The History Press imprint: 4918 books

Taking you through the year day by day, The Leeds Book of Days contains quirky, eccentric, shocking, amusing, and important events and facts from different periods in the history of the city. Ideal for dipping into, this addictive little book will keep you entertained and informed. Featuring hundreds...

Why was the machine gun so devastating and how did it change the nature of the war? Who invented poison gas and how effective was it on the battlefield? What was it like to come face-to-face with the iron monsters that were the World War I tanks, unleashed for the first time? 

For those interested in the darker side of the city's history, here is an entertaining and informative round-up of some of the strangest, most bloodthirsty, despicable, and comical crimes that took place in and around Liverpool from the Victorian era up to the mid-20th century. Daniel Longman’s...

Sir Robert Atkyns's Ancient and Present State of Glostershire, which appeared in 1712, was the first published survey of the county. Alan Pilbeam's Gloucestershire 300 Years Ago is written to celebrate Atkyns's achievement and to present his information in a more accessible form. Atkyns's work is...

This book tells the incredible story of Shrewsbury.  Read about the Shewsbury castle, where an entire garrison was execute. Then flip a few pages to find the weird but true story of the tightrope artist who dived to his death and learn how Gullet Passage and Grope Lane got their names. From...

A history of the most celebrated battle between Scotland and England in which a mere 7,000 followers of Robert the Bruce defeated more than 15,000 of Edward II’s troops. The battle of Bannockburn, fought over two days on the 23 and 24 June in 1314 by a small river crossing in Stirling, was a decisive...

World War I is often thought of as just being a land war with men entrenched across the Western Front, but this "war to end all wars" was won as much at sea and in the air, as it was on land. This accessible guide takes readers through all the major naval battles of World War I, as well as exploring the stories of the ships and men that fought in them.

For millennia the normal, natural, and pleasurable activity of eating has been surrounded by fear and anxiety. Religious traditions have long decreed what foods are right for their followers to eat, but secularization and scientific progress have not made the situation easier. Our present obsession...

Starting at the front door, this book takes a look at our homes through different eyes, revealing the history of every part from the bricks and beams to pelmets, lights and water pipes; from wallpaper, windows and paints to floors, fires and fitted kitchens.

Written as part of the Worthing WOW festival celebrations, Electric Pictures commemorates 120 years of film in the Sussex coastal towns of Worthing and Shoreham, capturing the region’s rich cinematic legacy and its place in British film history.From film-making pioneers through to blockbuster films...

A day-by-day guide to Peterborough's history, this book contains political, sporting, criminal, strange, amusing, and eccentric events from different periods in the history of the cathedral city. Some events had a major impact on the history of the country as a whole, whilst others are just plain...

Along with its rich history and spectacular scenery, Dumfries and Galloway is home to a great many curious and unusual buildings, objects, and landscape features that have survived the centuries. This well-illustrated book is a guide to 100 of these remarkable sights, including Scotland’s highest...

• HORRORS of the caves! The GHASTLY true story of the Cheddar cannibals!• Twilight of the Empire! Romans, Saxons and the legends of King Arthur!• SWORDS against the VIKINGS! The Somerset heroes who defied the Norse hordes!• Martyrs, murderers, pirates and mad scientists – Somerset’s strangest...

An ancient Scots law says that the head of any dead whale found on the Scottish coast automatically becomes the property of the king, and the tail the property of the queen. The Scots excel at elephant polo, a game usually played in the East. The modern game was co-founded in the 1980s in Scotland,...