Bretwalda Books: 85 books

An ebook contianing eyewitness accounts of the RAF’s first big daylight raid on Germany. Complete with explanatory text and background on the men and machines involved.On 4 September, the day after war was declared, the British Royal Air Force sent a powerful force of bombers to destroy German warships...

"Ave Caesar. We who are about to die salute you". Or maybe not.Gladiators, lions, tigers, chariot racing, wrestlers, executioners, dancing girls, musicians, comedians, emperors and slaves, the Games had it all. And the referee had to keep them all in order - somehow.Being a Gladiator Referee was not...

This new edition of the political classic comes with a foreword by historian Rupert Matthews and includes a number of other early works relating to 19th Century Communism. The Communist Manifesto, originally titled Manifesto of the Communist Party (German: Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei)...

The full, original text of this rarely reprinted book, together with explanatory notes, introduction and conclusion by historian Rupert Matthews. In the summer of 1918 the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia was 10 months old and was sweeping all before it. The Russian Communists were in the process...

A gripping account of the Middlesbrough Parliamentary By-Election written by an experienced political writer.Author David Stepney writes:“The sudden death of Sir Stuart Bell, MP for Middlesbrough, came as a real shock to me. I have been observing - and occasionally taking part - in British politics...

NOW UPDATED FOR POPE FRANCISFor at least five centuries scholars have puzzled over a document known as The Papal Prophecies that were ascribed to St Malachy, an Irish cleric who died in 1148. The Prophecies clearly state that both Rome and the Papacy will be destroyed at some date in the early...

For many centuries it was accepted almost without discussion that the priesthood, and pastoral work more generally, was exclusively a male domain. Women had a role within the Christian Church, as nuns or lay workers, but the giving of the sacraments was seen as a male preserve. And yet for centuries...

After over 25 years of campaigning experience, Rupert Matthews has finally decided to tell all. Whether you are standing for local council, parliament or other elected office, this is the book for you. From how to dress for the public to how to deal with the press, from how to write leaflets...

Lenin wrote "Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism" in the spring of 1916, though it was not published until the summer of 1917. The timing was fortuitous for what had been a minority view of interest to few when he wrote it had come to be a powerful message with resonance with many by the...

A series of short stories written by an Englishman who spent some time in Fiji. All the tales are based on true events, though the names have been changed to protect the innocent, as they say. The tales are primarily about the ex-pat community in the islands, the stories cover much ground about...

A fun reading and activity book for those who look after young and very young relatives while Mummy and Daddy are out at work. This book includes: * Stories to read to the young and very young age groups. * Simple moving around activities to make a change from sitting reading. * Simple crayon and paper fun aimed at all younger ages.

Real Life Accounts of Fighting in the Air from 1916 to the 21st Century Known as the Fighting Cocks from its squadron badge, No.43 Squadron has always been one of the premier fighter squadrons in the RAF. It was formed in 1916 and went out to fly in the war torn skies over the Western Front....

In about the year 1190 monks at Glastonbury Abbey in Somerset claimed that they had found the tomb of King Arthur. The discovery is today routinely dismissed as a crude hoax worked by monks greedy for the money that would come from a stream of pilgrims visiting the tomb. But was it a hoax? And if...

Of all the Knights of the Round Table, none is so famous as Sir Lancelot. He is both the finest of the Arthurian knights, and the worst. He is the champion of the Round Table, and the reason for its destruction. He is loyal, yet treacherous. Noble, but base. His is a complex character that combines...