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Girls in Khaki
A History of the ATS in the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
The story of the remarkable women of The Auxiliary Territorial Service, including such famous members as Queen Elizabeth the lorry driver and Churchill’s daughter, Mary The Auxiliary Territorial Service was formed in 1938 as Britain faced the threat of war. They took over many roles, releasing...
Tommy in the Family
First World War Family History and Research
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
Genealogist and historian Keith Gregson takes the reader on a whistle-stop tour of World War I family stories, from the heart-warming to the tear-jerking. The entries tell the story behind each discovery and then offers an insight into how the researcher found and followed up their leads. They reveal...
by Alan Haynes
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Every child has heard of Guy Fawkes and will most likely have watched a "guy" being burnt on a bonfire and fireworks lighting up the night sky on Bonfire Night. This book answers the questions of history that lie behind the celebrations of 5 November. Who was Guy Fawkes and how did he come...
Sea Devils
Pioneer Submarines
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
A detailed history of the submarine, from the first man-powered submersibles to the deep sea exploration and military crafts of todayPioneer submariners built astonishing contraptions which made perilous voyages or sank like stones. Some were driven by muscle-power or steam engines with chimneys....
Voices from the Dark Years
The Truth About Occupied France 1940-1945
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
The clearest picture yet of what life was really like in German-occupied France during World War II, using previously unpublished first-person accounts of ordinary men and women who lived through this extraordinary and dangerous time Using new, meticulously researched material, Douglas Boyd tells...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2005
There are few figures in British history more famous and more influential than Vice-Admiral Horatio, Lord Nelson, KB. This book offers a comprehensive overview by the world's leading Nelson scholars of all aspects of the Nelson story. It has become the standard reference work for 'The Nelson Legend'...
by Linda Stratmann
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Examining the stories behind some of the most notorious murders in Kent’s history, Linda Stratmann re-examines some of the historic crimes that shocked not only the county but Britain as a whole. Among the gruesome cases featured here are the doctor who was poisoned with morphine in Faversham; the...
by Cate Ludlow, Graham Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
The Georgian era was perhaps one of the most shocking, gory, vice-ridden, and downright surprising in the capital's history. From an anaconda attack at the Tower of London to a ghost in Regent’s Park, a murder at the House of Commons, a body-snatching case which horrified all of London, a murderer...
Rome's Greatest Defeat
Massacre in the Teutoburg Forest
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2008
Over four days at the beginning of September AD 9, half of Rome's Western army was ambushed in a German forest and annihilated. Three legions, three cavalry units and six auxiliary regiments—some 25,000 men—were wiped out. It dealt a body blow to the empire's imperial pretensions and was Rome's...
D-Day Diary
Life on the Front Line in the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Eyewitness accounts of the experiences of those who participated in D-Day, including sailors, soldiers, airmen, and civilians from both sidesHistorian Carol Harris collects together remarkable tales of bravery, survival, and sacrifice from what was one of the war's most dramatic and pivotal episodes, and...
by Ian Arthurson
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2009
Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the English throne, claimed to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York & Norfolk, the younger of the two sons of Edward IV imprisoned in the Tower of London by Richard III, and whose true fate is unknown to this day. He led two attempts to claim the crown, but was captured...
To Rule Britannia
The Claudian Invasion of Britain, AD 43
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
A new approach to the question of where the Roman landings actually took place and the tactics involved In ad 43 the Romans landed an invasion force on the shores of Britain, heralding the beginning of recorded British history and laying the cultural foundations of their current national identity....
Wellington and Waterloo
The Duke, the Battle and Posterity 1815-2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
Exploring the man behind Waterloo and the legacy that defined himThe Battle of Waterloo is a defining moment in European history that has been immortalized in literature and art for generations. This is the first book to trace how perceptions and commemorations of it have changed over two centuries....
Stewarts
Kings and Queens of Scotland 1371-1625
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
This is an accessible, illustrated history of the Stewart royal family, kings and queens of the Scots from Robert II (1371-90) to James VI (1567-1625), the last Stewart monarch to really know and understand the Scots.