Conway imprint: 59 books
In Their Own Words
Letters from History
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
The way we communicate has changed. Today, many of our interactions are digital, but until recently writing letters was the norm. Drawing from over 100 miles of records held at the UK's official government archive, The National Archives at Kew, this collection of letters, postcards and telegraphs...
When the Office Went to War
War letters from men of the Great Western Railway
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2015
During the course of the First World War, staff of the Great Western Railway's Audit Office sent letters and photographs back to their employer in Paddington, which were in turn collated into monthly "newsletters†? by those who stayed at home to keep Britain moving. Today these newsletters...
Himalaya
The exploration and conquest of the greatest mountains on earth
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
At some 1500 miles long and 250 miles at its widest, the Himalaya range is home to the fourteen greatest mountain peaks on the planet each of which towers over 8,000 metres. Celebrated by the region's early ancient kingdoms, many of these peaks remain sacred in both the Hindu and Buddhist religions...
Pack Up Your Troubles
How Humorous Postcards Helped to Win World War I
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
Artist-drawn humorous postcards were growing considerably in popularity at the start of the 20th century. When war broke out in 1914 trade in them soared as the government utilised them as a widespread means of communication, to bolster morale, stiffen resolve and lift up the spirits in the field,...
The History of the Ship
The Comprehensive story of seafaring from the earliest times to the present day
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2012
Richard Woodman's highly successful "The History of the Ship" is re-worked and updated. Man has used the boat and ship in his struggle to dominate the world around him, accomplishing spectacular feats of courage and exploration, exploitation, trade, communication and destruction. In his highly readable...
A Secret Well Kept
The Untold Story of Sir Vernon Kell, Founder of MI5
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
The United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency, most commonly known as MI5, was founded in 1909 by Sir Vernon Kell KBE. Kell ('K' within the agency) not only founded MI5 but was also its Director for 31 years, the longest tenure of any head of a British government department...
by R H N Hardy
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
The LNER Class A3 Pacific locomotive No. 4472 'Flying Scotsman' is one of the world's most iconic steam engines. It was built in 1923 for the London and North Eastern Railway at Doncaster Works to a design by Nigel Gresley. Taking its name from the London to Edinburgh non-stop service on which it...
by R H N Hardy
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
This fascinating pocket book draws on numerous primary sources from the early days of the rail network through to the Big Four, British Railways and beyond to present a unique guide to the knowledge and skills required for locomotive drivers, engineers and firemen. Beginning with an introduction to steam...
Doctor for Friend and Foe
Britain's Frontline Medic in the Fight for the Falklands
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
Rick Jolly was the Senior Medical Officer in the Falklands, setting up and running the field hospital at Ajax Bay, where he and his Royal Marine and Parachute Regiment medical teams treated a total of 580 casualties, of which only 3 died of wounds. The building itself was a derelict meat-packing factory,...
Submarine
An anthology of firsthand accounts of the war under the sea, 1939-45
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
Submarine' is almost certainly the first book to bring together eye-witness accounts from almost every navy that deployed submarines in WW2, and it is far more than an account of WW2 missions. With self-deprecating modesty, humour, pride, sadness and sometimes bitterness, submariners from Britain, Germany,...
by Dr Stephen Bull
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
What did the British or American soldier know about the German Army? Was this knowledge accurate - and just how did he know it? There have been several 'handbooks' of Second World War armies, but they never tell us exactly what the Allied soldier knew at the time, or how he was informed. This is of...
Churchill's Army
1939–1945 The men, machines and organisation
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
Winston Churchill, Britain's iconic war time Prime Minister, is inextricably linked with the victorious British Army of 1939 to 1945. Yet hindsight, propaganda, and the imperative of the defeat of Hitler and Imperial Japan, have led to a tendency to oversimplify the image of Churchill the war leader,...
The Spitfire Pocket Manual
1939-1945
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2012
Developed in 1938 from a Schneider trophy-winning design by the aeronautical engineer and designer R.J Mitchell, the Supermarine Spitfire went on to become the definitive Allied fighter of the Second World War, and ranks amongst the most famous aircraft of all time. This pocket manual presents an accessible...
Airship
Design, Development and Disaster
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013
Airship charts the history of lighter-than-air craft from the continental pioneers of the late 19th century through to European airship stations in the Great War, Germany's pre-eminent commercial and military zeppelins, the construction of British behemoths R100 and its sister ship R101 and the calamitous...