A vivid first-hand account of a SOE agent's missions in Nazi occupied France.…

Wide-ranging, stimulating reassessment of the changing role of women in modern warfare, focuses on the parts women played in…

This book examines the forgotten scandals of yesterday, featuring silent and silver screen stars like Jean Harlow, Mae West,…

The first book ever devoted solely to torture as practiced in Britain and its empire.…

The first biography of Maria Branwell reveals a remarkable woman who has spent 200 years in the shadow of her extraordinary…

Reveals the incompetence of the internal police enquiry into Metropolitan and City of London Police corruption.…

Sophia, Electress of Hanover, united the Houses of Stuart and Hanover and was mother to a dynasty. Once the exiled Winter…

Superbly researched and no-holds-barred account of a vicious criminal family.…

The untold story of a daring and successful WW2 SOE operation - involves Ian Fleming, Brigadier Colin Gubbins and a cast of…

\nBroadmoor Women tells the stories of seven women treated in Broadmoor Hospital: an asylum for criminal lunatics.\n…

An insightful biography, exploring the lives of the three Bronte sisters, trailblazing female writers of the nineteenth…

An unusual perspective on the first Blitz, being seen from the German point of view.…

• Rok vydání 2022

\nA fresh and modern reevaluation of this fascinating princess.\n…

\nAn astonishing examination of previously celebrated spies.\n…

Design, development and modelling guide to the German Leopard 2 main battle tank from its Cold War origins through to its…

\nOffers a concise overview of the lives of 46 trailblazing women in STEM.\n…

• Rok vydání 2020

Its discovery in 2020 revealed some fascinating details. This new biography mines its depths for insights into one of the…

\nThe first detailed A-Z of herbs, and their medicinal, magical and culinary properties. All three areas of study, in one…

\nUnlike other books on cross-dressing, this is the only one which does not concentrate on fashion, lesbians or transmen,…

\nThe true story behind the secret agents who have captivated and enthralled generations of readers.\n…

\nAn exploration of our love affair with the Victorian vampire.\n…

\nThe life of William Davenant -Shakespeare\'s godson and potential biological son -reads as entertainingly as his plays.\n…

\nCharts the growth and evolution of Girl Guides from the home makers\' of the past, through to modern Girl Guides and Girl…

These are elite women, all connected to country houses or from noble families throughout the UK, and this book explores to…

A fascinating insight into one of the world's most beloved children's authors…

\nWritten by an acknowledged and world-renowned authority in the field, this is an unrivalled insider information on Soviet…

\nExplores the history of Europe and the earliest legends about magic and religion.\n…

Examination of how Marian Rejewski changed the course of cryptology by using mathematics and then passed a baton to Alan…

\nThe lives and loves of some of the most extraordinary women in Georgian Britain.\n…

\nThis book brings into focus the life of Ada, Countess of Lovelace; it explores how she became credited as being the…

\nWomen\'s history at its best, shining a light on lives often overlooked.\n…

No-holds barred history of Scotland Yard\'s elite Murder Squad. Gripping accounts of police investigations into notorious…

\nThe book is, in short, the uplifting but sometimes tragic story of the many women who stepped up to work in the factories,…

\nThe first ever English language biography of Erich Honecker, covering his entire life and career. Never before published…

\nThe story of Winston Churchill\'s role as Secretary of State for the Home Office.\n…

\nThe remarkable story of the fourteen spies who, in the eyes of Nigel West, had the biggest impact on the events of the…

\nExplore fifteen campaigns that changed the lives of twenty-first-century women and beyond.\n…

\nThe fascinating story about how a pioneering Victorian businesswoman came to head the largest ironworks in the world.…

\nExtensive use of the unpublished papers of Lydia Becker, other suffragists and suffrage societies.\n…

Strong historic and educational appeal. Co-authored and inspired by leading academic and literary figures. Direct interest…

\nExplores the Women’s Social and Political Union’s window smashing Great Militant Protest in great detail.\n…

\nThis highly topical book looks at how assassinations and attempted assassinations since the death of JFK, and even the…

\nThe story of the Earl of Warwick\'s wife Anne Beauchamp and their daughters, Isabel and Anne Neville.\n…