History Press: 2525 books
by Miranda Green
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
This fascinating overview of Celts and their religion covers all aspects of the gods, ritual customs, cult-objects, and sacred places of the ancient Celtic peoples Covering 500 BC to AD 400, and embracing the whole of the Celtic world from Ireland to Australia, this rewarding overview of the evidence...
Faustus
The Life and Times of a Renaissance Legend
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2011
Around the world there are hundreds of nightly performances of Goethe’s Faust as well as actual attempts at soul-selling on eBay. Faustus has rightly been described as an icon of modern culture. But in 500 years no one has written his biography—until now. Faustus is the real story behind the legend....
Sea Eagles of Empire
The Classis Britannica and the Battles for Britain
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2016
The Roman war machine comprised land and naval forces. Although the former has been studied extensively, less has been written and understood about the naval forces of the Roman empire and, in particular, the regional navies which actively participated in most military operations and policed the seas...
Pacific Victory
Tarawa to Okinawa 1943–45
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2010
A look at how the "island-hopping" campaign in the Pacific was a crucial factor in the eventual defeat of Japan in 1945 Employing archive color and black-and-white photographs, maps, and first-hand accounts, this history relates the pivotal battles that were part of the American "island-hopping...
Hidden City
The Secret Alleys, Courts & Yards of London's Square Mile
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
An insider's guide to the many hidden nooks and crannies of London, and the fascinating stories behind them, with a foreword by the Lord Mayor of LondonThe real London is often to be found not in its more famous streets and squares but in the small and obscure places which so many visitors miss. David...
Downfall of the Crusader Kingdom
The Battle of Hattin and the Loss of Jerusalem
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
The Third Crusade of Richard the Lionheart is well known but the build-up to it less so. Downfall of the Crusader Kingdom is a story of intrigue, plot and counter-plot, and the abuse of power culminating in the most decisive battle of the medieval epoch, the Battle of Hattin in 1187. Hattin is one...
D-Day
The First 72 Hours
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2004
The Allied invasion of occupied France began with the delivery of three airborne and six infantry divisions onto a 60-mile stretch of the Normandy coast. Accomplishing this involved over 1,200 transport aircraft, 450 gliders, 325 assorted warships and over 4,000 landing vessels. Operation Overlord,...
Grand Fleet 1914–19
The Royal Navy in the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
World War I was the first real time in 100 years that the reputation of the British Royal Navy was put on the line in defense of the country. This book tells of the creation and development of the Grand Fleet under the drive of the energetic and charismatic admiral of the fleet, "Jacky"...
Kremlin Conspiracy
1,000 Years of Russian Expansionism
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
A timely book detailing more than 1,000 years of Russian expansionism, utilizing previous unpublished first person accountsPeople call Putin's power strategy the new Cold War. Author Douglas Boyd argues that it is the same one as before, fought with potent new weapons: the energy resources on which...
Injustice
State Trials from Socrates to Nuremberg
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2006
To a lawyer, injustice is the unfair conduct of a trial. Consequently, a trial can be considered 'fair' even though an innocent man has been convicted, and vice versa. To the person on the street a fair trial is one which results in the guilty being convicted and the innocent acquitted. In this fascinating...
Defending Essex
The Military Landscape from Prehistory to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Defending Essex describes the various elements of the county’s military heritage and places them in their historical, archaeological, and social context. From the castles and strong houses of the medieval and Tudor monarchs and statesmen to the pseudo-fortresses of the Victorian militia and rifle...
Defending London
The Military Landscape from Prehistory to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
London's military structures and the history behind them, from early times to the presentDescribing the various elements of London's military heritage, this book places them in their historical, archaeological, and social context. It covers the castles and strong houses of the medieval and Tudor...
To Walk in the Dark
Military Intelligence in the English Civil War, 1642-1646
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2016
During the bloody years of the First English Civil War, as the battles of Edgehill, Newbury, and Naseby raged, another war was being fought. Its combatants fought with cunning and deceit, a hidden conflict that nevertheless would steer the course of history. The story of the spies and intelligence-gatherers...
Mons Myth
A Reassessment of the Battle
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Conventional histories of the battles of Mons and Le Cateau describe how, although the British were massively outnumbered, precise and rapid British rifle fire mowed down rows of German troops. The staggering German casualties made these battles British victories, and set the stage for the Battle...