The History Press: 2510 books

The wild sweep of Bodmin moor is home to countless ghosts, spirits and ghouls as well as hundreds of inhabitants in the towns and villages dotted across this ancient, windswept moorland. Containing a chilling range of spooky tales, from the ghost of a murdered sailor at the ancient Jamaica Inn to...

From reports of haunted castles, hotels, public houses, and even a prisoner of war camp, to heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, poltergeists and related supernatural phenomena, Ghostly County Durham investigates over twenty of the most haunted locations in the area today. Drawing on historical...

The paranormal history of High Wycombe is brought vividly to life in this, the first dedicated guide to the haunted and mysterious sites of this Buckinghamshire town. Writer, photographer, and psychical researcher Eddie Brazil brings together a chilling collection of supernatural experiences, ranging...

From paranormal manifestations at Devizes Castle to the the White Lady of Avebury Manor, who sharply grabs the unwary by the shoulders as she searches for lost lover who fell during the Civil War, this spine-tingling collection of supernatural tales is sure to appeal to anyone interested in Wiltshire's...

Eerie encounters with spooks and specters haunting all corners of the CotswoldsFrom accounts of the ghost of a headless King Charles I repeatedly haunting Chavenage House to creepy manifestations around the Rollright Stones, every important poltergeist sighting and supernatural phenomenon of the Cotswolds...

Whether hailing from the open Pennine hills or the close-knit neighbourhoods of industrial towns, West Yorkshire folk have always been fond of a good tale. This collection of stories from around the county is a tribute to their narrative vitality, and commemorates places and people who have left their...

The 20th century saw two world wars and many other conflicts characterized by technological change and severity of casualties. Medicine has adapted quickly to deal with such challenges and new medical innovations in the military field have had advantages in civil medicine. There has thus been interplay...

Plague was the most deadly disease across Europe for more than 400 years after the onset of the Black Death in the 1340s. Because of the number of its victims, the foulness of the disease, the disruption which it caused, and the literature which it generated, plague has cast a very long shadow, and...

The first comprehensive book on Ireland's only witchcraft trialIn 1711, in County Antrim, eight women were put on trial accused of orchestrating the demonic possession of young Mary Dunbar, and the haunting and supernatural murder of a local clergyman's wife. Mary Dunbar was the star witness in this...

Harry Peckham was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, before being called to the Bar and becoming, in time, a King's Counsel, a Commissioner for Bankrupts, and Recorder of Chichester. He was also a witty rake, a keen sportsman—he was a member of the committee that drew up the...

At a time when family name was everything, the Nevills were the most influential people in England. They saw the Wars of the Roses from both sides—Yorkist and Lancastrian—but mainly from their own. Their men lived and died violently, and the Nevill women married leading players on both sides....

The lives and origins of the saints as seen through the sites where they once walkedMost books about Celtic saints are based on their legendary medieval lives. This book, however, is based upon our earliest surviving information: a study of the sites where these early Christians lived and worked....

The story of tens of thousands of Muslims from as far away as India who volunteered to wear the SS double lightning flashes and serve alongside their erstwhile conquerors As the West finds itself embroiled in conflict with radical Islam, it is fascinating to hear the echoes of militant Islam...

These lively and entertaining traditional folk tales from Ireland's "Garden County" are vividly retold by local storyteller Brendan Nolan. Their origins lost in the mists of time, these 30 stories from across Wicklow reflect the wisdom (and eccentricities) of the county and its people....