The story of Mallard, including locomotive development, the speed battle in the UK and abroad, and its subsequent life through the war years and beyond
In Long Live the King, medieval historian Kathryn Warner explores in detail Edward’s downfall and forced abdication in 1326/27, the role played in it... Læs mere
The Little Book of Scotland is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or simply strange information which no-one will want to be without.
London City of the Dead
The mistresses of Henry VIII
The first book to reveal the lives of Walthamstow’s ordinary folk from the Iron Age to today
The Other Tudor Princess brings to life the story of Margaret Douglas, a shadowy and mysterious character in Tudor history – but who now takes centre stage in this tale of the bitter struggle for power during the reign of Henry VIII.
Speakers’ Corner is a unique look at the people who come to argue, discuss and preach at Speakers’ Corner in London’s Hyde Park, regarded worldwide as the home of free speech.
The remarkable evolution of aerial warfare from 1940 to the present day, from Spitfire to Reaper drone
Candid street photography that catches the essence of life and culture in Southampton
‘We continued to receive unwelcome visits from the Hun – Fw 190s dropping bombs.’
The story of the worst ship disasters in history, of ships sunk in the Baltic between January and May 1945.