In their book Gresley's Silver Link' the authors analysed the evolution of the A4s Gresley's and their service up to Gresley's death in 1941. This book takes this compelling…
Covers the Desert Rats early name-making campaigns, particularly in North Africa.
A fresh and modern reevaluation of this fascinating princess.
Its been a State secret for more than seventy years. The official line in the UK has always been that it never happened but this new work challenges the assertion that no German…
Having left his grammar school just before his 16th birthday, Brian Slade falsified his age to pursue his dream of becoming a pilot. Within a few days of his 17th birthday, he was…
For centuries, the lives of medieval women have been overshadowed by queens, saints and warriors, their stories of power and defiance celebrated while the voices of ordinary women…
The Nazis’ dream was to populate their future Greater-German Reich exclusively with ‘racial valuable’ people and Himmler became the main executor of this gruesome and…
How it all began - the story behind traction engine preservation and rallies. How rallies have developed from their early beginnings. Photographs from the rally scene over seventy…
The Cecils: The Dynasty and Legacy of Lord Burghley looks at the lives of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Elizabeth I's Chief Minister and Secretary of State and that of his son,…
Food historian Neil Buttery brings Elizabeth's life to the fore and recounts the extraordinary rise and fall of Britain's defining cook and housekeeper.
Medical history has been particularly unkind to some historical figures. The, so-called, 'mad emperors' Caligula, Tiberius and Nero cannot question their various psychiatric…
Detailed study of the weapons, armour and tactics of Bronze Age warfare is enriched by the author's insights from experimental archaeology.
London Transport was created in 1933 with monopoly powers. Not only did it have exclusive rights to run bus (and tram and trolleybus) services in the Greater London area, it also…
Charts the development of the M60 from its origins in World War II to the Cold War.
Gallery of GWR/BR(W) branch line images from early 1900s to 1965. Some 220 images including a colour section. Emphasis on previously unseen photographs. Views concentrated on…