The History Press: 2510 books
Shooting 007
And Other Celluloid Adventures
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
A veteran of seven Bond films reveals behind-the-scenes stories of the popular film series—with a foreword by Roger Moore, and many previously unpublished photosBeloved cameraman and director of photography Alec Mills, a veteran of seven James Bond movies, tells the inside story of his 20 years...
Hitler's Spy Princess
The Extraordinary Life of Stephanie von Hohenlohe
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2012
Throughout her life, Stephanie von Hohenlohe (1891-1972) was notorious as a secret go-between and even a professional blackmailer. Although she was the illegitimate daughter of a Jewish woman from Prague and a Jewish moneylender, Stephanie always claimed to be of pure Aryan descent. A shameless social...
Guide to Middle Earth
Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2004
This absorbing insight into the mind behind Middle-earth will introduce or remind readers of the abundance that exists in Tolkien's thought and imagination. Interweaving sections explore The Lord of the Rings and its history; the key themes, concepts and images in Tolkein's work; the people and places...
Jack the Ripper
The Suspects
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2011
The latest research on the ultimate whodunnit by the world's leading society for Ripper studies The Whitechapel Murders of 1888 remain unsolved and hundreds of theories have been suggested as to the killer's identity. However, many of the suggestions naming the infamous Ripper remain ill-informed...
Ghosts & Gallows
True Stories of Crime and the Paranormal
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
A unique compilation of true crime cases with paranormal connections from the mid-18th century to the presentMurder and ghosts go hand-in-hand, and vengeful specters seeking justice or haunting the scene of the crime or their killers have adorned the pages of literature since before Shakespeare. This...
Medical Meddlers, Mediums and Magicians
The Victorian Age of Credulity
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
An exploration of how and why an era underpinned by science and logic was also so rife with quacks and conjurers The Victorians had a thirst for knowledge, which drove them to explore the unchartered corners of the world, plumb the unfathomable depths of science, discover evolution, and create...
by Darren W. Ritson
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Featuring eyewitness accounts, a unique history of how Christmas came to be associated with ghosts, spirits and apparitions of all kinds From Charles Dickens' famous A Christmas Carol to Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, the festive season has long been closely associated with ghostly tales....
by Paul Adams
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
An essential pocket guide to the fascinating world of ghosts, poltergeists, and haunted buildingsThis little gem of a book is a repository of intriguing, fascinating, obscure, strange, and entertaining facts and trivia surrounding ghosts. Within this volume are such chapters as haunted houses, roads,...
Man Who Sank Titanic
The Troubled Life of Quartermaster Robert Hichens
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
With previously unpublished research and family photographs, this book by Hichens' granddaughter sets the record straight about the Titanic quartermaster who steered into an iceberg and kept control of a lifeboat Robert Hichens has gone down in history as the man who was given the famous order to...
by Lyndsy Spence, Joseph Dumas
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
A look at how the perennially popular Mitford girls would cope with modern life, with rare and unpublished images courtesy of the Mary Evans Picture Library, and extracts from archived interviews previously unused Nancy Mitford was the ultimate tease, and her talent for mockery reformed the publishing...
Elizabeth Robins
Staging a Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2007
Beautiful and talented, versatile and charismatic, Elizabeth Robins was one of the foremost actresses of her day. Yet, this enduring character was also an active and lifelong feminist. This biography examines Elizabeth's historical identity and provides a study of the social culture surrounding a woman who lived a life in the spotlight.
The Double Act
A History of British Comedy Duos
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
The double act has been at the heart of British entertainment for over 150 years, yet there has never been a book detailing how this form of comedy continues to develop. From music hall turns such as Flanagan & Allen, to variety acts who managed to make the transformation to television such as...
Sunflowers and Snipers
Saving Children in the Balkan War
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
Credited with saving 300 lives through evacuation and many more through medical aid during her time in the Balkans, Sally Becker's story is both uplifting and a warning of the true nature and price of warIn May 1993, Sally Becker went to Bosnia to help victims of war, delivering medical aid and evacuating...
Exodus Burma
The British Escape through the Jungles of Death 1942
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
Until a few weeks before the fall of Rangoon, the British had not dreamed the Japanese would invade Burma. So in early 1942, British soldiers trained for desert warfare fought a Japanese Army trained and equipped for the jungle. Those who survived this fierce fighting faced malaria, air attack, and...