The History Press imprint: 4918 books
by Samantha Lyon
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
This is a day-by-day catalogue of 366 macabre moments from Shropshire county's past. Featured here are such diverse tales as mining disasters, suicides, miscarriages of justice, axe murders, executions, and tragic accidents, including the Meadow Pit Mining Tragedy of 1810, when four men suffocated...
Remembering Westbrook
The People of the Paper City
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
In this collection of her “History Matters” columns from the American Journal, Andrea Vasquez takes readers back to the early days of Puritans and pioneers, when stately forests, wildlife and the land around Westbrook. Discover the secret burial place of Colonel Thomas Westbrook, the legacies of...
Captain Cook's Merchant Ships
Free Love, Three Brothers, Mary, Friendship, Endeavour, Adventure, Resolution and Discovery
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2015
The first book to tell the full story of Cook's merchant ships in their historical context While the story of Endeavour is widely written about, Captain Cook sailed in or with eight ships that began their lives as merchant ships. This detailed illustrated history tells the story of these ships and...
by Eveline Cruickshanks
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2012
The regal courts of the English Stuart Kings, from James I (1603-1625) to the ill-fated James II (1685-1689), were magnificent affairs. In a country otherwise given to increasingly austere Puritan ways of living, the royal court shone with a brilliance usually associated with the courts of the Catholic...
David Rizzio & Mary Queen of Scots
Murder at Holyrood
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
David Rizzio came to Scotland from Italy in 1561. He quickly rose to power and became secretary to Queen Mary. He exerted considerable influence and was perceived to be a threat to English interests by Sir William Cecil. On the evening of the March 9, 1566 he was murdered by her jealous husband Lord Darnley and others.
Shakespeare's Bastard
The Life of Sir William Davenant
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
Sir William Davenant (1606-1668)—Poet Laureate and English Civil War hero—is one of the most influential and neglected figures in the history of British theater. He introduced "opera," actresses, scenes, and the proscenium arch to the English stage. Narrowly escaping execution for his...
by Madeline McCully
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
Discover the darker side of Derry with this collection of spine-chilling tales from across the county. This spooky selection features stories of unexplained phenomena, ghostly apparitions, banshees, and poltergeist activity, and includes tales from well-known locations as well as those from private...
by Penny Legg
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Southampton has one of the darkest and most dreadful histories on record. The city has been assaulted by the Romans, Vikings, Normans, and the King’s men, razed to the ground by the French and bombed almost to extinction by the Nazis. Inside the walls, violence, terror, and destruction raged, from...
by R E Pritchard
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Dickens's England was a time of unprecedented energy and change which laid the foundations of our own modern society. There was a new world coming into being: new towns, new machines, new and revolutionary ideas, new songs and dances, music-halls and popular novels, as well as new wealth for the smug...
by Sue Le'Queux
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2010
From paranormal manifestations at the Bristol Old Vic to the ghostly activity of a grey monk who is said to haunt Bristol's twelfth-century cathedral, this spine-tingling collection of supernatural tales is sure to appeal to anyone interested in Bristol's haunted heritage.
We Will Not Go to War
Conscientious Objection during the World Wars
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
During the First and Second World Wars thousands of men and women followed the promptings of their conscience and refused the call to arms. Reviled, starved, and beaten, theirs was a battle of conscience. They came from all classes and backgrounds. During World War I, 73 conscientious objectors died...
Hitler's Vikings
The History of the Scandinavian Waffen-SS: The Legions, the SS-Wiking and the SS-Nordland
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
The first book to cover all the Scandinavians who served in Hitler's feared Waffen-SS right until the end in Berlin Based in part on interviews with surviving veterans, this history details the battles the Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish men of the Waffen-SS fought, and what inspired them...
by Olga Kenyon
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
This inspiring and fascinating book is the first truly comprehensive study of women's letters ever published. Organised by subject matter, and covering a wide range of topics from politics, work and war, to childhood, love and sexual passion. '800 Years of Women's Letter' reveals the depth, breadth...
Worth the Detour
A History of the Guidebook
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2007
Where would we be without guidebooks? All over the world travellers check out the sights of their chosen destination with their noses glued to a guidebook, and rely on them for every aspect of their visit - ordering meals, understanding the locals or avoiding wandering into the red-light district....