History Press: 2525 books
William and Mary
Heroes of the Glorious Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Mary (1662–1694), daughter of James, Duke of York, heir to the English throne, then 15, is said to have wept for a day and a half when she was told she was to marry her cousin, William (1650–1702), son of William II of Orange (1626–50), Stadtholder of the Dutch republic, and Mary, eldest daughter...
Times Great Women's Lives
A Celebration in Obituaries
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Nearly 150 years of women's progress is charted in this compilation of significant women's obituariesWith entries dating from 1872 to 2013, the latest in TheTimes' series of anthologies of its obituaries focuses attention on almost two centuries of groundbreaking achievements by more than 100 women,...
Child From Home
Memories of a North Country Evacuee
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
In 1939, John Wright, a four-year-old boy from a deprived but loving Middlesbrough home, was uprooted from his family and evacuated to a large house in North Yorkshire, requisitioned as a nursery school. His story is not unlike any other during the upheaval of wartime, but in this remarkably lucid...
From Ice Floes to Battlefields
Scott's ‘Antarctics' in the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2015
A tale of friendship, death, and survival, this is the first group biography of the men who survived the Terra Nova expedition In February 1912, Harry Pennell and his Terra Nova shipmates returned to Antarctica expecting to celebrate Scott's conquest of the Pole. Forced by ice to leave before their...
by Edward Pinnegar
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
From drug-smuggling pilots to missing planes, a humorous look at the bizarre stories of the aviation industry It is surprising how little has been written about some of the more bizarre inner workings of the aviation industry. This hilarious collection of stories addresses that and presents the...
When Did Big Ben First Bong?
101 Questions Answered About the Greatest City on Earth
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Millions live there, millions more visit each year—but how many really know London? Do you know when Big Ben first bonged—or even who Ben was? Why the River Thames is so-called? Which top Nazi was locked up in the Tower? Or what runs through the more than 50 miles of train-size tunnels which ring...
Tunnels, Towers & Temples
London's 100 Strangest Places
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Filled with fascinating factoids, this distinctive reference uncovers the hidden stories, curious histories, and comic coincidences behinds dozens of locations around the city of London. The sites addressed include the extensive networks of tunnels running beneath high street pavements; secret transport...
Shadows in the Steam
The Haunted Railways of Britain
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2010
A collection of spine-chilling true-life tales of paranormal activity across Britain's railways, based on hundreds of first person and historical accounts Some of the strange and unexplained hauntings across Britain's railway network that are collected here include signals and messages sent from empty...
Vintage Champagne on the Edge of Space
The Supersonic World of a Concorde Stewardess
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
The inside story of working on Concorde and flying in the supersonic age of travelIn the era of Concorde, flying aboard this iconic aircraft was akin to being part of an elite club. Sally Armstrong recounts her experiences as a stewardess flying with the rich and famous, meeting superstars and royals,...
by John Van der Kiste
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2011
What was childhood like for the princes and princesses in the Victorian and Edwardian period? Here their education, recreation and general upbringing is discussed, from Queen Victoria's isolated and lonely childhood, to the children of King George V and Queen Mary. We see glimpses of Prince Waldemar...
Frogley, Cockhead and Crutch
A Celebration of Humorous Names from Oxfordshire's History
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Willy Cockhead had to live with his name. So too did countless others lumbered with ridiculous names, safely hidden away in Oxford's records and censuses—until now. And what names! Some rhyme (Dick Thick), a few are odd (Silly Waters), others you have to say out loud (Rhoda Turtle) and some are...
Roman Holiday
The Secret Life of Hollywood in Rome
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
Roman Holiday is the heady tale of Rome during the 1950s and 1960s, when the cafes and nightclubs were filled with movie stars and film directors as Hollywood productions flocked to the city to film at Cinecittá studios. Reinvigorating the city after the darkness of fascism and Nazi occupation during...
From Bouncing Bombs to Concorde
The Authorised Biography of Aviation Pioneer Sir George Edwards OM
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2006
For a quarter of a century from 1950, George Edwards was the dominant figure in British aviation, both civil and military. His name is synonymous with the Vickers Viscount, the world's first turboprop airliner, and the Concorde, for which he led the British team throughout its formative period to...
by Ashley Hollebone
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
The full story behind the simplest yet most futuristic of crafts The hovercraft has a multitude of uses across numerous arenas, including leisure cruising and Formula 1 racing; it has modernized travel and saved many lives, boasting zero fatalities in accidents, yet despite all this little has been...