History Press: 2525 books
Conqueror's Son
Duke Robert Curthose: Thwarted King
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
This study redresses the balance of opinion on Robert Curthose. There is no doubt that Robert was rebellious, but the fact remains that the throne of England was meant to pass to him on the death of William the Conqueror. William Rufus and Henry I were thus usurpers, which casts a new light on English...
by Alison Plowden
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2011
A personal rather than political history examining the origins of the family and interweaving the lives of the five Tudor monarchs with lesser-known branches of the tree The Tudors ruled England for little more than a century, but no other dynasty has so impressed itself on the popular consciousness....
Quack Doctor
Historical Remedies for All Your Ills
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
From the harangues of mountebanks to the dubious advertisements in Victorian newspapers, quackery sports a colorful history. Featuring entertaining advertisements from historical newspapers, this book investigates the inventive ways in which quack remedies were promoted – and whether the people...
Kingmaker's Sisters
Six Powerful Women in the Wars of the Roses
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Based on archival sources that have not previously appeared in print, this history of the Wars of the Roses is told from the perspective of the women behind some of the key participants as the conflict between York and Lancaster ebbed and flowed. An examination of the six sisters of Warwick the Kingmaker...
Queen and Mrs Thatcher
An Inconvenient Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
This is the remarkable story of how the two most powerful women in Britain met and disliked each other on sight. For over a decade they quietly waged a war against each other on both a personal and political stage, disagreeing on key issues including sanctions against South Africa, the Miner’s Strike...
by E. E. Rice
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
Of all those who have set out to conquer the world, Alexander the Great came closest to finishing the job. The son of King Philip II of Macedonia, from an early age he was taught that he was a descendant of Achilles and Hercules and was conditioned for conquest and kingly glory. Alexander was educated...
Today Is a Good Day to Fight
The Indian Wars and the Conquest of the West
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Blood, guts, dust, and hatred—this is the real history of the American West, from the initial penetration of the region by settlers and prospectors in the 1840s through the end of the Indian Wars in the 1890s. It explains the history of white-Indian conflict from the military point of view, showing...
by Richard Oram
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
The history of the Scottish monarchy can be presented as a long tale of triumph over adversity, characterized by the personal achievements of its truly remarkable rulers who transformed their fragile kingdom into the master of northern Britain. This volume charts that process, tracing it through the...
Live and Let Spy
BRIXMIS - The Last Cold War Mission
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
BRIXMIS (The British Commander-in-Chief’s Mission to the Group Soviet Forces of Occupation in Germany) is one of the most little-known and covert elite units of the British Army. They were dropped in behind "enemy lines" 1- months after the Second World War had ended and remained operating...
Warlords
The Struggle for Power in Post-Roman Britain
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
They say that history is written by the victors, and consequently there is a tendency for the Britons to be forgotten in the story of the end of Roman Britain and the post-Roman period. Warlord will redress this balance looking at the extraordinary lives of British leaders from 400-550 and the strategies...
Revealing King Arthur
Swords, Stones and Digging for Camelot
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
An investigation into what archaeology tells us about King Arthur’s Dark-Age Britain What lies behind the legends of King Arthur? Fragments of history, or just wishful thinking? While historians study the ancient manuscripts, modern archaeologists join in the hunt for clues. From Arthur’s "birthplace"...
Girls in Khaki
A History of the ATS in the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
The story of the remarkable women of The Auxiliary Territorial Service, including such famous members as Queen Elizabeth the lorry driver and Churchill’s daughter, Mary The Auxiliary Territorial Service was formed in 1938 as Britain faced the threat of war. They took over many roles, releasing...
Tommy in the Family
First World War Family History and Research
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
Genealogist and historian Keith Gregson takes the reader on a whistle-stop tour of World War I family stories, from the heart-warming to the tear-jerking. The entries tell the story behind each discovery and then offers an insight into how the researcher found and followed up their leads. They reveal...
by Alan Haynes
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Every child has heard of Guy Fawkes and will most likely have watched a "guy" being burnt on a bonfire and fireworks lighting up the night sky on Bonfire Night. This book answers the questions of history that lie behind the celebrations of 5 November. Who was Guy Fawkes and how did he come...