The History Press: 2510 books
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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.
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.