Stephen takes the reader from his earliest school days when it became clear he was academically bright, especially in maths, attending prep school, winning a scholarship to major public school Uppingham where he won maths prizes and, aged 16, passed 3 S (scholarship) levels.
A forensic study of war, imperial history and international relations, following the Second World War and leading into the Cold War and defeat of Western imperialism in Asia.
Fascinating new study of the key campaigns, battles and sieges that shaped the crusading period in Europe during the Middle Ages.
Fresh new look at the life of Cicero, Rome’s greatest orator and one of the key figures of the 1st century BCE.
A tour of the very worst leadership in ancient Rome.
Presents 8 of the greatest, most decisive or significant Roman battles of the first two and a half centuries of the Imperial period.
Gives a general overview of commercial fisheries, including British landings.
This is a military-political history with a vital and all-pervading cultural and social theme which shapes the narrative - race, colour and prejudice.
A revisionist history showing a gradual build-up of opposition and a drift to conflict which few expected or wanted
The life of Giacomo Casanova and a chronicle of eighteenth-century Europe.
An amazing collection of 250+ photographs which explore the aircraft flown by Polish fighter pilots between 1940 and 1942, some of which have not been published before.
A History of the New Aviation is the first in-depth ‘narrative’ to stitch together the history and evolution of a pastime which is enjoyed by hundreds of thousands around the world.