The History Press: 2510 books
Tommy Rot
WWI Poetry They Didn't Let You Read
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
A poem: "General Shute." The General inspecting the trenches, exclaimed with a horrified shout, 'I refuse to command a Division, Which leaves its excreta about.', But nobody took any notice, No one was prepared to refute, That the presence of shit was congenial, compared to the presence...
Courts of Love, Castles of Hate
Troubadours & Trobairitz in Southern France 1071–1321
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
The figure of the troubadour combines the ideals of knighthood with the inspiration of the poet and musician. It created a cultural explosion which influenced the whole course of Western art and civilization. This history traces the story from the birth of the first troubadour in 1071 to the execution...
Cromwell to Cromwell
Reformation to Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2011
How England became radical and revolutionary in the time between the Reformation and the Civil War—with a reappraisal of Thomas Cromwell's legacy and new approach to causes of the Civil War Following on from his biography of Thomas Cromwell, John Schofield examines how the English character and...
Ace of Spies
The True Story of Sidney Reilly
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
Sidney Reilly influenced world history through acts of extraordinary courage and sheer audacity. He was a master spy, a brilliant con man, a charmer, and a cad who lived on his wits and thrived on danger, using women shamelessly and killing where necessary—and unnecessary. Sidney Reilly is one of...
To Hell or Monto
The Story of Dublin's Two Most Notorious Red-Lights Districts
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2015
There was a time when the two most notorious red-light districts, not only in Ireland but in all of Europe, could be found on the streets of Dublin. Though the name of Monto has endured long in folk memory, the area known as Hell was equally notorious, feared, and renowned in its day. In his new work,...
by Cormac Strain
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
From bumps in the night to poltergeist farms, this is a book that will take the reader into the chill of the night across the beautiful county of Tyrone. The third book by Cormac Strain in this much-loved series, Haunted Tyrone is a must for everyone who has ever wondered if there is, in fact, anything strange out there…
King Arthur Conspiracy
How a Scottish Prince Became a Mythical Hero
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
A controversial book offering new evidence that Arthuir mac Aedain was the real King Arthur Arthur led the Britons to the brink of victory but was cut down by treachery and betrayal. Arthurian legends have since been corrupted, leading to popular but false assumptions about the king and the belief...
by W.M. Ormrod
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
The fifty-year reign of one of England's most charismatic leaders is assessed in this lucid and incisive work. W.M. Ormrod traces Edward's life from his birth, when the very future of the monarchy in England was under threat, to his death when he was regarded throughout Europe as the very model of an ideal monarch.
Rise and Fall of the Knights Templar
The Order of the Temple 1118-1314 - A True History of Faith, Glory, Betrayal
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2011
A highly readable look at the lifespan of the famous Knights Templar, who were warrior monks and the first disciplined, regulated, and uniformed standing army since antiquity throughout Europe and the Holy Lands—an economic force to be reckoned with and perhaps an institution guarding dark secrets....
by Peter Bramley
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
A guide to the historical sites associated with the Wars of the Roses The Wars of the Roses (1455–85) saw the end of Plantagenet rule in England & Wales, and the accession of the Tudor dynasty to the throne. It is sometimes seen as the end of the Middle Ages in England, and the start of the...
Blood Cries Afar
The Magna Carta War and the Invasion of England 1215-1217
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Details an invasion that could have changed Britain as we know it, prompted by events at Runnymede where the barons brought an errant king to heel and in doing so provided an opportunity for conquestTaking advantage of the turmoil created in England by King John's inept rule and the barons' demands,...
Palace and the Bunker
Royal Resistance to Hitler
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
A study of the role of German and Austrian royals in Hitler's defeat The part played by the many German and Austrian royal families in opposing Hitler has hitherto been overlooked, and this history outlines many incredible instances of their involvement. Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia was deeply...
Hops, Doodlebugs and Floods
A Memoir of Growing Up In Essex
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
This is the true tale of a boy born into a typical East End family in the Second World War, beginning with his early memories of hop picking and having little money, and moving on to his life in the 1950s and his experience of the devastating east coast floods of 1953. These early memories are the...
Blood Roses
The Houses of Lancaster and York Before the Wars of the Roses
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
In 1453, Richard, Duke of York, claimed the throne of England from his Lancastrian kinsman Henry VI, and set off a series of conflicts between rival branches of the English royal family, better known as the Wars of the Roses. Blood Roses traces the origins of this bitter rivalry all the way back to...