The History Press imprint: 4918 books

A compilation of thoroughly researched true stories of Londoners through the ages, well known and little known alike - their lives, loves, pastimes and crimes. Their stories weave a tapestry of London through the ages.

This book provides a rounded account of the history of Dudley, beginning before the Norman Conquest. It traces the development of industry in the town, and shows how the lack of utilities, including water, hampered the nineteenth-century town, and forcing a section of the population into desperate...

The lives and loves of great mistresses throughout history, including Mary Boleyn, Alice Keppel, Nell Gwynn, Dorothy Jordan, and moreThese are the stories of women who belonged to a separate part of society—in some ways invisible and socially unacceptable, yet sometimes in positions of influence,...

Judicial hanging is regarded by many as being the quintessential British execution. However, many other methods of capital punishment have been used in this country; ranging from burning, beheading, and shooting to crushing and boiling to death. Execution explores these types of executions in detail....

PLAGUES, PITS AND LEPERS! Life in Camden's leper colony revealed! My wife is under the floor! The true story of Camden murderer DOCTOR CRIPPEN! The elephants are stampeding! WEIRD ACCIDENTS and STRANGE EVENTS galore! Camden has a dark side to rival that of any London borough. The first murderer to...

Vikings, Saxons and pirates! Burned in a barrel of tar! Brighton's historical horrors revealed! Rioting rockers, seditious suffragettes and two terrible trunk murders! Strike! Barbarity at the Battle of Lewes Rd! Sweeter than poison: The true story of a Brighton femme fatale! Strafed by Nazi machine-gunners:...

Manchester has one of the darkest histories in Britain. From the Screaming Skull of Wardley Hall to an epidemic of deadly factory fires in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, you will find all manner of horrible events inside this book. With coffins washed from their graves and swept away into...

Taking you through the year day by day, The Portsmouth Book of Days contains a quirky, eccentric, amusing, or important event or fact from different periods of history, many of which had a major impact on, or reflect, the social and political history of England as a whole. Ideal for dipping into,...

If you enjoy the occasional pub meal, a drink at the bar, or if you're interested in Lancashire's social history, you're sure to find something entertaining in Peter Thomas's introduction to the county's pubs. It opens with a round-up of the history of brewing, pubs and ale-selling, and a section...

Notions of what is scandalous vary from age to age, but our fascination with all things outrageous remains the same. Whether the sexual disgraces of the Victorian era or the political outrages of modern times, the shocking and the immoral never cease to cause a stir among the masses. Bestselling partnership...

Taking you through the year day by day, The Gloucester Book of Days contains quirky, eccentric, amusing, and important events and facts from different periods of history, many of which had a major impact on the religious and political history of Britain as a whole. Ideal for dipping into, this addictive...

A Toby in the Lane reveals the rich fabric of the East End markets, primarily Petticoat Lane, Brick Lane and the life which inhabits its streets. This is the story of immigrant communities, their fight for survival, reflected in sweat and toil. Intimate profiles of traders’ lives entertain, with...

Taking you through the year day by day, The Scarborough Book of Days contains quirky, eccentric, amusing and important events or facts from different periods of history, many of which had a major impact on the religious and political history of England as a whole. Ideal for dipping into, this addictive...

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