History Press: 2525 books
Royal Marriage Secrets
Consorts & Concubines, Bigamists & Bastards
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
From royal babies to royal marriages, not all are what they seem—this book exposes the hidden skeletons of England's most famous rulersWere the "Princes in the Tower" illegitimate? Did Henry VIII really have six wives? How virginal was "the Virgin Queen?" Was James, Duke of Monmouth,...
Bastard Prince
Henry VIII's Lost Son
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
It took Henry VIII 28 years, three wives, and a break with Rome before he secured a legitimate male heir. Yet he already had the illegitimate Henry Fitzroy. Fitzroy was born in 1519 after the king's affair with a gentlewoman named Elizabeth Blount. He was the only illegitimate offspring ever acknowledged...
by Jim Bradbury
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Reconstructing the battle move by move, Jim Bradbury recounts the story of 1066, with a particular emphasis on the military background and covering topics including the armies, the campaigns preceding Hastings, battle tactics and the effects of the conquest. Battle plans and maps are also included.
Archery in Medieval England
Who Were the Bowmen of Crecy?
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
How was it that ordinary men in medieval England and Wales became such skilled archers that they defeated noble knights in battle after battle? The archer in medieval England became a forerunner of John Bull as a symbol of the spirit of the ordinary Englishman. He had his own popular literature that...
Return of the Vikings
The Battle of Maldon 991
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2006
On a day in August, 1,000 years ago, a fleet of some 90 viking ships sailed into the estuary of the Blackwater river in Essex. Fresh from the ravage of Ipswich, under the command (almost certainly) of the king of Denmark, they were intent no doubt on the rich spoils to be had from the royal Mint at...
by Sophie Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
The British system of interrogation has always been distinctly different from other countries. Subtler, quieter and far more devious than its contemporaries, it has been admired by those who have inadvertently succumbed to it. So much so that the Nazis adopted some of the British methods in their...
Churchill's Spy Files
MI5's Top-Secret Wartime Reports
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
THE SECOND WORLD WAR saw the role of espionage, secret agents and spy services increase exponentially as the world was thrown into a truly global conflict on an unprecedented scale. At this time, very few people in government were fully aware of what MI5 and its brethren really did. But with Churchill...
Lindell's List
Saving American and British Women at Ravensbrück
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2016
Mary Lindell, the Comtesse de Milleville, was British-born but a largely forgotten agent. She combined a passion for adventure with blunt speech and persistently displayed the greatest personal bravery. The Germans denied that American or British prisoners were imprisoned in Ravensbrück, but Lindell...
Female Tommies
The Frontline Women of the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
The extraordinary women who served in World War I, from the U.S., UK, and CanadaThrough their diaries, letters, and memoirs, this book tells the story of brave women at the front line of WWI. Readers will meet the women who defied convention and followed their convictions to defend the less fortunate...
Bedford Triangle
US Undercover Operations from England in World War Two
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
The U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF), American Office of Strategic Services (OSS), and British Special Operations Executive (SOE) jointly played a crucial part in operations behind enemy lines in occupied Europe during World War II. Milton Ernest Hall, a country house in Bedfordshire and official UK headquarters...
Devil
In Tudor and Stuart England
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
An enthralling look at the career of the Devil in the age of Shakespeare and Milton, including new research highlighting the role of the Devil in literature The Devil was a commanding figure in Tudor and Stuart England. He played a leading role in the religious and political conflicts of the age,...
SOE's Secret Weapons Centre
Station 12
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
The full story of Aston House in the Second World War has never been told before. Its activities were top secret and as important to the Allied war effort as those of Bletchley Park, but in a different way. Situated near Stevenage, Aston House was one of many British country houses requisitioned during...
Blitz Diary
Life Under Fire in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Firsthand accounts of the experiences of ordinary people during the Second World War Historian Carol Harris has collected a remarkable series of accounts from the war's darkest days, with heartwarming stories of survival, perseverance, solidarity, and bravery, the preservation of which becomes increasingly...
by Gerald Gliddon
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Although covering the period January to July 1917, much of this book concentrates on the events of April—the month of the Battle of Arras, including the capture of Vimy Ridge by the Canadian Expeditionary Force and the fighting for possession of the fortified villages of Monchy le Preux and Gavrelle....