Looking at the period between 1748 and 1774, John Oliphant draws on a variety of sources to explore how British attempts to restrict settlement and protect Native American lands was a significant cause of the American Revolution, especially in the southern colonies.
Reginald Pole was a favourite of Henry VIII before later enraging him, becoming known as the ‘King’s Arch Traitor’, and was once suggested as a potential... Læs mere
Gambler, Olympian, co-conspirator in the murder of Rasputin, grandson of Tsar alexander II, and lover of Coco Chanel.
The first book to look at Anne Boleyn’s life from a Continental perspective. Anne’s role models for queenship were in the Low Countries and France, an important contribution to her tragic fall.
A ground-breaking examination of the Sword in the Stone tale, connecting it to cultures as distant as the Caribbean and Japan, and breaking down its astronomical origins.
Motive, opportunity and means. In the search for the killer, motive is the key. Another look at the notorious killer Jack the Ripper.
Examining the legendary Greek heavy infantry phenomenon that is the Hoplite which helped power the city states of Ancient Greece.
A conflict between two NATO members in the middle of the Cold War. The conflict has a long historical background.
An illuminating biography of a forgotten hero of the Napoleonic wars, drawing on family archives for the first time.
This is the story of the German soldiers who manned those deadly machine-guns on 1 July and who were then forced to fight a losing battle until its remorseless end.
The first biography dedicated solely to the life and ancestry of Sir James Tyrell, the supposed murderer of the Princes in the Tower.