Amberley Publishing: 2711 books
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...
Her Finest Hour
The Heroic Life of Diana Rowden, Wartime Secret Agent
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017
Diana Rowden was a woman of the finest character. As an agent with the Special Operations Executive (SOE), she was dropped into France alongside Noor Inayat Khan and worked in the Resistance stronghold of the Franche-Comté department. Hunted at every turn by the Gestapo, Diana worked tirelessly for...
by Samuel Pepys
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
On 30 April 1665, the diarist Samuel Pepys recorded the first rumours that the bubonic plague was spreading through London: 'Great fears of the sickness here in the City - God preserve us all!' Thought to have come by ship from Amsterdam, which had been ravaged by the disease for two years, the Plague...
RAF Tempsford
Churchill's Most Secret Airfield
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2010
Designed by illusionist Jasper Maskelyne, RAF Tempsford was constructed to give overflying enemy aircraft the impression it was disused. Nothing could be further from the truth - just after dusk on moonlit nights either side of the full moon, planes from the 138 and 161 Squadrons would take off on...
by Henry Buckton
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012
Somerset's contribution to the Second World War was extremely varied. Wherever you go in the county, you are never far away from a reminder of those wartime years. Weston-super-Mare and Bath experienced the worst of the bombing, but there are many other stories to tell. In this book, old images show...
by Henry Buckton
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
During the Second World War Devon was reputedly the most militarized county in the country. This was particularly so just before D-Day when every town and village was bursting with American troops preparing to take part in the liberation of occupied Europe. But the story of Devon at War begins long...
Antony & Cleopatra
The Doomed Love Affair That United Ancient Rome & Egypt
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2009
The doomed love affair that united Ancient Rome & Egypt. The immortal lovers of novels, plays and films, Antony and Cleopatra were reviled by contemporary Romans, but history has transformed them into tragic heroes. Somewhere between their vilification by Augustus and the judgement of a later...
by Thomas Hennessey & Claire Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2012
PO Box 500, London W2; the nondescript address from behind which one of the worlds most famous Secret Services hid: MI5. This book, based on previously secret sources, lifts the lid on Britains Security Service in its battle against German espionage. During the Second World War, the Security Service,...
by Thomas Hennessey & Claire Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2012
PO Box 500, London W2 the nondescript address from behind which one of the worlds most famous secret services hid: MI5. Drawing on previously secret sources, this book lifts the lid on Britains Security Service in its battle against German and Soviet espionage. It tells the sensational stories of...