Life as a Battle of Britain pilot
A treasure trove of gardening information in 50 often little known objects that have transformed the way we think about and work our gardens today.
Using personal accounts from both Royalist and Parliamentarian supporters to reveal the untold story of the women of the English Civil War, Alison Plowden illustrates how the conflict affected the lives of women and how they coped with unfamiliar responsibilities.
A moving and unique exchange of letters between a Jewish soldier and his wife at home
Hitler's Spy Princess
The first book to deal with the facts about the Early Medieval kingdom that inspired Arthurian legend
The years immediately after the Second World War were known as the decade of disappearing Irish – the peak period of emigration since the Great Famine.
The first comprehensive history one of the most successful British campaigns of the First World War
This compelling account of Henry VIII is by no means yet another history of the 'old monster' and his reign. For Henry VIII was not only a bad man, but also a bad ruler who failed to achieve his aims and blighted the reigns of his two immediate successors.
A brutally honest yet entertaining account of the trials and tribulations of National Service in the 1950s
A nostalgic look at Christmas during wartime, based on the memories of wartime veterans and their families, and including accounts of Christmas under fire, Christmas in POW camps and Christmas on the home front
The dramatic story of the Newton brothers, SOE agents in Nazi-occupied France during the Second World War