Pen: 3888 books
by Bowman, Martin
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2013
The Wooden Wonder was probably the most versatile combat aircraft that operated on all fronts in World War Two and was still giving valuable service in first-line service after 1945 when it enjoyed a limited renaissance both at home, in Germany and abroad until the advent of jet aircraft. Martin Bowmans...
Tracing Your Legal Ancestors
A Guide for Family Historians
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2011
The law had as much influence on our ancestors as it does on us today, and it occupies an extraordinary range of individuals, from eminent judges and barristers to clerks and minor officials. Yet, despite burgeoning interest in all aspects of history and ancestry, lawyers and legal history have rarely...
by Pen Avram
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2011
Kroupa and Hendrych face their toughest case yet when patients at a psychiatric hospital begin to die. Going undercover, Hendrych checks into the clinic. However, with his sidekick on the inside, Kroupa begins to fear for his friend's sanity as, one by one, more patients are found dead.
Relentless Offensive
War and Bomber Command 1939 - 1945
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2009
During the years before World War II, the Royal Air Force, created amid the bloodshed of the Great War, saw salvation in the doctrine of a relentless offensive by a bomber force which would sail over trenches and then on to the enemy cities and annihilate the ability of the enemy to wage war. This...
by Paul Cornish
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2009
The machine-gun is one of the iconic weapons of the Great War – indeed of the twentieth century. Yet it is also one of the most misunderstood. During a four-year war that generated unprecedented casualties, the machine-gun stood out as a key weapon. In the process it took on an almost legendary...
Women in War
From Home Front to Front Line
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
The changing role of women in warfare, a neglected aspect of military history, is the subject of this collection of perceptive, thought-provoking essays. By looking at the wide range of ways in which women have become involved in all the aspects of war, the authors open up this fascinating topic to...
Churchill's Last Wartime Secret
The 1943 German Raid Airbrushed from History
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
It’s been a State secret for more than 70 years: The official line in the UK has always been that it never happened – but this new work challenges the assertion that no German force set foot on British soil during World War Two (the Channel Islands excepted), on active military service.
Churchill’s...
by Richard Hough, Denis Richards
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2010
High above the warm, summer fields Churchill's 'few' fought with courage & skill against overwhelming odds - and won. A vivid account of the air battles as well as an explanation of how the campaign developed. Fresh insights into the controversies with the aid of original material as well as recollections...
The Right of the Line
The Role of the RAF in WW
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
Traditionally, ‘the right of the line’ is the vanguard, the place of honour and greatest danger in battle. In this history of the Royal Air Force during the European War of 1939-45, John Terraine shows how the RAF, which in 1939 was small and inadequate for the task it was called upon to perform...
Dresden and the Heavy Bombers
An RAF Navigator's Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2005
This is the story of a young man's entry into the war in 1941 and culminates in his flying on the bombing raid to Dresden in February 1945. This is not a gung-ho account of flying with Bomber Command but neither is it a breast-beating avowal of guilt. These memoirs take the form of a basic narrative...
Tracing Your Medical Ancestors
A Guide for Family Historians
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2011
The medical profession had as much influence on the lives of our ancestors as it does on our lives today. It occupied an extraordinary range of individuals - surgeons, doctors, nurses and specialists of all kinds. Yet, despite burgeoning interest in all aspects of history and ancestry, medicine has...
Valkyrie: The North American XB-70
The USA’s Ill-fated Supersonic Heavy Bomber
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
During the 1950s, at the time Elvis Presley was rocking the world with Hound Dog and the USA was aiming to become the world’s only superpower, plans were being drawn at North American Aviation in Southern California for an incredible Mach-3 strategic bomber. The concept was born as a result of General...
Atomic Thunder
British Nuclear Testing in Australia
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2018
British nuclear testing took place at Maralinga, South Australia, between 1956 and 1963, after Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies had handed over 3,200 square kilometres of open desert to the British Government, without informing his own people. The atomic weapons test series wreaked havoc on...
Crime, Clemency & Consequence in Britain 1821–39
A Slice of Criminal Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
A history of criminal justice—from bigamy and body snatching to fraud and murder. “Offers a fascinating insight into the social conditions of the time” (Crime Review).
From the woman who steals a cloak, to the highwayman and the middle-class forger, this book allows us a glimpse of the rich...