Can history repeat itself? Geoffrey Cox's remarkable account of the Winter War, Stalin's ill-judged invasion of Finland in 1939, has striking similarities with Russia's invasion of the Ukraine.
This is the remarkable life of a man who rose from humble beginnings to the very top of the British establishment. He was a leading QC who took part in... Læs mere
Ralph Bennett, a Cambridge historian, was drafted into Bletchley Park in 1940 to work in Hut 3 where secret German army and navy signals... Læs mere
Richard Charkin uses his unrivalled experience across so many diverse publishing disciplines during his fifty-year-long career to illustrate the profound changes that have affected the identity and practices of publishing since he began his first job in 1972.
The true story of how young Alexander Oppenheim, born in 1925, the son of a rich Berlin banking family, escaped Nazi persecution to become Alexander Oldham who, aged seventeen, joined the British Army and fought against his mother country in the last months of the war.
In this brilliant introduction, Matthew Mills Stevenson explores the significant moments and places that helped to shape Sir Winston Churchill’s remarkable career as a British politician, prime minister, soldier, and author.
Will Blackburn’s heart-warming story of taking urgently needed aid to Ukraine tells of the courage, kindness and compassion of ordinary people determined to help their neighbours whose lives are in constant danger.
All Change is a true insider's story of turbulent times in the media in the second half of the 20th century when Clive Bradley worked at the heart of broadcasting, newspaper, book publishing and politics.
A Fateful Promise is the first instalment of a major literary undertaking which will follow the life and adventures of Philip Kinsella through the travails of the 20th century. Book... Læs mere
A Shattered Idol is the first full-length account of a scandal that enthralled Victorian Britain for more than a decade when Lord Coleridge, the Lord Chief Justice, forbade his daughter Mildred (in her early thirties) from meeting the the man she wanted to marry.
First published in 1919, this dramatic account by a young English woman describes the violence and chaos of the Russian Revolution as the normal rules of life are swept way is as relevant today as it was then. This is first-hand reporting of the very highest order.