\nFour years of fear: escapes, resistance, internment, occupation and finally - liberation. Philip Cracknell brings his…

The First British Empire is an authoritative, highly readable and substantial account of the origins, growth and…

Jan-Marie Knights documents the social calendar of Plantagenet high society in a series of bite-sized chunks. The book…

'The raiding army became much stirred up against the bishop, because he did not want to offer them any money... They pelted…

The brutal history of the forgotten division, manned by volunteers who were not volunteers, on the Eastern Front.…

An exploration of international relations at a time when Western powers exploited Eastern resources and sought to dominate…

Jeremy Black turns his trenchant eye to the development of English culture since the eighteenth century - how does it…

Commemorating its 80th anniversary, this book tells the full story of a crucial late campaign in the Second World War.…

Reginald Pole was a favourite of Henry VIII before later enraging him, becoming known as the ''King''s Arch Traitor'', and…

The first ever biography of Winston Churchill''s daughter Sarah '- close to world events in her youth and later a celebrity.…

The story of the modest city-state that would become the birthplace of democracy…

\nIf Hitler had succeeded in developing a nuclear bomb, that could have been both the end of the Second World War and of…

The epic story of Aeneas takes place at the time of the fall of Troy and the rise of Rome, but was Aeneas in fact a real…

The fascinating true story of one of the most recognisable names in British folklore - Richard 'Dick' Whittington.…

\nA forensic look into the Sepoy rebellion at Meerut in 1857 and the three-month siege and capture of Delhi which followed.\n…

\nThe walls of Rome provide an ever-renewed palimpsest of the Empire\'s history, from the 8th century BC to the fall of the…

The definitive work on church archaeology.…

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A uniquely accessible history of the Welsh people.…

\nWith parallels to today, a significant new account of the Roman empire as a place of migration, diversity and commerce, as…

The joint Allied invasion of Sicily, the first successful attempt to occupy enemy territory, and the precursor for both the…