A fascinating exploration of the world's worst mass extinction - and how it shaped all subsequent...

Noblewoman, vividly documents both the great and the trivial events of her long life. They cover ...

The first full biography for more than forty years of Hollywood legend, Carole Lombard

'A riveting detective story ... Revelation follows revelation.' - Benedict Allen, author, explore...

The Age of Emperors 28BC-476AD

Tithe Surveys for Historians

Salmons & Sons was founded in 1830 by Joseph Salmons and quickly became famous for its high-quali...

An account of the famous Fox sisters and the colourful Victorian spiritualist scene

Many books have been written which study the actions of the French or British armies during the N...

A chronological account of the campaigns on the Eastern Front

The rise and fall of the Romans 753-27 BC

A history of Churchill and Malta

Barbarossa to Berlin Vol 2

Adolphe Valette

A history of Chester

Wherever the Firing Line Extends

A history of Kennet & Avon canal navigation

The Roman Empire almost disintegrated in the 3rd Century AD, under the onslaught of barbarians an...

The Scarlet Ribbon follows James Quinn, a young Irish surgeon battling prejudice, suspicion and p...

THE LITTLE BOOK OF YOUGHAL is a compendium of fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining fact...

A history of Lancaster

Of all the Allied generals in the Middle East and Europe in the Second World War, Bernard Montgom...

The Siege of Derry

This chronological account of the campaigns on the Eastern Front, following the German advance fr...

Capability Brown

A collection of twenty-two essays about the people and events that have largely been neglected by...

The first book to reveal the true story of how the Beatles broke the American music market to bec...

The first book on a British effort to save lives, as important as the well known kindertransport,...

Travel with Lady Dorothy Mills around the world, from high society in the Jazz Age to Timbuktu - ...

Fully authorised by The Film and Television Charity and by Buckingham Palace, this book will cele...

Climb Mount Everest with Howard Somervell, who was alongside George Mallory in the first attempt ...

Hamburg, 1930. German shipbuilders Blohm & Voss build a transatlantic ocean cruiser and christen ...

In August 1942, British launched Operation Pedestal in an attempt to deliver supplies to the stri...

Whitney Straight made his own way in life. Born in New York with a silver spoon in his mouth, he ...

How much could the victims of the Holocaust have known of what awaited them? How much should they...

Do you know who is our greatest king or queen? Measuring Monarchy challenges you to think again...

The remarkable story of the Kuczynskis, a family of Soviet spies under cover in Britain

In 1860, Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote that 'The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by e...

The definitive reference book revealing the very oldest examples of steam locomotives all over th...

The first book on the women of bohemian London, who broke all of society's taboos and helped to s...

Mother to Anne Boleyn and grandmother of Elizabeth I, this fresh appraisal places Elizabeth Boley...

The official account of the Royal Artillery's activities in the Normandy campaign, this volume br...

A personal, inside look at the madness behind the making of The Wicker Man - from its inception, ...

A Royal Outcast

Up All Night

This rich collection of tales from Norway contains stories never printed in English or at all. Yo...

Through the study of archaeological evidence, Padstow can trace its history back almost 5,000 yea...

Overlooked & Underrated? Not Any Longer... Presenting 60 forgotten cars of the 1960s