing of chlorine against the Allied positions meant for individual soldiers and civilians. It describes the hesitation on the German side about the effectiveness, and hence impact on combat operations of the weapon whilst...