History Press: 2525 books
by Tim Travers
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2016
Why was the Allied naval assault of February/March 1915 so unsuccessful? Did the Ottoman Turks have knowledge of the Allied landings of April 25, 1915? And did Sir Ian Hamilton, the overall commander of the Allied forces at Gallipoli, really make a mistake in his intervention at Suvla? These questions...
Stewarts
Kings and Queens of Scotland 1371-1625
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
This is an accessible, illustrated history of the Stewart royal family, kings and queens of the Scots from Robert II (1371-90) to James VI (1567-1625), the last Stewart monarch to really know and understand the Scots.
by Michael Hicks
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2011
The story of the most vilified English king, from model of nobility to murderer and monster. Richard III has been written off in history as one of England's evil kings. His usurpation of the throne from his nephew, the story of the 'Princes in the Tower' and generations of pro-Tudor historians ensureed...
Edinburgh
Literary Lives & Landscapes
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
From Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to Irvine Welsh—a fresh look at an ancient region's connection to the written word Edinburgh enjoys a long and impressive literary heritage and can claim connections with some of the world's most famous writers. This history mixes anecdotes, musings, and serious analysis...
UnRoman Britain
Exposing the Great Myth of Britannia
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
When we think of Roman Britain we tend to think of a land of togas and richly decorated palaces with Britons happily going about their much improved daily business under the benign gaze of Rome. This image is to a great extent a fiction. In fact, Britons were some of the least enthusiastic members...
Northumbria
The Lost Kingdom
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Northumbria was one of the great kingdoms of Britain in the Dark Ages, enduring longer than the Roman Empire. Yet it has been all but forgotten. This book puts Northumbria back in its rightful place, at the heart of British history. From the impregnable fastness of Bamburgh Castle, the kings of Northumbria...
Remembering Westbrook
The People of the Paper City
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
In this collection of her “History Matters” columns from the American Journal, Andrea Vasquez takes readers back to the early days of Puritans and pioneers, when stately forests, wildlife and the land around Westbrook. Discover the secret burial place of Colonel Thomas Westbrook, the legacies of...
Man Who Didn't Shoot Hitler
The Story of Henry Tandey VC and Adolf Hitler, 1918
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
The true story behind the "man who spared Hitler's life" during World War IThis is a book about two men. The first is Henry Tandey: an ordinary man, born and brought up in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, who displayed extraordinary courage to emerge from World War I as the most decorated...
Death on the Don
The Destruction of Germany's Allies on the Eastern Front 1941 - 1944
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Nazi Germany's assault on the Soviet Union in the summer of 1941, Operation Barbarossa, was the largest invasion in history. Almost 3.5 million men smashed into Stalin's Red Army, reaching the gates of Leningrad, Moscow, and Sevastopol. But not all of this vast army was German; indeed by the summer...
Shakespeare's Bastard
The Life of Sir William Davenant
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
Sir William Davenant (1606-1668)—Poet Laureate and English Civil War hero—is one of the most influential and neglected figures in the history of British theater. He introduced "opera," actresses, scenes, and the proscenium arch to the English stage. Narrowly escaping execution for his...
43 Group
Battling with Mosley's Blackshirts
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Written by a founding member, the remarkable history of an incredibly effective anti-fascist action group that shut down thousands of fascist meetings and ralliesOswald Mosley decided he could carry on where Hitler and Mussolini had left off, and on street corners his fascist speakers would...
Women All On Fire
The Women of the English Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2011
Using personal accounts from both Royalist and Parliamentarian supporters to reveal the untold story of the women of the English Civil War, Alison Plowden illustrates how the conflict affected the lives of women and how they coped with unfamiliar responsibilities. Some displayed a courage so far above...
by R E Pritchard
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Dickens's England was a time of unprecedented energy and change which laid the foundations of our own modern society. There was a new world coming into being: new towns, new machines, new and revolutionary ideas, new songs and dances, music-halls and popular novels, as well as new wealth for the smug...
We Will Not Go to War
Conscientious Objection during the World Wars
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
During the First and Second World Wars thousands of men and women followed the promptings of their conscience and refused the call to arms. Reviled, starved, and beaten, theirs was a battle of conscience. They came from all classes and backgrounds. During World War I, 73 conscientious objectors died...