How the American airship came within a hair’s breadth of replacing planes, trains, and ocean liners as dominant long-distance transport
The gruesome history of the Congo–Océan Railway, a forgotten chapter in the story of colonial Africa
The true story of royal intrigue and a fatal shipwreck on the shores of Restoration Britain
The first book to tell the scandal-filled story of Dolphin Square, the UK's most notorious address
Caribbean folk tales set alongside local reminiscences of 1950s migration from the Caribbean to Britain.
The story of Black British theatre at its most radical, entertaining and profound - told through the lives of its great trailblazers
We may have fallen out of love with our city homes, but cities are still going to be essential dwelling places for a growing population. International sustainability and wellbeing advocate,... Læs mere
The incredible story of Britain's female gangsters from the seventeenth century to the present day.
Balloons, parachutes, aeroplanes, gliders, airships –the extraordinary personal tales of the women who led the way in early British aviation!
The return of the high successful biography of a modern legend by Alan Turing's nephew
The stories of the innocent; the survivors and those left behind, who paid the price of terrorism in Northern Ireland
Illustrated history reveals the many experiences of Mauretania (1907) across an illustrious career