The History Press: 2510 books
by Paul Wreyford
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2008
Poet John Betjemen was not the only scribe "beckoned out to lanes in beechy Bucks." Many of the country's most famous writers shared his fondness for the county and sought solace within its boundaries. John Milton came here to escape the plague in London; Enid Blyton fled the capital's increasing...
Calendar of Crime
365 True Cases from British History
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
From Jack the Ripper to long-forgotten cases, a true crime for ever day of the yearMay 19, 1536: Anne Boleyn, charged with high treason, is beheaded at the Tower of London August 31, 1888: Mary Ann Nichols, the first victim of Jack the Ripper, is found murdered in Buck's Row December 18, 1914:...
Siege of Derry 1689
The Military History
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016
The Protestant war cry of "No Surrender!" was first used in 1689 by the Mayor of Londonderry as James II’s army laid siege to the city for 105 days and during which half the city’s population died. There were many acts of courage—from the heroic death of Captain Browning to the anonymous...
Warfare in Ancient Greece
Arms and Armour from the Heroes of Homer to Alexander the Great
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2004
In this first comprehensive study of Ancient Greek warfare for over 35 years, Tim Everson discusses clearly and thoroughly the background, weapons and tactics of the ancient Greeks. He describes the weapons, armour, helmets, chariots and other military equipment used in from c. 1550 to 150 BC and...
The Crimean War
Europe's Conflict with Russia
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
The Crimean War was the most destructive conflict of Queen Victoria's reign, the outcome of which was indecisive; most historians see it as an irrelevant, unnecessary conflict despite Florence Nightingale and the Charge of the Light Brigade. Here Hugh Small shows how the history of the Crimean War...
by John Norris
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
A must-have book for any military vehicle enthusiast, detailing more than 100 classic military vehicles from U.S., UK, Russian, and German forcesMany thousands of different types of vehicles were used by the armies during World War II for various roles, including the fighting vehicles such as armored...
Flights into History
Final Missions Retold By Research and Archaeology
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
During the Second World War, men of many nations - Britons, Americans, air men from the Commonwealth and Occupied Europe - and their equally determined, courageous German foes - fought and died in the skies over Europe. Reconstructing events, often from wreckage recovered, new lines of research and...
by Martin W. Bowman
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
A pocket-sized, stunningly illustrated guide to one of the most famous military operations of all time—D-DayJune 6, 1944 is a day that is emblazoned in history; the first day of the Allied Operation Overlord—the mass invasion of Normandy. Planned for many months and executed swiftly, these landings...
Tank Factory
British Military Vehicle Development and the Chobham Establishment
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
The United Kingdom invented the tank and was responsible for campaign-winning tactics, yet by the start of World War II had fallen well behind other nations in the design and build of armored vehicles. William Suttie tells the history of tank design from a government perspective and the decisions...
Hitler's Gauls
The History of the 33rd Waffen Division Charlemagne
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2009
The divisions of the Waffen-SS were among the elite of Hitler’s armies in World War II, alongside the Germans in the Waffen-SS fought an astonishingly high number of volunteers from other countries. By the end of World War II, these foreign volunteers comprised half of all Hitler’s Waffen-SS,...
Scotland on the Frontline
A Photographic History of Scottish Forces 1939-45
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
The only book to trace Scotland’s contribution to the Second World War through unpublished photographs Traditionally Scotland has made a contribution to Britain’s wars well out of proportion to her population and her military achievements recognized throughout the world. 'Scotland at War' provides...
Arrowstorm
The Archer in the Hundred Years War
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2009
Revealing the power behind one of history's most devastating weapons, this study chronicles the overwhelming importance of the military archer in the late medieval period. The longbow played a central role in the English victory at the battles of Crecy and Agincourt. Completely undermining the supremacy...
by Elizabeth Rees
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
An exploration of the lives and origin of Celtic saints, complete with photographs of where each saint lived and worked Describing 120 saints, and filled with the author's own evocative photographs, this reference includes every well-known Celtic saint and a large number of less famous individuals....
by Robert Bartholomew
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2004
Examining the ability of the media to whip up a panic and our tendency to fall victim to mass delusion and hysteria, this title discusses America's "kissing bug" scare of 1899; Seattle's atomic fallout fiasco of 1954; the phantom slasher of Tapei in 1956; Belgium's recent Coca-Cola poisoning scare and the "mad gasser" of Mattoon, and more.